Strata Cloud Manager
Activate Strata Cloud Manager Pro
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Strata Cloud Manager Docs
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- Strata Copilot
- Command Center: Strata Cloud Manager
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- Dashboard: Build a Custom Dashboard
- Dashboard: Executive Summary
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- WildFire Dashboard: Filters
- WildFire Dashboard: Total Samples Submitted
- WildFire Dashboard: Analysis Insights
- WildFire Dashboard: Session Trends For Samples Submitted
- WildFire Dashboard: Verdict Distribution
- WildFire Dashboard: Top Applications Delivering Malicious Samples
- WildFire Dashboard: Top Users Impacted By Malicious Samples
- WildFire Dashboard: Top Malware Regions
- WildFire Dashboard: Top Firewalls
- Dashboard: DNS Security
- Dashboard: AI Runtime Security
- Dashboard: IoT Security
- Dashboard: Prisma Access
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- Application Experience Dashboard: Mobile User Experience Card
- Application Experience Dashboard: Remote Site Experience Card
- Application Experience Dashboard: Experience Score Trends
- Application Experience Dashboard: Experience Score Across the Network
- Application Experience Dashboard: Global Distribution of Application Experience Scores
- Application Experience Dashboard: Experience Score for Top Monitored Sites
- Application Experience Dashboard: Experience Score for Top Monitored Apps
- Application Experience Dashboard: Application Performance Metrics
- Application Experience Dashboard: Network Performance Metrics
- Dashboard: Best Practices
- Dashboard: Compliance Summary
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- Prisma SD-WAN Dashboard: Device to Controller Connectivity
- Prisma SD-WAN Dashboard: Applications
- Prisma SD-WAN Dashboard: Top Alerts by Priority
- Prisma SD-WAN Dashboard: Overall Link Quality
- Prisma SD-WAN Dashboard: Bandwidth Utilization
- Prisma SD-WAN Dashboard: Transaction Stats
- Prisma SD-WAN Dashboard: Predictive Analytics
- Dashboard: PAN-OS CVEs
- Dashboard: CDSS Adoption
- Dashboard: Feature Adoption
- Dashboard: On Demand BPA
- Manage: IoT Policy Recommendation
- Manage: Enterprise DLP
- Manage: SaaS Security
- Manage: Prisma Access Browser
- Reports: Strata Cloud Manager
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- Strata Cloud Manager Release Information
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- New Features in February 2025
- New Features in January 2025
- New Features in December 2024
- New Features in November 2024
- New Features in October 2024
- New Features in September 2024
- New Features in August 2024
- New Features in July 2024
- New Features in June 2024
- New Features in May 2024
- New Features in April 2024
- New Features in March 2024
- New Features in February 2024
- New Features in January 2024
- New Features in November 2023
- New Features in October 2023
- New Features in September 2023
- Known Issues
- Addressed Issues
- Getting Help
Activate Strata Cloud Manager Pro
Learn about how to activate Strata Cloud Manager Pro that provides advanced features
beyond the Essentials license.
Where Can I Use This? | What Do I Need? |
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If you began using Strata Cloud Manager before this licensing
tiers was introduced, your licenses remain
supported.
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Strata Cloud Manager Pro provides advanced features beyond the Essentials
license. Unlike the Essentials version, it includes the Strata Logging Service and
provides one year of log retention. For details about device models support, see Device Model Compatibility.
Activate Strata Cloud Manager Pro for NGFW
Learn about how to activate Strata Cloud Manager Pro for NGFW.
This task shows how to activate Strata Cloud Manager Pro for NGFW. For details about
device models support, see Device Model Compatibility.
Here are the prerequisites for NGFW:
- Cloud Management Onboarding Prerequisites - Before onboarding your NGFW to Strata Cloud Manager, verify that all conditions for device readiness are fulfilled. This includes network configuration, software compatibility, and licensing requirements. Completing these steps ensures that your firewall can be successfully managed using Strata Cloud Manager.
- TCP Ports and FQDNs for Cloud Management - To enable seamless communication between the NGFW and Strata Cloud Manager, configure specific TCP ports and Fully Qualified Domain Names (FQDNs).
- After you receive an email from Palo Alto Networks identifying the Strata Cloud Manager Pro license you're activating, click the email link to begin the activation process.
- Choose the Customer Support Account that you want to use.
- Select Tenant where you will activate Strata Cloud Manager Pro. If you don't have an existing tenant, Create New.
- Select a Region where you want to deploy Strata Cloud Manager. See the supported regions for Strata Cloud Manager.Strata Cloud Manager Pro includes Strata Logging Service with one year of log retention.
- Select Cloud Identity Engine or create a new CIE instance to identify and verify all users across your infrastructure.
- Agree to the Terms and Conditions, and Activate.
- Wait for Strata Cloud Manager, Cloud Identity Engine, and Strata Logging Service to initialize, and for Status to show Complete.
- Associate NGFWs, Panorama, or both to a tenant containing your Strata Cloud Manager.Make sure to individually associate all the firewalls managed by Panorama to the tenant.
- Navigate to Common Services > Device Associations.
- Add Devices.
- Select one or more firewalls or Panorama appliances and Save.
- Associate products with devices. After activating Strata Cloud Manager Pro, you need to specify the firewalls or Panorama appliances that you want to use with it.
- Navigate to Common Services > Device Associations.
- Associate Products.
- In the Products selection column, select Strata Cloud Manager.
- Select devices and Save.
- Enable telemetry on devices. Strata Cloud Manager assesses the health of the devices in your deployment by analyzing telemetry data that your PAN-OS devices send to Strata Logging Service. To send this data, you must have enabled device telemetry on your devices.
- Log in to Strata Cloud Manager by clicking on its icon in the hub.
Activate Strata Cloud Manager Pro for Prisma Access
Learn about how to activate Strata Cloud Manager Pro for Prisma Access.
All Prisma Access license types include access
to Strata Cloud Manager, and all Prisma Access deployments can leverage Strata Cloud
Manager for visibility features – like Command Center and Activity Insights – and
Autonomous DEM monitoring.
Additionally, can optionally choose to use Strata Cloud Manager for your Prisma Access configuration management;
your other option is to use Panorama for configuration management. In both cases,
you'll be guided to activate Strata Cloud Manager Pro during your Prisma Access
license activation:
Activate Strata Cloud Manager Pro for VM-Series with Software NGFW Credits
Learn about how to activate Strata Cloud Manager Pro for VM-Series with Software NGFW
Credits.
You can manage VM-Series firewalls funded by Software NGFW Credits using Strata Cloud
Manager, enabling seamless access to advanced management and monitoring features
through Strata Cloud Manager Pro activation.
Strata Cloud Manager supports management of both standalone VM-Series firewalls and
Panorama-managed VM-Series deployments, offering a comprehensive solution for
overseeing multiple environments:
Activate Strata Cloud Manager Pro with the Enterprise License Agreement
Learn about how to activate Strata Cloud Manager Pro for Enterprise License Agreement
users.
This task shows how to activate Enterprise License Agreement (ELA) for Strata Cloud
Manager. The add-on for ELA is a consumption model for large enterprises to assign
subscriptions in bulk to assets purchased from Palo Alto Networks.
Here are the prerequisites for NGFW:
- Cloud Management Onboarding Prerequisites - Before onboarding your NGFW to Strata Cloud Manager, verify that all conditions for device readiness are fulfilled. This includes network configuration, software compatibility, and licensing requirements. Completing these steps ensures that your firewall can be successfully managed using Strata Cloud Manager.
- TCP Ports and FQDNs for Cloud Management - To enable seamless communication between the NGFW and Strata Cloud Manager, configure specific TCP ports and Fully Qualified Domain Names (FQDNs).
- Use one of the following activation methods.
- Log in to hub and select ELA Activation Strata Cloud Manager:
- Log into the Customer Support Portal and activate from Customer Support PortalDevicesELA Strata Cloud Manager Activation.
- Choose the Customer Support Account that you want to use.
- Select Tenant where you will activate Strata Cloud Manager Pro. If you don't have an existing tenant, Create New.
- Select a Region where you want to deploy Strata Cloud Manager. See the supported regions for Strata Cloud Manager.Strata Cloud Manager Pro includes Strata Logging Service with one year of log retention.
- Select Cloud Identity Engine or create a new CIE instance to identify and verify all users across your infrastructure.
- Agree to the Terms and Conditions, and Activate.
- Wait for Strata Cloud Manager and Strata Logging Service to initialize and for Activation Status for both to show Complete.
- Associate NGFWs, Panorama, or both to a tenant containing your Strata Cloud Manager.Make sure to individually associate all the firewalls managed by Panorama to the tenant.
- Navigate to Common Services > Device Associations.
- Add Devices.
- Select one or more firewalls or Panorama appliances and Save.
- Associate products with devices. After activating Strata Cloud Manager Pro, you need to specify the firewalls or Panorama appliances that you want to use with it.
- Log in to the hub and select Common Services > Device Associations.
- Associate Products.
- In the Licensed Products selection column, select Strata Cloud Manager.
- Select devices and Save.
- Enable telemetry on devices. Strata Cloud Manager assesses the health of the devices in your deployment by analyzing telemetry data that your PAN-OS devices send to Strata Logging Service. To send this data, you must have enabled device telemetry on your devices.
- Log in to Strata Cloud Manager by clicking on its icon in the hub.