Deploying the FortiEndpoint platform

This topic explains how to deploy the FortiEndpoint platform. This topic assumes that you already purchased the desired subscription licenses for your deployment from a Fortinet partner or reseller and received your license activation codes.

To migrate from FortiClient Cloud to FortiEndpoint, contact Fortinet Support. Direct in-place migration of standalone FortiEDR Cloud deployments to FortiEndpoint is not currently supported.

To deploy FortiEndpoint:

1. Register the FortiEndpoint subscription contract to your FortiCloud account:

   FortiEndpoint does not support enabling Organization Units (OUs) or registering it under existing OUs. You must log in as an IAM user without OUs enabled or a FortiCloud email user. You can create only one FortiEndpoint instance per FortiCloud account.

   1. On the Customer Service & Support site, go to Asset Management > Register Now.
   2. In the Registration Code field, enter your license activation code and select Next to continue registering the product.
   3. Enter your details in the other fields and complete the registration. This is a yearly subscription.

   You may need to wait a few minutes for the cloud instance to initialize before you can proceed to step 2 or 3.

2. Register the FortiEndpoint endpoint licenses for management by FortiEndpoint:
   1. On the Customer Service & Support site, go to Asset Management > Register Now.
   2. In the Registration Code field, enter your license activation code and select Next to continue registering the product.
   3. Select the Used for Cloud Purpose checkbox.
   4. Enter your details in the other fields and complete the registration.

3. Access FortiEndpoint in one of the following ways:

   You must log in as an IAM user without OUs enabled or a FortiCloud email user.

   • Access FortiEndpoint from FortiCloud.
   • Access FortiEndpoint from the FortiEndpoint portal:
     1. In a browser, go to the FortiEndpoint portal.
     2. Log in with your FortiCloud credentials.
   • Access FortiEndpoint from the link in the welcome email.

   If you cannot access the FortiEndpoint portal, ensure that you enable access to forticlient.forticloud.com:443. See Allowlisting the FortiEndpoint IP addresses.

4. When you first log in to FortiEndpoint, you can select the region to store your FortiEndpoint data. Select North America, EMEA, U.K., or APAC.

5. To switch to other accounts that you belong to as a subuser, select your account in the upper right corner of the GUI and then select Switch Accounts.