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White Paper: FortiGate-VM Sizing and Performance in Microsoft Azure Executive Summary

6. Real-World Sizing Examples

Example 1: E-commerce Web App (1 Gbps inbound, IPS + WAF)

• Required: ~1 Gbps UTM
• Recommendation: Standard_D8s_v5 (8 vCPUs) + VM08 license
• HA: Active-Passive (two D8s_v5)

Conclusion

Bring Your Own License (BYOL): The license is tied to a specific number of vCPUs. While you can use a larger Azure VM, only the licensed number of cores will process traffic. Resizing Best Practices fortigate vm sizing azure