Licensing models for Forcepoint FlexEdge Secure SD-WAN in the Azure cloud

Two licensing models are supported for Forcepoint FlexEdge Secure SD-WAN in the Azure cloud.

• Bring Your Own License — You pay only Microsoft Azure's standard runtime fee for the Secure SD-WAN Engine instance. You must manually install the license for the Secure SD-WAN Engine in the Forcepoint FlexEdge Secure SD-WAN Manager is automatically installed.
• Hourly (pay as you go license) — You pay Microsoft Azure's standard runtime fee for the Secure SD-WAN Engine instance plus an hourly license fee based on the runtime of the Secure SD-WAN Engine. No license installation is needed for the Secure SD-WAN Engine in the SMC.

For features that require separate licenses, the SMC automatically detects which licensing model the Secure SD-WAN Engine uses.