Introduction to Software-Defined WAN | SD-WAN

Everyone keeps telling you that you need to switch your traditional WAN over to SD-WAN, and you wonder WHY? 🤔

In this video, I cover EVERYTHING you need to know about SD-WAN (Software-Defined Wide Area Network) at a high-level. I ASSUME nothing. I walk you through the BASICS of SD-WAN, and HOW it operates under the HOOD. By the time you are done watching this video, you will be CONFIDENT in your ability to understand & articulate SD-WAN concepts 🤓

If you want to learn more about SDN or Software-Defined Networking to better understand the Control Plane vs. Data Plane Separation and other SDN centric topics, check out this video:    • Introduction to Software-Defined Netw...  

Having been a Network Engineer for over 18 years and an IT Instructor for over a decade, I take a lot of pride in SIMPLIFYING highly technical concepts because I strongly believe learning should be EASY and FUN 👊

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0:00 Intro
0:48 What is SD-WAN?
3:10 Topics Overview
3:37 SD-WAN Architecture
9:12 Difference between Private WAN vs. Public WAN
15:04 Traditional or Legacy WAN Architecture
16:07 Modern WAN Architecture
17:11 Single Pane of Glass
17:50 Zero Touch Provisioning (ZTP)
19:36 Standardized Security

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