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Microsoft Certified: Windows Server Administrator Associate (exam AZ-802: Administering Windows Server) AZ-802 · Domain 6: Secure Windows Server infrastructure

Microsoft Defender for Servers via Defender for Cloud: onboarding Arc and Azure servers, recommendations, just-in-time VM access

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Last reviewed September 25, 2026 · Leer en español

Microsoft Defender for Cloud is Azure's cloud security posture management and workload protection service. For Windows Servers, whether they run in Azure, on-premises or in another cloud, it tells you what is misconfigured, how to fix it, and alerts you to threats. The paid Defender for Servers plan adds workload protection features on top of the free foundational posture management.

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