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Microsoft Defender for Cloud
Formerly Azure Security Center

Overview

What is Microsoft Defender for Cloud?

Microsoft Defender for Cloud is a Cloud Security Posture Management (CSPM) and Cloud Workload Protection Platform (CWPP) for Azure, on-premises, and multicloud (Amazon AWS and Google GCP) resources.

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Microsoft Defender for Cloud is a first class Azure security posture tool

Rating: 10 out of 10
April 15, 2025
IncentivizedVetted ReviewVerified User
In my organization, we use Microsoft Defender for Cloud as a Cloud Security Posture Management tool. It is also used for workload protection which extends to on-prem workloads...
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Verified user
Contributor
Microsoft Defender for Cloud10 years of experience

Defender for clouds

Rating: 7 out of 10
April 9, 2025
IncentivizedVetted ReviewVerified User
MD helps us to prevent attaacks to our containers, storage, clients databases.
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Helia Pimenta
Analyst - Sales
sales
Comsoftweb, lda
Microsoft Defender for Cloud8 years of experience

Real scenario experience with Microsoft Defender for Cloud

Rating: 9 out of 10
April 3, 2025
IncentivizedVetted ReviewVerified User
Microsoft Defender for Cloud is most of the useful product for regular use purpose. It's handle my organization complex problems such as data breaches like loss of sensitive i...
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Dipak Ugale
Consultant - Engineering
System Integration Consultant
JLL
Microsoft Defender for Cloud3 years of experience

Securing Your Organization With the Help of Microsoft Defender for Cloud

Rating: 9 out of 10
February 26, 2025
Vetted ReviewVerified User
We use it to manage and enhance security across both cloud and on-premises environment, It's real-time threat detection, seamless integration with Microsoft tools, has been a ...
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Himanshu Pawar
Administrative Assistant - Sales
Manager
Alorica
Microsoft Defender for Cloud2 years of experience

Microsoft Defender for Cloud, basic security solution for cloud resource

Rating: 7 out of 10
December 31, 2024
Vetted ReviewVerified User
Microsoft Defender for Cloud in our organization to protect all the resources deployed in Azure. This is default security deployed on any resource if you have in Microsoft Azu...
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Verified user
Analyst
Microsoft Defender for Cloud2 years of experience
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Product Demos

Getting Started with Microsoft Defender for Cloud

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Product Details

What is Microsoft Defender for Cloud?

Microsoft Defender for Cloud is a Cloud Security Posture Management (CSPM) and Cloud Workload Protection Platform (CWPP) for Azure, on-premises, and multicloud (Amazon AWS and Google GCP) resources.
  • Defender for Cloud secure score continually assesses security posture so as to enable users to track new security opportunities and precisely report on the progress of security efforts.
  • Defender for Cloud recommendations secures workloads with step-by-step actions that protect workloads from known security risks.
  • Defender for Cloud alerts defends workloads in real-time so users can react immediately and prevent security events from developing.

Microsoft Defender for Cloud Features

  • Supported: Reduces risk with contextual security posture management
  • Supported: Helps prevent, detect, and respond quickly to threats
  • Supported: Unifies security management for DevOps
  • Supported: Offers comprehensive cloud-native security in Microsoft Defender for Cloud with Defender for APIs security capabilities, now in public preview.

Microsoft Defender for Cloud Screenshots

Screenshot of Remediation of critical issues in codeScreenshot of Cloud security benchmark mapped to industry FramworksScreenshot of Prioritization of critical risks with contextual threat analysisScreenshot of Workload protectionScreenshot of Unified DevOps VisibilityScreenshot of Visualizations to improve security posture proactively

Microsoft Defender for Cloud Video

Microsoft Defender for Cloud - Secure multicloud and hybrid environments

Microsoft Defender for Cloud Competitors

Microsoft Defender for Cloud Technical Details

Deployment TypesOn-premise, Software as a Service (SaaS), Cloud, or Web-Based
Operating SystemsWindows
Mobile ApplicationNo

Frequently Asked Questions

Microsoft Defender for Cloud is a Cloud Security Posture Management (CSPM) and Cloud Workload Protection Platform (CWPP) for Azure, on-premises, and multicloud (Amazon AWS and Google GCP) resources.

Amazon Web Services, Google Cloud Platform, and Palo Alto Networks Prisma Cloud are common alternatives for Microsoft Defender for Cloud.

The most common users of Microsoft Defender for Cloud are from Enterprises (1,001+ employees).
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Comparisons

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Reviews From Top Reviewers

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Defender for clouds

Rating: 7 out of 10
Incentivized
April 09, 2025
HP
Helia Pimenta
sales
Comsoftweb, lda (Computer & Network Security, 11-50 employees)
Vetted Review
Verified User
Microsoft Defender for Cloud
8 years of experience
Pros
  • helps security teams investigate attacks
  • helps malicious events
  • helsp improve cloud security
Cons
  • helsp to manage security
  • security tips
  • mitigate threats

Real scenario experience with Microsoft Defender for Cloud

Rating: 9 out of 10
Incentivized
April 03, 2025
DU
Dipak Ugale
System Integration Consultant
JLL (Computer Software, 10,001+ employees)
Vetted Review
Verified User
Microsoft Defender for Cloud
3 years of experience
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Pros
  • Improving the security
  • Cloud Workload protection
  • Helps in Development Security Operations
  • Centralized security management.
  • incident response.
Cons
  • UI need to improve!
  • Need to integrate other tools like API applications.
  • Detailed incident response with smart highlights
  • Performance and load time must be improve

Securing Your Organization With the Help of Microsoft Defender for Cloud

Rating: 9 out of 10
February 26, 2025
HP
Himanshu Pawar
Manager
Alorica (Information Technology & Services, 51-200 employees)
Vetted Review
Verified User
Microsoft Defender for Cloud
2 years of experience
Pros
  • Real-time threat detection.
  • Seamless integration with Microsoft tools.
  • Platform for managing security policies and monitoring across different cloud services.
Cons
  • Complexity in Configuration.
  • A bit costly than competition.
  • Not always accurate especially zero day attack.

Microsoft Defender for Cloud is a first class Azure security posture tool

Rating: 10 out of 10
Incentivized
April 15, 2025
Verified User
Contributor in Information Technology
Consumer Goods Company, 5001-10,000 employees
Vetted Review
Verified User
Microsoft Defender for Cloud
10 years of experience
Pros
  • I like that with Microsoft Defender for Cloud you can track your secure score to see how well you are doing with your security controls.
  • There are remediation steps for findings with the platform and some can be fix automatically with a few clicks.
  • There are recommendations for exactly what controls to put in place to ensure a more secure environment for Azure.
Cons
  • I think Microsoft Defender for Cloud could do a better job of making some of the security alerts easier to understand and easier to resolve.
  • Since there are some popular ITSM tools that a lot of companies use, I think Microsoft should make it a lot easier for Microsoft Defender for Cloud to integrate with the popular ITSM tools.
  • The should be a way for users to trigger their own scans for data security related events.

Microsoft Defender for Cloud, basic security solution for cloud resource

Rating: 7 out of 10
December 31, 2024
Verified User
Analyst in Information Technology
Hospital & Health Care Company, 1001-5000 employees
Vetted Review
Verified User
Microsoft Defender for Cloud
2 years of experience
Pros
  • Microsoft Defender for Cloud protects various resource, which is impossible or costly to protect by another vendor solutions.
  • For solutions like severs, it even create logs for unsual activities like configuration changes on servers etc.
  • Microsoft Defender for Cloud does a great job in logging activities like extension deployment on resources which can't be logged by any other means.
Cons
  • Microsoft Defender for Cloud doesn't create good quality incidents, it often doesn't logs good evidence to investigate the incident.
  • Microsoft Defender for Cloud incident get pushed into defender dashboard, which does create duplication sometimes.
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