Los Angeles, 27 October 2020 - MEF is pleased to announce that Microsoft has joined MEF to strengthen collaboration among cloud and communications service providers and contribute to expanded development of MEF 3.0 SD-WAN and SASE standards. Microsoft's support will help progress work on a new Universal SD-WAN Edge (MEF W119) standard that defines a common approach to facilitate interoperability of SD-WAN equipment from different vendors with a Universal SD-WAN Edge deployed at cloud and service provider locations. Azure also intends to contribute to the recently announced SASE Services and Attributes (MEF W117) project that will standardize a new type of service combining network connectivity, security functions, and subscriber policies to meet a higher level of performance and assurance required by modern enterprises.

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