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A security engineer is tasked with onboarding a new Azure subscription to Microsoft Defender for Cloud. The subscription contains several virtual machines (VMs) and Azure SQL Databases. The engineer needs to ensure that security recommendations and threat detection capabilities are enabled for all resources with minimal administrative effort and without requiring manual agent installation on each VM. Which Defender for Cloud plan should the engineer enable for this subscription?
- AFree tier and manually install Azure Monitor Agent on each VM.
- BDefender for Cloud Enhanced Security features for Azure SQL Database only.
- CDefender for Servers Plan 1 for VMs and Defender for SQL for Azure SQL Databases.
- DDefender for Cloud Standard plan.
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Correct answer: D. Defender for Cloud Standard plan.
The Defender for Cloud Standard plan (now referred to as Defender for Cloud Enhanced Security Features) provides comprehensive security capabilities, including automatic onboarding of resources and agent deployment, for all supported resource types within the subscription, meeting the requirements for minimal administrative effort.
Why the other options are wrong
- A. This option requires manual effort for agent installation and only provides basic security posture management, not comprehensive threat detection.
- B. This only covers Azure SQL Databases and would not provide protection for the virtual machines.
- C. While these are specific Defender plans, enabling the overarching Defender for Cloud Standard plan (Enhanced Security Features) automatically enables these and other relevant plans for the subscription, simplifying management and ensuring comprehensive coverage as requested.
Defender for Cloud Enhanced Security Features
A comprehensive set of security capabilities within Microsoft Defender for Cloud that provides advanced threat protection and security posture management for various Azure, hybrid, and multi-cloud resources.
- Includes automatic onboarding and agent deployment.
- Offers advanced threat detection and vulnerability assessments.
- Provides security recommendations and regulatory compliance.
- Consolidates security management across different resource types.
Memory trick: To secure all in the cloud, enhance it loud!