

You can find the list of supported versions in this article. Microsoft Defender for Cloud covers a variety of Antimalware vendors today. This is a very important recommendation because malware cannot only be downloaded or installed by threat actors, but also inadvertently by legitimate users who are supposed to access your machines. Security Center highlights issues, such as detected threats and insufficient protection, which can make your virtual machines vulnerable to antimalware threats.

Microsoft Defender for Cloud monitors the status of antimalware protection and reports this under the ‘ Enable Endpoint protection’ security control when it identifies the Antimalware solution is not installed or unhealthy. One important recommendation that Security Center has is to identify if your computers have an endpoint protection solution installed. Security recommendations help you to reduce the attack surface across your workloads. The heart of the Defender for Cloud lies in its recommendations.

Microsoft Defender for Cloud assesses your environment and enables you to understand the status of your resources, to help you improve the Security Posture.
