A solid choice for standard, balanced workloads. The Dv4 and Dsv5 series are frequently used in standard FortiGate deployments .
If a single VM isn't enough, consider these advanced architectures: FortiGate VM on Microsoft Azure Data Sheet - Fortinet fortigate vm sizing azure
Azure offers several VM families, but not all are suited for high-performance security inspection. A solid choice for standard, balanced workloads
Generally recommended for FortiGate because they offer a higher NIC-to-CPU ratio , which is essential for network-heavy workloads. Generally recommended for FortiGate because they offer a
The number of interfaces you can attach is strictly limited by the VM size. A single FortiGate instance often requires at least four NICs (Management, External, Internal, and HA Sync).
If you use Bring Your Own License (BYOL) , you can upgrade from a VM-01S to a VM-02S and then resize the Azure VM to match the new vCPU count within minutes. 3. Critical Sizing Constraints