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Defender for Databases plan selection

Johnson, Daniel 0 Reputation points
2025-01-30T15:32:50.82+00:00

Are SQL managed instances covered under the "Defender for SQL servers on machines" or under the "Defender for Azure SQL" plan?

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.
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  1. Venkata Jagadeep 85 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor
    2025-01-31T05:49:33.3866667+00:00

    Hello Johnson Daniel,

    Thank you for posting your query on Microsoft Q&A.

    Defender for SQL Servers on machines helps protect SQL server instances running on VMs or Physical Machines which includes on-prem environment and Azure VMs. If you have SQL server instances at on-prem servers or Azure VMs, "Defender for SQL Servers on Machines" is the right choice.

    Defender for Azure SQL is specifically for protecting Azure SQL Databases and Azure SQL Managed Instances. If you have SQL database in Azure SQL Database or Azure SQL Managed Instance, "Defender for Azure SQL" is the correct choice to work with.

    Please refer the below documents.

    https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/defender-for-cloud/defender-for-sql-usage

    https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/azure-defender-for-sql?view=azuresql

    I hope this information is helpful. Please feel free to reach out if you have any further questions.

    If the answer is helpful, please click "Accept Answer" and kindly upvote it. If you have extra questions about this answer, please click "Comment". Thanks,

    Venkata Jagadeep

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