Microsoft Defender for Cloud (Azure Security Center)
Microsoft Defender for Cloud (formerly Azure Security Center) provides unified security management and threat protection across multicloud and hybrid workloads. · Microsoft · Security
Overview
Azure Security Center's free tier provides basic security posture management and recommendations for Azure resources, making it suitable for monitoring and compliance needs without advanced protection.
Good fit
Use when you need free security posture management and recommendations across Azure, AWS, or GCP without advanced threat protection.
- Azure users
- security teams
- compliance monitoring
Not a fit
Avoid if you require advanced threat detection or workload protection, which need a paid Defender plan.
- advanced threat analytics needed
- workload-level threat protection needed
Quickstart · 4 steps
- Sign in to the Azure portal.
- Navigate to Microsoft Defender for Cloud from the left menu.
- Enable Defender for Cloud on your subscription.
- Review security recommendations and apply suggested actions.
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