Meraki MR + Umbrella

[Daniel-YC]

Hi folks,

Quick ❓ about Meraki MR and Cisco Umbrella integration: I know of two SKUs that address this integration

1. UMB-WLAN (under UMBRELLA-SUB)
2. MR Advanced (LIC-MR-ADV-XX) and MR Upgrade (LIC-MR-UPGR-XX)

I know both of them are per AP but I'm not entirely sure about the differences, other than MR ADV and MR UPG are newer than UMB-WLAN. Is this regarding the manual x automated integration?

As in, UMB-WLAN is the manual integration which also requires UMB DNS ESS/ADV per user subs, this way I can configure DNS policies in Umbrella dashboard and bring them to the Meraki Dashboard via API.

And MR ADV/UPG is the automated integration which doesn't require UMB DNS ESS/ADV per subs, this way I will not configure any DNS policies in Umbrella dashboard, but can use pre-defined policies only (do we have documentation about this pre-defined policies?) directly in Meraki Dashboard.

Is there any specific documentation that lists the differences, pros and cons, etc?

Thank you in advance!

Regards

[Ryan_Miles]

MR ADV uses predefined Umbrella polices. Details of the policies are noted here.

Full Umbrella integration details are here.

Basically it boils down to the full/manual integration having more flexibility in policy definition, access to Umbrella dashboard, and it can be extended into use with MX networks and dashboard Group Policies.