Microsoft Defender for Cloud
Cloud and workloadsIdentify SQL Servers protected by Microsoft Monitoring Agent
In brief
The article description now focuses on identifying SQL Server instances using the legacy Microsoft Monitoring Agent, deploying Azure Arc, and migrating to the updated agent. The pricing notice was also updated to call out possible migration-related pricing impact.
What Defender admins need to know
Administrators can use the article to identify legacy-agent instances and should review Defender for Cloud pricing when planning migration.
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Documentation change
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Once Azure Arc is deployed and following the release on the updated agent, your SQL Server instances migrate automatically to the updated agent. To ensure your SQL servers are correctly protected, install Azure Arc. For setup steps, see Connect on-premises machines by using Azure Arc.
Determine which SQL servers are protected by the legacy MMA
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@ --- title: Identify SQL Servers protected by Microsoft Monitoring Agent-description: Learn how to identify SQL servers protected by the Microsoft Monitoring Agent (MMA) in your environment without having Azure Arc installed+description: Learn how to identify SQL Server instances still using the legacy Microsoft Monitoring Agent (MMA) so you can deploy Azure Arc and migrate to the updated agent. ms.topic: how-to-ms.date: 05/28/2026+ms.date: 07/03/2026+ms.custom: msecd-doc-authoring-1013 #customer intent: As a security administrator, I want to identify SQL servers protected by Microsoft Monitoring Agent so that I can migrate coverage to the current onboarding model. ai-usage: ai-assisted ---@@ -14,7 +15,7 @@ Microsoft Defender for Cloud's Defender for SQL Server on Machines plan provides Once Azure Arc is deployed and following the [release on the updated agent](release-notes-archive.md#update-to-defender-for-sql-servers-on-machines-plan), your SQL Server instances migrate automatically to the updated agent. To ensure your SQL servers are correctly protected, install Azure Arc. For setup steps, see [Connect on-premises machines by using Azure Arc](quickstart-onboard-machines.md#connect-on-premises-machines-by-using-azure-arc). > [!NOTE]-> This change might affect your pricing. For information regarding the plan pricing, review [Microsoft Defender for Cloud pricing](https://azure.microsoft.com/pricing/details/defender-for-cloud/).+> Migrating to the updated agent might affect your pricing. For information regarding the plan pricing, review [Microsoft Defender for Cloud pricing](https://azure.microsoft.com/pricing/details/defender-for-cloud/). ## Determine which SQL servers are protected by the legacy MMA