Microsoft Defender for Cloud
Cloud and workloads

Defender For Servers Overview

In brief

The overview clarifies that a server is a device running a server operating system and links to the common questions page.

What Defender admins need to know

Administrators can use this definition when enabling or disabling Plan 1 per server.

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| Enable for a resource | Yes | No | | Disable for a resource | Yes | Yes |

  • Enable and disable Plan 1 at the resource level per server. A server is defined as a device running a server operating system. For information, refer to Common questions about Defender for Servers.
  • Plan 2 can't be enabled at the resource level, but you can disable it at the resource level.

After enabling