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Set Microsoft Defender for Servers to 'On' (Manual)
Profile Applicability
• Level 2
Description
Turning on Microsoft Defender for Servers enables threat detection for Servers, providing threat intelligence, anomaly detection, and behavior analytics in the Microsoft Defender for Cloud.
Rationale
Enabling Microsoft Defender for Servers allows for greater defense-in-depth, with threat detection provided by the Microsoft Security Response Center (MSRC).
Impact
Turning on Microsoft Defender for Servers in Microsoft Defender for Cloud incurs an additional cost per resource.
Audit
From Azure Portal
- Go to
Microsoft Defender for Cloud
- Select
Environment Settings
blade - Click on the subscription name
- Select the
Defender plans
blade - Review the chosen pricing tier. For the
Servers
resource typePlan
should be set toOn
.
From Azure CLI
Run the following command:
az security pricing show -n VirtualMachines --query pricingTier
If the tenant is licensed and enabled, the output should indicate Standard
From Azure Powershell
Run the following command:
Get-AzSecurityPricing -Name 'VirtualMachines' |Select-Object Name,PricingTier
If the tenant is licensed and enabled, the -PricingTier
parameter will indicate Standard
Remediation
From Azure Portal
- Go to Microsoft Defender for Cloud.
- Select Environment Settings.
- Click the subscription name.
- Select Defender plans.
- Set Server Status to On.
- Select Save.
From Azure CLI
Run the following command:
az security pricing create -n VirtualMachines --tier 'standard'
From Azure Powershell
Run the following command:
Set-AzSecurityPricing -Name 'VirtualMachines' -PricingTier 'Standard'
References
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/security-center/security-center-detection-capabilities
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/securitycenter/pricings/list
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/securitycenter/pricings/update
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/module/az.security/get-azsecuritypricing
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security/benchmark/azure/security-controls-v3-endpoint-security#es-1-use-endpoint-detection-and-response-edr