Defender for Cloud support matrices for Azure commercial/other clouds

This article indicates which Defender for Cloud features are supported in Azure commercial and government clouds.

Cloud support

In the support table, NA indicates that the feature isn't available.

Feature/Plan	Azure	Azure Government	Microsoft Azure operated by 21Vianet
GENERAL FEATURES
Continuous data export	GA	GA	GA
Response automation with Azure Logic Apps	GA	GA	GA
Security alerts Generated when one or more Defender for Cloud plans is enabled.	GA	GA	GA
Alert email notifications	GA	GA	GA
Alert suppression rules	GA	GA	GA
Alert bi-directional synchronization with Microsoft Sentinel	GA	GA	NA
Azure Workbooks integration for reporting	GA	GA	GA
Automatic component/agent/extension provisioning	GA	GA	GA
Copilot for Security in Defender for Cloud	Preview	NA	NA
FOUNDATIONAL CSPM FEATURES (FREE)
Asset inventory	GA	GA	GA
Security recommendations based on the Microsoft Cloud Security Benchmark	GA	GA	GA
Recommendation exemptions	Preview	NA	NA
Secure score	GA	GA	GA
DevOps security posture	Preview	NA	NA
DEFENDER CSPM FEATURES
Data security dashboard	GA	NA	NA
Attack path	GA	NA	NA
DEFENDER FOR CLOUD PLANS
Defender CSPM	GA	NA	NA
Defender for APIs	GA	NA	NA
Defender for App Service	GA	NA	NA
Defender for Azure Cosmos DB	GA	NA	NA
Defender for Azure SQL database servers	GA	GA	GA A subset of alerts/vulnerability assessments is available. Behavioral threat protection isn't available.
Defender for Containers Review detailed feature support	GA	GA	GA
DevOps Security	GA	NA	NA
Defender for DNS	GA	GA	GA
Defender for Key Vault	GA	NA	NA
Defender for Open-Source Relational Databases	GA	GA	GA
Defender for Resource Manager	GA	GA	GA
Defender for Servers Review detailed feature support.	GA	GA	GA
Defender for Storage	GA	GA (activity monitoring)	NA
Defender for SQL Servers on Machines	GA	GA	NA

Important

As of August 1 2023, customers with an existing subscription to Defender for DNS can continue to use the service, but new subscribers will receive alerts about suspicious DNS activity as part of Defender for Servers P2.

Next steps

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