What does Healthy, Unhealthy and Not Applicable means in Defender for Cloud?

Question

I would like to understand the definition of these terms in Microsoft Defender for Cloud.

• Healthy
• Unhealthy
• Not Applicable

Answer 1

Hello,

Please see this source: [https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/defender-for-cloud/deploy-vulnerability-assessment-vm#deploy-the-integrated-scanner-to-your-azure-and-hybrid-machines

Your machines will appear in one or more of the following groups:

• Healthy resources – Defender for Cloud has detected a vulnerability assessment solution running on these machines.
• Unhealthy resources – A vulnerability scanner extension can be deployed to these machines.
• Not applicable resources – these machines aren't supported for the vulnerability scanner extension. Please accept this answer if its helpful

Answer 2

@Hill Alcantara Adding to the above comments, yes Healthy resources, Unhealthy resources, Not applicable resources do apply for other resources as well like SQL, Container registry, app services etc . wanted to check what kind of resources have been configured in your portal, below is an screenshot from my environment where different resources have been configured within defender for cloud

Also, in this article [https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/defender-for-cloud/deploy-vulnerability-assessment-vm#deploy-the-integrated-scanner-to-your-azure-and-hybrid-machines this recommendation - Machines should have a vulnerability assessment solution was selected for example which is for virtual machines, there are different recommendations are available for different resources, reference screenshot

Hence would suggest to check what all resources are selected in your environment, accordingly check the recommendation for those resources which will list Healthy resources, Unhealthy resources, Not applicable resources further for you.

Let me know if you have any further questions, feel free to post back.

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