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Microsoft Certified: Cloud and AI Security Engineer Associate (replaces Azure Security Engineer Associate / AZ-500) SC-500 · Domain 3: Secure compute

Defender for Servers (Plan 1 vs Plan 2), vulnerability assessment, Azure Arc for hybrid and multicloud servers, Azure Update Manager

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Last reviewed September 25, 2026 · Leer en español

Microsoft Defender for Servers is the Defender for Cloud plan that protects Windows and Linux machines in Azure, on-premises and in other clouds. It is enabled per subscription (or per resource in some cases) and comes in two plans.

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