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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

  1. Go to Microsoft Defender for Cloud
  2. Select Environment Settings blade
  3. Click on the subscription name
  4. Select the Defender plans blade
  5. Review the chosen pricing tier. For the Servers resource type Plan should be set to On.

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

  1. Go to Microsoft Defender for Cloud.
  2. Select Environment Settings.
  3. Click the subscription name.
  4. Select Defender plans.
  5. Set Server Status to On.
  6. 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