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Exporting Software Evidence for Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Defender for Cloud

Hi Everyone, I have a question about Microsoft Defender for Cloud. In the "Machines should have vulnerability findings resolved" section, I can see vulnerabilities affecting various resources. I’ve successfully generated a report listing the…

Microsoft Defender for Cloud
Microsoft Defender for Cloud
An Azure service that provides threat protection for workloads running in Azure, on-premises, and in other clouds. Previously known as Azure Security Center and Azure Defender.
1,497 questions
asked 2025-02-26T02:47:57.8866667+00:00
Somsak Rittem 0 Reputation points
answered 2025-02-28T07:20:48.5933333+00:00
Stanislav Zhelyazkov 26,361 Reputation points MVP
1 answer

Defender for Cloud - CSPM report

Hi All, Does Defender's Foundational CSPM or Defender CSPM generate Security assessment report document? Which should have current the security posture - Security score and recommendations. Thanks

Microsoft Defender for Cloud
Microsoft Defender for Cloud
An Azure service that provides threat protection for workloads running in Azure, on-premises, and in other clouds. Previously known as Azure Security Center and Azure Defender.
1,497 questions
asked 2025-02-21T12:35:19.5966667+00:00
Munaf Shaikh 25 Reputation points
commented 2025-02-28T04:27:53.5233333+00:00
Rukmini 1 Reputation point Microsoft Vendor
2 answers

Azure advisor recommendations

We recently received an Azure Advisor recommendation stating that "SQL databases should have vulnerability findings resolved." We would like clarification on how to apply this recommendation and whether implementing the suggested changes will…

Microsoft Defender for Cloud
Microsoft Defender for Cloud
An Azure service that provides threat protection for workloads running in Azure, on-premises, and in other clouds. Previously known as Azure Security Center and Azure Defender.
1,497 questions
asked 2025-02-24T05:54:41.4633333+00:00
Lalitha Subramanian 20 Reputation points
commented 2025-02-27T07:38:40.2933333+00:00
Navya 15,800 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor
1 answer One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

In MS Defender for Cloud how to exclude a single VM from the monitoring

I have a virtual appliance from MDR provider AlerLogic. MS Defender generates alerts for the VM because it does vulnerability scanning and uses some tools that make Defender unhappy. This is the normal behavior of the Virtual Appliance. Is there any way…

Microsoft Defender for Cloud
Microsoft Defender for Cloud
An Azure service that provides threat protection for workloads running in Azure, on-premises, and in other clouds. Previously known as Azure Security Center and Azure Defender.
1,497 questions
asked 2025-01-30T02:46:36.71+00:00
Jamal Balametov 25 Reputation points
commented 2025-02-26T21:41:45.91+00:00
Jamal Balametov 25 Reputation points
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How to use environment variables instead of az login in azure cli or any other secured way?

I am trying to use Environment Variables for Azure CLI instead of the below 'az login' command az login --service-principal -u [ClientID] -p [ClientSecret]--tenant [TenantID] Can Azure CLI able to use environment variables for Azure credentials? …

Azure Key Vault
Azure Key Vault
An Azure service that is used to manage and protect cryptographic keys and other secrets used by cloud apps and services.
1,385 questions
Azure Cloud Services
Azure Cloud Services
An Azure platform as a service offer that is used to deploy web and cloud applications.
722 questions
Microsoft Defender for Cloud
Microsoft Defender for Cloud
An Azure service that provides threat protection for workloads running in Azure, on-premises, and in other clouds. Previously known as Azure Security Center and Azure Defender.
1,497 questions
Microsoft Entra ID
Microsoft Entra ID
A Microsoft Entra identity service that provides identity management and access control capabilities. Replaces Azure Active Directory.
23,423 questions
asked 2022-05-02T15:12:29.113+00:00
Appmanager Zohocorp 61 Reputation points
commented 2025-02-26T20:19:57.2266667+00:00
Byron Brummer 0 Reputation points
6 answers

Impossible to enable Defender for Storage Malware scanning

I would like to enable Azure Defender Malware scanning on my (StorageV2) Storage Account. I upgraded my subscription's MS Defender for Cloud plan. However, any attempt on enabling Malware scanning or Sensitive data discovery fails. While enabling on…

Azure Storage Accounts
Azure Storage Accounts
Globally unique resources that provide access to data management services and serve as the parent namespace for the services.
3,393 questions
Microsoft Defender for Cloud
Microsoft Defender for Cloud
An Azure service that provides threat protection for workloads running in Azure, on-premises, and in other clouds. Previously known as Azure Security Center and Azure Defender.
1,497 questions
asked 2023-05-16T15:33:43.44+00:00
PP 20 Reputation points
edited an answer 2025-02-26T14:18:36.6433333+00:00
Bobby 0 Reputation points
1 answer One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

"Cannot read properties of null (reading 'toString')" error in MS Defender for Cloud in Azure

Hi, When I want to open Regulatory Compliance blade in Microsoft Defender for Cloud, all of the sudden I started to get error message as below: Could you please assist?

Microsoft Defender for Cloud
Microsoft Defender for Cloud
An Azure service that provides threat protection for workloads running in Azure, on-premises, and in other clouds. Previously known as Azure Security Center and Azure Defender.
1,497 questions
asked 2025-02-11T08:31:53.55+00:00
Jimmy 20 Reputation points
accepted 2025-02-26T09:33:45.2+00:00
Jimmy 20 Reputation points
2 answers

Microsoft Defender DevOps

Hi, We just enabled the preview for Defender for Cloud for DevOps. It's weird as it is giving us some errors on Microsoft dlls. Any idea how to fix this issue or ignore? Tool: BinSkim: Rule: BA2004 (EnableSecureSourceCodeHashing).…

Microsoft Defender for Cloud
Microsoft Defender for Cloud
An Azure service that provides threat protection for workloads running in Azure, on-premises, and in other clouds. Previously known as Azure Security Center and Azure Defender.
1,497 questions
asked 2023-07-13T08:48:34.32+00:00
JoelP 346 Reputation points
answered 2025-02-25T19:35:21.3966667+00:00
Pramita Dhakal 20 Reputation points Microsoft Employee
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DfC pre-scan possible (before pushing an image to a container)?

Is there a way to run a Defender for Containers like-scan before I push an image to a container? My team would like to verify that an image will pass DfC scans before pushing an image....

Azure Container Instances
Azure Container Instances
An Azure service that provides customers with a serverless container experience.
732 questions
Microsoft Defender for Cloud
Microsoft Defender for Cloud
An Azure service that provides threat protection for workloads running in Azure, on-premises, and in other clouds. Previously known as Azure Security Center and Azure Defender.
1,497 questions
asked 2025-02-18T15:07:05.5766667+00:00
Smith, Patrice 0 Reputation points
edited the question 2025-02-25T15:43:04.4533333+00:00
Rakesh Gurram 12,490 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor
1 answer

Not able to load recommendations in Secure Score

Hello, In the recommended actions tab after selecting a recommendation, it does not open, instead keeps loading. Screenshot 2025-02-18 172535.png

Microsoft Defender for Cloud
Microsoft Defender for Cloud
An Azure service that provides threat protection for workloads running in Azure, on-premises, and in other clouds. Previously known as Azure Security Center and Azure Defender.
1,497 questions
asked 2025-02-18T11:57:29.4166667+00:00
vidhi jaiswal 0 Reputation points
commented 2025-02-25T11:50:24.8566667+00:00
Sakshi Devkante 1,240 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor
16 answers

Getting "Selected user account does not exist in tenant 'Microsoft Services' and cannot access the application" error.

Good afternoon: Any time I try to go to security.microsoft.com or compliance.microsoft.com and log in, I'm greeted with a "Selected user account does not exist in tenant 'Microsoft Services' and cannot access the application" error. The same…

Microsoft Defender for Cloud
Microsoft Defender for Cloud
An Azure service that provides threat protection for workloads running in Azure, on-premises, and in other clouds. Previously known as Azure Security Center and Azure Defender.
1,497 questions
Microsoft Entra ID
Microsoft Entra ID
A Microsoft Entra identity service that provides identity management and access control capabilities. Replaces Azure Active Directory.
23,423 questions
asked 2021-12-31T20:29:52.23+00:00
B B 221 Reputation points
commented 2025-02-25T02:28:08.2766667+00:00
johnzoet 0 Reputation points
2 answers

Enable vulnerability scans for VMs

I need to enable vulnerability scans for my Azure VMs, but the MS Defender instruction do not seem to be up to date. I need support to get this setup as soon as possible.

Microsoft Defender for Cloud
Microsoft Defender for Cloud
An Azure service that provides threat protection for workloads running in Azure, on-premises, and in other clouds. Previously known as Azure Security Center and Azure Defender.
1,497 questions
asked 2025-02-19T18:53:06.37+00:00
Avilla 0 Reputation points
commented 2025-02-24T19:00:54.7+00:00
Akhilesh Vallamkonda 12,180 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor
1 answer One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Defender 50 GB GA

Hi All, I was going through the document on https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/defender-for-cloud/introduction-malware-scanning The document talks about "up to 50 GB in preview" Can I know when will be the GA for this…

Microsoft Defender for Cloud
Microsoft Defender for Cloud
An Azure service that provides threat protection for workloads running in Azure, on-premises, and in other clouds. Previously known as Azure Security Center and Azure Defender.
1,497 questions
asked 2025-02-19T07:22:16.83+00:00
Nikhil Palathingal 40 Reputation points
accepted 2025-02-24T16:36:32.1066667+00:00
Nikhil Palathingal 40 Reputation points
1 answer One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Microsoft Defender for Cloud Security Alerts are still open while link in Defender XDR is already resolved

Our team observed that there are open or active alerts in Microsoft Defender for Cloud while its corresponding incident in Defender XDR is already resolved. We assume that it is the corresponding alert in Defender XDR since when we click the link in…

Microsoft Defender for Cloud
Microsoft Defender for Cloud
An Azure service that provides threat protection for workloads running in Azure, on-premises, and in other clouds. Previously known as Azure Security Center and Azure Defender.
1,497 questions
asked 2025-02-04T12:43:45.0866667+00:00
Francis Arvin Hallare 25 Reputation points
accepted 2025-02-21T11:36:15.72+00:00
Francis Arvin Hallare 25 Reputation points
2 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Blocking a TLD in defender for endpoint

We have received a request to block an entire TLD in all workstation with Defender for Endpoint. I know you can add domains and block them to do that, but I dont know if this extends to full TLDs. BTW I tagged defender for cloud because i didnt see an…

Microsoft Defender for Cloud
Microsoft Defender for Cloud
An Azure service that provides threat protection for workloads running in Azure, on-premises, and in other clouds. Previously known as Azure Security Center and Azure Defender.
1,497 questions
asked 2023-05-04T19:00:20.2566667+00:00
George Zerphey 181 Reputation points
edited a comment 2025-02-20T20:20:20.5766667+00:00
Aaron Feiner 0 Reputation points
1 answer

How to add defender malware scanner for azure storage account

Im trying to enable malware scanner for my azure storage account but its throwing me this error. Plan enablement partially succeeded. Could not enable on-upload malware scanning: Exception of type 'Microsoft.Rest.Azure.CloudException' was thrown..…

Azure Storage Accounts
Azure Storage Accounts
Globally unique resources that provide access to data management services and serve as the parent namespace for the services.
3,393 questions
Azure Blob Storage
Azure Blob Storage
An Azure service that stores unstructured data in the cloud as blobs.
3,100 questions
Microsoft Defender for Cloud
Microsoft Defender for Cloud
An Azure service that provides threat protection for workloads running in Azure, on-premises, and in other clouds. Previously known as Azure Security Center and Azure Defender.
1,497 questions
asked 2023-11-06T09:43:30.9433333+00:00
Dileepa Mabulage 5 Reputation points
commented 2025-02-20T02:07:15.18+00:00
Pamitha Herath 20 Reputation points
0 answers

Microsoft Defender for cloud

I'm trying to integrate defender CSPM advance , aws instance. I want to know is there any cost for data ingest from azure and egres from aws

Microsoft Defender for Cloud
Microsoft Defender for Cloud
An Azure service that provides threat protection for workloads running in Azure, on-premises, and in other clouds. Previously known as Azure Security Center and Azure Defender.
1,497 questions
asked 2025-02-13T09:48:14.5366667+00:00
Jesin T J 0 Reputation points
commented 2025-02-19T16:36:04.2766667+00:00
Venkata Jagadeep 180 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor
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Unexpected Network Traffic Reaching VM Despite NSG Configuration in Azure

We are experiencing an issue where network traffic is reaching our Virtual Machine, even though our Network Security Group (NSG) is configured to block this traffic. For example, traffic on port 80 is being logged by UFW on the VM, despite the NSG rules…

Azure Traffic Manager
Azure Traffic Manager
An Azure service that is used to route incoming network traffic for high performance and availability.
132 questions
Azure Firewall
Azure Firewall
An Azure network security service that is used to protect Azure Virtual Network resources.
725 questions
Azure Virtual Network
Azure Virtual Network
An Azure networking service that is used to provision private networks and optionally to connect to on-premises datacenters.
2,648 questions
Microsoft Defender for Cloud
Microsoft Defender for Cloud
An Azure service that provides threat protection for workloads running in Azure, on-premises, and in other clouds. Previously known as Azure Security Center and Azure Defender.
1,497 questions
asked 2025-02-12T20:30:27.2933333+00:00
nma 5 Reputation points
answered 2025-02-19T13:14:43.2533333+00:00
KapilAnanth-MSFT 48,761 Reputation points Microsoft Employee
1 answer

Defender for Endpoint onboarding through Defender for Cloud integration on AVD

Hi,   We have a subscription that is dedicated to Azure Virtual Desktop. In Defender for Cloud the Servers Plan 2 has been enabled. Now looking here…

Microsoft Defender for Cloud
Microsoft Defender for Cloud
An Azure service that provides threat protection for workloads running in Azure, on-premises, and in other clouds. Previously known as Azure Security Center and Azure Defender.
1,497 questions
asked 2024-02-19T16:28:32.35+00:00
AdamBudziski-8216 21 Reputation points
commented 2025-02-19T10:47:21.5533333+00:00
Benjamin Berglund 22 Reputation points
1 answer

OpenSSL Vulnerability

Hello, We received a critical alert from Microsoft Defender (CVE-2023-49210) which tells us that 90 of our devices have vulnerabilities due to the version Openssl which is not supported anymore. We don't have any software on these PCs that include…

Microsoft Defender for Cloud
Microsoft Defender for Cloud
An Azure service that provides threat protection for workloads running in Azure, on-premises, and in other clouds. Previously known as Azure Security Center and Azure Defender.
1,497 questions
asked 2024-06-05T14:02:07.13+00:00
Jurell Topper 75 Reputation points
commented 2025-02-19T09:24:41.9133333+00:00
Tilman Schmidt 55 Reputation points