Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We use Panorama on daily basis to manage all of our firewalls as it is a centralized portal that encompasses configuration, logging and monitoring.It helps us eliminate the need to log into each firewall individually , aggregate traffic from all firewalls which gives the visibility of the traffic from end to end across multi firewalls.

Likelihood to Recommend

We have hundreds of branch offices, each with a local Palo Alto firewall. Panorama provides a centralized policy and config management where device groups and templates can be per-site customization while maintaining global standards and also the role-based access enables local teams and personal to have the propitiate access to maintain day to day operations while restricting critical changes.

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We use Palo Alto Panorama to manage all of our hardware firewalls as well as to manage our VM Firewalls in the cloud and in our VMWare environment for layer 7 hand off. We do all configuration to the firewalls on their templates and device groups. We download configs and use it as a centralized repository for logs .

Likelihood to Recommend

The centralized visibility helps me keep my logs in check as well as it allows me to manage the health and visibility of my firewalls. The fact that I can create shared items to use in all vsys or firewalls gives me flexibility to get use items in different areas.

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Palo Alto Panorama gives the centralized tool for managing all the Palo Alto firewall gateways across regions, DCs etc.

It gives easy way to manage firewalls, avoids duplication of works in case you need similar policy sets / configurations on multiple firewalls and also gives centralized logs across all the firewalls behind it.

In shorts, you can manage multiple Palo Alto firewalls from single console without login into the actual firewall. So it is highly recommended when you have large environments and you have multiple single or HA pairs of Palo Alto firewalls in it.

Likelihood to Recommend

Palo Alto Panorama is well suited when you have multiple standalone and/or HA pairs of Palo Alto firewalls in your environments. So it will very much ideal for you to have Palo Alto Panorama server to manage all those firewalls from single console. If you do not have Palo Alto Panorama server and you have multiple firewalls, then it becomes quite challenging to manage all those firewalls individually.

If you have very few Palo Alto firewalls eg. 4-5 firewalls, and those are not going to increase in future then you can avoid it. Because Palo Alto Panorama comes with minimum 25 licenses.

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We use Palo Alto Panorama to manage multiple firewalls at multiple locations. We have approximately 25 locations and at some locations we have multiple firewalls. We are also using the firewalls to implement SDWan. We are able to use multiple internet connections to do load balancing at a branch which saves money on higher priced internet connections.

Likelihood to Recommend

I like the fact that I can pretty much use the same configuration on multiple sites. If I want to block a specific address I can add it to all sites at once not one at a time.

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

I use Panorama every day just because of the vast set of features it has. Sometimes I will be building new rules, sometimes, I will be creating new address objects, and sometimes I will be setting up User-ID to attach user accounts to the traffic I see in the firewall. All with just a couple of clicks from the same dashboard.

Likelihood to Recommend

I think Palo Alto Panorama is suited for administrators of all levels because certain things can be locked down to certain permission levels. But there are executive dashboards all the way down to the weeds for the highest of administrators. This truly is a single pane of glass tool because you never have to go into the individual firewalls for anything.

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We use Palo Alto Panorama to manage our firewall access for end-users. We control access to restricted sites and the VPN service. Through the Monitor tab, I am able to view the logs for URL filtering for specific users and see if users are being blocked in VPN due to a HIP Match issue. In the Objects tab, I am able to restrict or allow specific sites and domains based on URL categories.

Likelihood to Recommend

We control access to social media sites through groups. Restricted sites are easier to manage and control. I diagnose issues with VPN and VMWare authentication. When a user is unable to access the VPN due to an authentication error I can log into Palo Alto Panorama and see if they are blocked due to HIP match issues or Authentication Profile issues. If a site is being blocked on the network I can add the site to the allowed list for specific types of users, such as Internet Users or Trucking (groups set in AD). Alternatively, I can block specific sites and domains that are deemed inappropriate or not needed for work purposes.

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We are using Palo Alto Panorama as the main system for any firewall changes, so all of them are sync with similar setup. We have firewalls which are managed by Palo Alto Panorama in cloud and on prem and all is working fine. We have noticed couple problems with verification while some by accident misconfigured end firewall and panorama and panorama didn't catch it up. But otherwise company is happy about using it.

Likelihood to Recommend

Pushing configuration to firewalls in the cloud is quite easy, as you can build them and then push all configurations, if you need to add one or few or just do replacement it also easy with Palo Alto Panorama. Similar situation is with firewall onsite but you can't remove them and easy replace.

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Palo Alto Panorama is being used as our main Firewalls management for over 50 clients. Panorama makes it easier to manage, configure, and monitor remotely. It saves a lot of time by allowing us to manage all firewalls from a single location.

[Palo Alto] Panorama provides efficiency and security to our business.

Likelihood to Recommend

[Palo Alto] Panorama is well suited if you are managing 15+ PANs, otherwise it would not be worth it if you have few Palo Alto Firewalls.

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We currently utilize [two virtual Palo Alto] Panorama's in an HA pair. It is an excellent tool to manage multiple Firewalls across our Organization.

We have over a dozen locations with multiple Palo's, so having Panorama is critical to save time having to configure\update each Firewall.

[Palo Alto] Panorama allows for ultimate management scalability from 2 to 1000's of Firewalls.

Likelihood to Recommend

[Palo Alto Panorama is well suited for the following:]

- Great for managing multiple firewalls

- Great for viewing any template or device group you have created from a single pane

- Central point of logging review

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

It is used across the whole organization. Panorama can help in managing the administration of a large number of Palo Alto firewalls. It is a centralized interface for Palo alto firewalls, Global protect, cloud services, and logging service instead of logging into each device. There are device groups and templates that can ease administrative efforts.

Panorama helps to manage many Palo Alto firewalls in one interface. You will find device groups and templates that reduce administrative efforts. Policies are easily configured and deployed with a great web filtering module. Furthermore, you can have either a hardware or a software VM to choose from.

Likelihood to Recommend

It offers many advanced features to configure. This is a solution that we implement for our customers. It helps to manage several firewalls from a central location whether from the internet edge side , data centers, in the data centers. It can be deployed to be used either on-premise devices or on the cloud which has great scalability.