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Enable vulnerability scans for VMs

Avilla 0 Reputation points
2025-02-19T18:53:06.37+00:00

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.
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  1. Jose Benjamin Solis Nolasco 236 Reputation points
    2025-02-19T18:55:51.4666667+00:00

    Hello Avilla,

    Try to find on Azure Update Manager from there you will archive what you are looking for.

    Take a look at https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/update-manager/overview

    Anything else let me know

  2. Akhilesh Vallamkonda 12,020 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor
    2025-02-19T22:17:12.9566667+00:00

    Hi @Avilla Thank you for reaching Microsoft Q&A forum!

    I understand that you are trying to enable the vulnerability scans for VMs For vulnerability scanning you can use Agent-based and agentless scanning If you are using Agentless scanning for machines, you need the following permission and enable the Agentless scanning for machines.User's imageIf you are trying to enable Agent-based vulnerability scanning follow to enable vulnerability assessment for machines User's image Reference: Enable vulnerability scanning
    Hope this helps. Do let us know if you any further queries by responding in the comments section.

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