Connect your non-Azure machines to Microsoft Defender for Cloud
Microsoft Defender for Cloud can monitor the security posture of your non-Azure machines, but first you need to connect them to Azure.
You can connect your non-Azure computers in any of the following ways:
- Onboarding with Azure Arc:
- By using Azure Arc-enabled servers (recommended).
- By using the Azure portal.
- Onboarding directly with Microsoft Defender for Endpoint
This module describes the methods for onboarding with Azure Arc.
If you're connecting machines from other cloud providers, see Connect your AWS account or Connect your GCP project. The multicloud connectors for Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Google Cloud Platform (GCP) in Defender for Cloud transparently handle the Azure Arc deployment for you.