Microsoft Defender for Cloud documentation

Microsoft Defender for Cloud provides unified security management and advanced threat protection across hybrid cloud workloads.

About Defender for Cloud

Overview

• What are the key capabilities of Defender for Cloud?
• Which versions of Windows Server and Linux are supported?
• How do I get started with Defender for Cloud?
• What are security policies, initiatives, and recommendations?

Stay current

What's new

• Release notes for Defender for Cloud
• Important upcoming changes
• Overview of Defender for DevOps
• Microsoft cloud security benchmark in Defender for Cloud

Get started

Get Started

• Enable Defender for Cloud on your subscriptions
• Enable enhanced security features
• Connect hybrid and multicloud machines
• Set up email notifications

Improve your secure score

How-To Guide

• Understanding secure score
• Remediate security recommendations
• Exempt a resource from a recommendation
• Track your scores over time

Mitigate threats

How-To Guide

• Manage just-in-time access
• Set up adaptive application controls
• Implement adaptive network hardening
• Use the Workload protections

Defend multicloud resources

How-To Guide

• Use Defender for Cloud to protect multicloud resources

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• Protecting multicloud environments (AWS & GCP)