Azure Security Center has started offering full support for Windows Server 2016.
“Azure Security Center now offers full support for Windows Server 2016. Today, the Azure Monitoring Agent, which is used by Security Center to collect security metadata from virtual machines, is compatible with Windows Server 2008 R2 and newer versions, including Windows Server 2016, as well as most popular Linux distros.”You can the
see complete list of Virtual Machines that are supported by Azure Monitoring Agent.
The Security Center is now capable of identifying the security issues like missing updates, by using the metadata information. It employs behavioral analysis mechanisms to point out malicious activities, like cyber attacks, code-breaking attempts, and compromised VMs.
In order to enable these protections, you need to follow the instructions, given below:
- Launch Security Center from the Azure portal
- Turn on data collection (if you have not done so already) to automatically provision the Monitoring Agent on all supported VMs
- Start the 90-Day free trial to enable behavioral analysis and other advanced threat detections