AntiVirus for Azure VM

Question

What options do we have to install AntiVirus for Azure VM ?

1) Is "Microsoft Defender for Cloud" an option for AntiVirus for Azure VM ?

2) If i already have provisioned around 5 Azure VMs, is there any way that i can push the AntiVirus software to the VMs

3) Is there a way to automatically push this antivirus to new Azure VM ?

Answer 1

Hello @Az Techie

Please see documentation at https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/security/fundamentals/antimalware

You should be able to deploy the Microsoft Antimalware extension post deployment.

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Answer 2

The Defender for Servers license (plan 1 and Pland 2) both include and automatically onboard servers to Defender for Endpoint.

MDE is directly related to MDAV which is the agent and blocking mechanism for MDE. Assuming you are looking for a Microsoft solution. Basically, MDAV is included.