Issues with Arc connected windows servers

Question

We have onboarded few windows servers to Azure Arc and have below issues:

1. Azure ARC is pushing the MDE.Windows extension automatically when servers are getting on boarded which we do not want (NOTE: we have enabled connection between MDC and MDE for Linux ARC connected servers). Even using MDC azure policy, we tried to exclude windows servers from getting on boarded to MDE automatically, but it is not working and MDE extension is being pushed.
2. On Arc connected windows servers AMA agents extension is getting upgraded automatically which we do not want and tried to disable the auto upgrade of extension on the arc portal but that too is not working and AMA agent extension on windows servers are still getting auto upgraded.

Answer 1

Hello there, How did you disable the auto upgrade of extension ? Automatic extension upgrade is enabled by default when you install extensions on Azure Arc-enabled servers. To enable automatic upgrades for an existing extension, you can use Azure CLI or Azure PowerShell to set the enableAutomaticUpgrade property on the extension to true. You'll need to repeat this process for every extension where you'd like to enable or disable automatic upgrades. Can you try out the Azure Powershell and see if that helps https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-arc/servers/manage-automatic-vm-extension-upgrade?tabs=azure-portal#manage-automatic-extension-upgrade Hope this resolves your Query !! --If the reply is helpful, please Upvote and Accept it as an answer--