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Step-by-step: How to connect AWS machines to Microsoft Defender for Cloud with Azure Arc

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Mar 10, 2022
This article contributed by Linda Murray and Amy McAuley, Assc Consultants in Azure Cloud and AI at Microsoft.   You can now connect AWS accounts to Microsoft Defender for Cloud, to get a unified...
Updated May 30, 2022
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Nov 29, 2022

Hey rob_wood_8894 

The Native Cloud connector is required to enable that environment, and there's an agentless scanning mechanism in preview: Agentless scanning of cloud machines using Microsoft Defender for Cloud | Microsoft Learn

 

But you can "extend" the subscription using Arc which gives a more comprehensive scanning including the Qualys stuff. Arc is required in some cases (for example Defender for SQL, Defender for Servers). See the prereqs section:  Connect your AWS account to Microsoft Defender for Cloud | Microsoft Learn