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 Networkin...   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 👊 Feel free to leave a comment below if you have any questions or suggestions for the kind of content you would like to see on this channel. And be sure to like and subscribe to see more videos like this one 🚀 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 ___________________________________________________ FOLLOW ME ON SOCIAL: LinkedIn:   / najqazi   Instagram:   / naj.qazi   ___________________________________________________ #najqazi #sdwan #ccna