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There are two ways you can manage Prisma Access, so, you must decide how you want
to manage Prisma Access before you get started:
Prisma Access (Managed by Strata Cloud Manager)
To manage
Prisma Access from the cloud, use Strata Cloud Manager. With
cloud management, you can quickly onboard branches and mobile users through
task-driven workflows that allow you to set up and test your environment in
minutes. Cloud management with
Strata Cloud Manager simplifies the onboarding
process by providing predefined internet access and decryption policy rules
based on best practices. Quickly set up IPSec tunnels using defaults
suitable for the most common IPSec-capable devices and turn on SSL
decryption for recommended URL categories.
Strata Cloud Manager Command Center
The
Strata Cloud Manager Command
Center page appears when you launch your Strata Cloud Manager.
This command center helps you in assessing the health of your network,
better visibility, and an overview of your data. The command center has
different dashboards to view different types of reports.
Prisma Access (Managed by Panorama)
Use the Cloud Services plugin on Panorama to set up and manage Prisma Access.
This is a good option if you're already using Panorama to manage
next-generation firewalls and you have a common policy that you want to use
for access to your corporate applications.
If you have an existing
Prisma Access (Managed by Panorama) deployment and want to migrate to Strata Cloud Manager
for configuration management, Palo Alto Networks offers an
in-product workflow that
lets you migrate your existing Prisma Access configuration to
Prisma Access (Managed by Strata Cloud Manager); however, note that you can't migrate from a
Prisma Access (Managed by Strata Cloud Manager) deployment to a
Prisma Access (Managed by Panorama) deployment.
After you decide which management option you want to use, get started by following
the licensing and activation workflow for the option you've selected (either
Strata Cloud Manager or
Panorama).
Feature Parity Between Panorama and Cloud
Management
There are some differences between what is supported on
Prisma Access (Managed by Panorama)
Access and
Prisma Access (Managed by Strata Cloud Manager). For a list of feature support in
Prisma Access (Managed by Panorama) and
Prisma Access (Managed by Strata Cloud Manager), refer to the
compatibility matrix.
