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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

VM disk protection: encryption at host, Azure Disk Encryption, server-side encryption with customer-managed keys

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Last reviewed September 25, 2026 · Leer en español

Azure virtual machine disks are managed disks stored in Azure Storage. Several encryption options exist, and they differ in where encryption happens, who controls keys and what is covered.

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