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Which Azure service provides security recommendations for securing your Azure resources?

Which Azure service provides security recommendations for securing your Azure resources?

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Which Azure service provides security recommendations for securing your Azure resources?

Which Azure service provides security recommendations for securing your Azure resources?

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  • As a free service, Azure Advisor has no SLA.

  • Sign in to the Azure portal and select Advisor from the navigation menu or from the All services menu. You can also access the service through the Advisor REST API, command line (CLI), and PowerShell.

  • You can access Azure Advisor recommendations as an owner, contributor, or reader of a subscription.

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Which Azure service provides general security recommendations?

Defender for Cloud collects data from your Azure virtual machines (VMs) to monitor for security vulnerabilities and threats.

Which Azure service can you use as a security information?

Microsoft Sentinel is a cloud-native security information and event manager (SIEM) platform that uses built-in AI to help analyse large volumes of data across an enterprise—fast.

Which Azure service should you use to communicate securely within Azure resources?

We recommend that you use ExpressRoute for your cross-premises connectivity. ExpressRoute lets you extend your on-premises networks into the Microsoft cloud over a private connection facilitated by a connectivity provider.

Which service in Azure gives you best practices recommendations to improve the performance security and high availability of your resources?

Azure Advisor analyzes your configurations and usage telemetry and offers personalized, actionable recommendations to help you optimize your Azure resources for reliability, security, operational excellence, performance, and cost.