1,714 questions with Microsoft Security | Microsoft Defender | Microsoft Defender for Cloud tags

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Account deleted or something happened

Hey, 2 days ago, I came home from my office and tried to play Minecraft, Hat's a video game, I've buyed it, the standard edition, I clicked on play. It said you have to login again. So i tied but when i entered my email, It said this microsoft account…

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asked 2026-02-13T12:56:05.84+00:00
NoSpirit 0 Reputation points
answered 2026-05-06T11:31:27.4533333+00:00
Konstantinos Lianos 425 Reputation points Student Ambassador
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How to exclude a Cisco Meraki vMX managed application VM from Defender for Servers Plan 2?

I have Defender for Servers Plan 2 enabled at the subscription level. One of my VMs is a Cisco Meraki vMX deployed as a managed application. The managed app creates a deny assignment on its resource group (mrg-cisco-meraki-vmx-*) that blocks all writes,…

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asked 2026-04-29T03:41:07.6033333+00:00
Marcus Kopler 0 Reputation points
commented 2026-05-05T09:58:17.27+00:00
Rukmini 39,215 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
3 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Why after Unlicensing Defender for server through azure policy and Re-enabling licensing the Azure Arc > Secuirty GUI shows DFS = OFF

Hello community, I have 2 Resource group. RG1 & RG2. I originally used Azure policy "Configure Microsoft Defender for Servers plan (P1 OR P2)" to licence the subscription so that both RG got DFS Plan2. I then use Azure Policy…

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asked 2026-05-02T23:55:00.2533333+00:00
Tony Ly 20 Reputation points
accepted 2026-05-05T09:19:31.3066667+00:00
Tony Ly 20 Reputation points
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'Cerdigent' high-severity malware was detected

We have observed multiple incidents from this titled incident. In this incident we are observing this 'HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\SystemCertificates\ROOT\Certificates\DDFB16CD4931C973A2037D3FC83A4D7D775D05E4' and…

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asked 2026-05-03T11:53:56.0733333+00:00
Sayed Ayaan Hussain 25 Reputation points
answered 2026-05-04T01:17:23.6966667+00:00
Rukmini 39,215 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
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Need help in resolving the false positive high priority security recommendations in the subscription

In our Azure PROD subscription, High priority security recommendations are flagging, which are false positive. Need help in resolving the controls.

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asked 2026-04-30T06:03:31.7+00:00
USHA SREE GENJI (NON EA SC ALT) 20 Reputation points Microsoft Employee
commented 2026-04-30T08:56:53.76+00:00
Stanislav Zhelyazkov 29,501 Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator
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GCC-M Onboarding Arc and Defender workflow?

New GCC-M tenant. I've read that onboarding arc, will also onboard defender, if below is set to on: "Direct onboarding with Defender for Endpoint" https://portal.azure.com/#view/Microsoft_Azure_Security/MDEIntegration.ReactView However,…

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asked 2026-04-24T12:37:25.3433333+00:00
Darren DeHaven 0 Reputation points
commented 2026-04-29T01:03:02.4366667+00:00
Raja Pothuraju 47,245 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
1 answer One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Microsoft Defender vs Defender Cloud

On Azure Virtual Machine we onboarded the Microsoft Defender to the portal security and use P1 license. In the Azure i can see this VM protected using Defender For Cloud for server with P2. Anyone know what different between Microsoft Defender builtin on…

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asked 2026-04-23T07:19:35.3933333+00:00
Handian Sudianto 7,026 Reputation points
edited an answer 2026-04-28T01:44:06.6366667+00:00
Rukmini 39,215 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
1 answer One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Question about Defender Licenses

Hello. I'm having to review our existing licenses listed in Admin Center under Billing \ Licenses and wanted confirmation on a few that have been identified. Are the below licenses the same or different. I assumed the Enterprise Mobility + Security E5…

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asked 2026-04-27T10:56:44.2433333+00:00
Kalel 140 Reputation points
accepted 2026-04-27T13:25:11.5933333+00:00
Kalel 140 Reputation points
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Microsoft defender is alerting for vulnerable version of nuget package in Azure Function's ".azurefunctions/function.deps.json" file"

Hi Champs, I'm facing a typical problem with my function app and MS defender for cloud. Defender is raising issues for my deployed function(written in c#) as: Even after installing latest nuget package, "function.deps.json" file is not…

Azure Functions
Azure Functions

An Azure service that provides an event-driven serverless compute platform.

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asked 2024-05-30T05:26:36.4033333+00:00
Pratim Das, Partha C 371 Reputation points
answered 2026-04-25T17:24:01.6433333+00:00
Amira Bedhiafi 41,386 Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator
1 answer One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Are costs incurred when attempting to scan password-protected files in Blob Storage with Microsoft Defender for Storage’s malware scanning?

We are encountering a potential issue with Microsoft Defender for Storage’s malware scanning functionality related to handling password-protected zip archives stored in Azure Blob Storage. Our application generates and stores these password-protected zip…

Azure Blob Storage
Azure Blob Storage

An Azure service that stores unstructured data in the cloud as blobs.

3,370 questions
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asked 2024-08-28T07:57:37.09+00:00
Anonymous
edited an answer 2026-04-24T23:46:50.78+00:00
Don Varnau 19,780 Reputation points Volunteer Moderator
1 answer One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Can't enable blog on-upload scanning by Microsoft Cloud Defender

On my Azure storage account, I tried enable on-upload scanning, but kept getting the following error message Plan enablement partially succeeded. Could not enable on-upload malware scanning: The attempt to configure storage notifications for the…

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asked 2026-04-15T21:03:41.0666667+00:00
Khoi Hong 20 Reputation points Microsoft Employee
accepted 2026-04-23T21:04:05.9166667+00:00
Khoi Hong 20 Reputation points Microsoft Employee
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no option to add baseline for members of fixed server roles

I’m looking at Microsoft Defender for Cloud’s recommendation “VA2114 - Minimal set of principals should be members of fixed server roles”. Apparently my server PerimeterServer is in violation of this because the sysadmin role has 4 members. Two of them…

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asked 2026-04-21T18:31:29.38+00:00
Laura Hodge 0 Reputation points
answered 2026-04-21T18:48:00.5666667+00:00
Laura Hodge 0 Reputation points
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Issue with Regulatory Compliance Report Dashboard

Kindly help

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asked 2026-04-08T06:04:05.8266667+00:00
Sagar Kumar 40 Reputation points
commented 2026-04-21T16:12:00.8933333+00:00
Catherine Kyalo 3,095 Reputation points Microsoft Employee
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Resource Health missing recommendations

in Resource Health, for my virtual machine PerimeterServer, I have a Recommendation titled, “SQL servers on machines should have vulnerability findings resolved”. Yesterday, when I clicked into it and went to the Findings tab, there were several…

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asked 2026-04-09T05:17:40.6733333+00:00
Laura Hodge 0 Reputation points
commented 2026-04-21T12:12:45.7766667+00:00
Raja Pothuraju 47,245 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
1 answer One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Defender for ARM

구독에 리소스가 없는데, MDC 예상비용 통합 문서로 확인했을때, **Defender for ARM가 5달러로 찍힙니다. ** Defender for ARM는 어떤 보호기능인가요?

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asked 2026-04-16T05:38:46.89+00:00
Suji Kim (김수지) 60 Reputation points
accepted 2026-04-20T08:06:41.9166667+00:00
Suji Kim (김수지) 60 Reputation points
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how do i recover my gmail account that i have access to?

Dear Microsoft, My account got hacked recently because I entered my email and a verification code on a website that has access to my account. However, they didn't lock me out of it yet, so I still have access. But they changed the password and stole my…

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asked 2026-01-07T12:41:05.5333333+00:00
Justin you 0 Reputation points
answered 2026-04-16T16:47:53.55+00:00
Catherine Kyalo 3,095 Reputation points Microsoft Employee
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how to choose the detail protect about defender for cloud CSPM and defender for server plan?

Hello, support team: I want to charge my billing with defender for cloud this month and next month, but don't find the suitable way to seek for the support. I close the Defender-for-cloud CSPM and stop the trial about defender for server plan 2,…

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asked 2025-11-24T12:48:17.2833333+00:00
rain purple 200 Reputation points
edited an answer 2026-04-16T14:22:28.1033333+00:00
Catherine Kyalo 3,095 Reputation points Microsoft Employee
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is Tamper Protection forWindows 11 home users?

I was confused about all my firewall outbound traffic

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asked 2025-11-25T11:58:23.0933333+00:00
Jaime Brown 0 Reputation points
answered 2026-04-16T13:37:37.31+00:00
Catherine Kyalo 3,095 Reputation points Microsoft Employee
3 answers

OpenSSL Vulnerability Shown on Microsoft Defender for Cloud Dashboard - OneDrive affected app

An OpenSSL vulnerability has been flagged on one of our devices by Microsoft Defender for Cloud. The vulnerability has listed two dll files as the main culprits (both installed via OneDrive): libcrypto-3-x64.dll libssl-3-x64.dll The OneDrive version…

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asked 2024-10-31T12:38:50.5166667+00:00
Eric Wasike 100 Reputation points
answered 2026-04-07T22:52:56+00:00
Saeid Agheli 0 Reputation points
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Azure security recommendation unclear

Hi, I’m going through my Microsoft Azure security recommendations for my server. I’ve run into a recommendation I can’t make sense of. The title is, “Windows servers should be configured to use secure communication protocols”. It recommends 3 steps: 1.  …

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asked 2026-04-06T18:50:45.92+00:00
Laura Hodge 0 Reputation points
answered 2026-04-07T00:06:09.2933333+00:00
Sridevi Machavarapu 29,290 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator