Microsoft Defender for Cloud
Cloud and workloadsSet up continuous export with Azure Policy
In brief
The page now explicitly refers to Azure Policy `DeployIfNotExist` policies for continuous export, updates the next-steps heading and anchor, and refreshes its metadata date.
What Defender admins need to know
Administrators can use the clearer implementation wording and updated next-steps navigation; no action is required.
Summaries are generated from the documentation change itself.
Documentation change
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To deploy continuous export configurations across your organization, use the provided Azure Policy DeployIfNotExist policies.
To implement these policies:the Azure Policy DeployIfNotExist policies for continuous export:
Select a policy to apply:
Review the summary page.
Select Create.
Next stepsteps
[!div class="nextstepaction"] Setup continuous export to an event hub behind a firewall
@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@ title: Set up continuous export with Azure Policy description: Learn how to set up continuous export of Microsoft Defender for Cloud security alerts and recommendations with Azure Policy. ms.topic: how-to-ms.date: 05/24/2026+ms.date: 07/03/2026+ms.custom: msecd-doc-authoring-1013 #customer intent: As a security analyst, I want to learn how to set up continuous export of alerts and recommendations with Azure Policy so that I can analyze the data in Log Analytics or Azure Event Hubs. ai-usage: ai-assisted ---@@ -37,7 +38,7 @@ Automating monitoring and incident response can reduce investigation and mitigat To deploy continuous export configurations across your organization, use the provided Azure Policy `DeployIfNotExist` policies. -To implement these policies:+To implement the Azure Policy `DeployIfNotExist` policies for continuous export: 1. Select a policy to apply: @@ -59,7 +60,8 @@ To implement these policies: 1. Review the summary page. 1. Select **Create**. -## Next step+<a name="next-step"></a>+## Next steps > [!div class="nextstepaction"] > [Setup continuous export to an event hub behind a firewall](continuous-export-event-hub-firewall.md)