Description:
Turning on Microsoft Defender for SQL servers on machines enables threat detection for SQL servers on machines, providing threat intelligence, anomaly detection, and behavior analytics in the Microsoft Defender for Cloud.
Rationale:
Enabling Microsoft Defender for SQL servers on machines allows for greater defense-in-depth, with threat detection provided by the Microsoft Security Response Center (MSRC).
Turning on Microsoft Defender for SQL servers on machines incurs an additional cost per resource.
From Azure Console
Using Azure Command Line Interface 2.0
Use the below command to enable Standard pricing tier for Storage
az account get-access-token --query "{subscription:subscription,accessToken:accessToken}" --out tsv | xargs -L1 bash -c 'curl -X PUT -H "Authorization: Bearer $1" -H "Content-Type: application/json" https://management.azure.com/subscriptions/$0/providers/Microsoft.Security/pr icings/SqlServerVirtualMachines?api-version=2018-06-01 -d@"input.json"'
Where input.json contains the Request body json data as mentioned below.
{ "id": "/subscriptions//providers/Microsoft.Security/pricings/SqlserverVirtualMachines", "name": "SqlserverVirtualMachines", "type": "Microsoft.Security/pricings", "properties": { "SqlserverVirtualMachines": "Standard" } }
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