MS List for supported OS by Azure Defender for Server

Question

We have Defender for Cloud enabled in our tenant with ARC onboarded servers; unfortunately supported OS aren't always clear between ARC and Azure Defender for Servers.

Below articles checked:

-ARC supported OS : https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-arc/servers/prerequisites#supported-operating-systems

-Defender for Cloud: Support for the Defender for Servers plan in Microsoft Defender for Cloud - Microsoft Defender for Cloud | Microsoft Learn ==> the supported list is mentioned clearly under Azure VMs but not very clear related to ARC servers.

Can anyone help me with the final list please (we need evidence for our clients).

Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

According to the Microsoft documentation, the supported operating systems for Azure Defender for Server are the same as those for Azure Arc-enabled servers. You can find the list of supported operating systems for Azure Arc-enabled servers in the following link: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-arc/servers/prerequisites#supported-operating-systems. Please note that the list includes Windows Server 2012 R2 and higher (including Server Core), Ubuntu 16.04, 18.04, and 20.04 LTS (x64), CentOS Linux 7 and 8 (x64), SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 12 and 15 (x64), Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 7 and 8 (x64), Amazon Linux 2 (x64), and Oracle 7.x. I hope this helps! Let me know if you have any further questions.

According to the Microsoft documentation, the supported operating systems for Azure Defender for Server are the same as those for Azure Arc-enabled servers. You can find the list of supported operating systems for Azure Arc-enabled servers in the following link: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-arc/servers/prerequisites#supported-operating-systems. Please note that the list includes Windows Server 2012 R2 and higher (including Server Core), Ubuntu 16.04, 18.04, and 20.04 LTS (x64), CentOS Linux 7 and 8 (x64), SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 12 and 15 (x64), Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 7 and 8 (x64), Amazon Linux 2 (x64), and Oracle 7.x. I hope this helps! Let me know if you have any further questions.