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Architecture</a></li><li><a href="#Cisco_Meraki_Best_Practice_Design_at_Scale" rel="internal">Cisco Meraki Best Practice Design at Scale</a></li></ol> </div> </div> <div id="page-top"> <div id="topic"> <div id="pageText"><div id="product-overview"> <img id="product-image" class="internal" alt="mindtouch.page#thumbnail" loading="lazy" src="https://documentation.meraki.com/@api/deki/files/1/mindtouch.page%2523thumbnail?revision=1" /> <hr /> <div mt-section-origin="Architectures_and_Best_Practices" class="mt-section"><span id="Cisco_Meraki_Cloud_Architecture"></span><h3 class="editable"><a title="Meraki Cloud Architecture" href="https://documentation.meraki.com/Architectures_and_Best_Practices/Cisco_Meraki_Best_Practice_Design/Meraki_Cloud_Architecture" rel="internal">Cisco Meraki Cloud Architecture</a></h3> <p>The Meraki cloud solution is a centralized management service that allows users to manage all of their Meraki network devices via a single simple and secure platform.</p> </div><div mt-section-origin="Architectures_and_Best_Practices" class="mt-section"><span id="Cisco_Meraki_Best_Practice_Design_at_Scale"></span><h3 class="editable"><a title="/Best_Practice_Guides/Cisco_Meraki_Best_Practices_at_Scale" href="https://documentation.meraki.com/Architectures_and_Best_Practices/Cisco_Meraki_Best_Practice_Design" rel="internal">Cisco Meraki Best Practice Design at Scale</a></h3> <p>This multi-part document is designed to discuss key components, design guidance and best practices for various Meraki technologies. It highlights specific use cases, supported architectures and feature recommendations for your Cisco Meraki cloud managed infrastructure.</p> <p> </p> <hr /></div></div> <div class="mt-category-container mt-subpage-listings-container noindex"><ul class="mt-sortable-listings-container " id="mt-sortable" data-user-can-edit="false" data-page-id="145"><li class="mt-sortable-listing " data-page-id="176"><a title="Auto VPN Hub Deployment Recommendations: This document provides recommendations for Auto VPN hub deployments. These recommendations and the suggested deployment configurations have been collected across the Meraki MX install base (covering hundreds of thousands of Auto VPN sites) and have been vetted by the Meraki MX product team." class="mt-sortable-listing-link mt-edit-section internal" href="https://documentation.meraki.com/Architectures_and_Best_Practices/Auto_VPN_Hub_Deployment_Recommendations" rel="internal"><span class="mt-sortable-listing-image mt-image-placeholder mt-hide-image"><span class="mt-icon-article-topic-guide"></span><span>No image available</span></span><span class="mt-sortable-listing-title">Auto VPN Hub Deployment Recommendations</span></a></li><li class="mt-sortable-listing " data-page-id="177"><a title="Meraki and Cisco Collaboration Teleworker Solution for Businesses: The purpose of this solution guide is to provide best practices on how businesses can leverage Cisco Meraki’s cloud networking architecture and how Cisco Meraki networks should be configured and deployed taking full advantage of the benefits offered by Cisco’s on-premises and Cloud Collaboration platforms." class="mt-sortable-listing-link mt-edit-section internal" href="https://documentation.meraki.com/Architectures_and_Best_Practices/Meraki_and_Cisco_Collaboration_Teleworker_Solution_for_Businesses" rel="internal"><span class="mt-sortable-listing-image mt-image-placeholder mt-hide-image"><span class="mt-icon-article-topic-guide"></span><span>No image available</span></span><span class="mt-sortable-listing-title">Meraki and Cisco Collaboration Teleworker Solution for Businesses</span></a></li><li class="mt-sortable-listing " data-page-id="180"><a title="Meraki Reference Architecture - Small Office Business: A detailed look at an example small Meraki network architecture." class="mt-sortable-listing-link mt-edit-section internal" href="https://documentation.meraki.com/Architectures_and_Best_Practices/Meraki_Reference_Architecture_-_Small_Office_Business" rel="internal"><span class="mt-sortable-listing-image mt-image-placeholder mt-hide-image"><span class="mt-icon-article-topic-guide"></span><span>No image available</span></span><span class="mt-sortable-listing-title">Meraki Reference Architecture - Small Office Business</span></a></li><li class="mt-sortable-listing " data-page-id="9572"><a title="Meraki Wireless for Enterprise Best Practices - Architecture: This document will provide the architecture best practices for deploying Meraki Wireless for the enterprise." class="mt-sortable-listing-link mt-edit-section internal" href="https://documentation.meraki.com/Architectures_and_Best_Practices/Meraki_Wireless_for_Enterprise_Best_Practices_-_Architecture" rel="internal"><span class="mt-sortable-listing-image mt-image-placeholder mt-hide-image"><span class="mt-icon-article-topic-guide"></span><span>No image available</span></span><span class="mt-sortable-listing-title">Meraki Wireless for Enterprise Best Practices - Architecture</span></a></li><li class="mt-sortable-listing " data-page-id="181"><a title="Recommended Topologies: The recommended topologies provide configurations that are verified and supported by Cisco Meraki." class="mt-sortable-listing-link mt-edit-section internal" href="https://documentation.meraki.com/Architectures_and_Best_Practices/Recommended_Topologies" rel="internal"><span class="mt-sortable-listing-image mt-image-placeholder mt-hide-image"><span class="mt-icon-article-topic-guide"></span><span>No image available</span></span><span class="mt-sortable-listing-title">Recommended Topologies</span></a></li></ul><script type="application/json" id="mt-localizations-ordered-subpages">/*<![CDATA[*/{"MindTouch.IDF3.label.drag-n-drop":"Drag","MindTouch.IDF3.label.reveal.showAll":"Show all","MindTouch.IDF3.label.reveal.showLess":"Show less","MindTouch.IDF3.warning.page-order-limit-exceeded":"Sorry, there are too many child pages to safely reorder. 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