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Published inMar 2023
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ISBN-139781804617960
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Steve Miles
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Steve Miles

Steve Miles is a Microsoft security and Azure/hybrid MVP and MCT with over 20 years of experience in security, networking, storage, end user computing, and cloud solutions. His current focus is on securing, protecting, and managing identities, Windows clients, and Windows server workloads in hybrid and multi-cloud platform environments. His first Microsoft certification was on Windows NT and he is an MCP, MCITP, MCSA, and MCSE for Windows and many other Microsoft products. He also holds multiple Microsoft Fundamentals, Associate, Expert, and Specialty certifications in Azure security, identity, network, M365, and D365. He also holds multiple security, networking vendor, and other public cloud provider certifications.
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Implementing VM Microsoft Antimalware

In implementing our DiD strategy, we have looked at recipes to protect our identities and networks and remediate any unpatched Azure VMs on the network.

Our next level of defense is a need for a security capability that will protect our VMs in real time from malicious software (malware) such as viruses, worms, and Trojans.

Microsoft Antimalware is a free built-in solution that offers a protection capability that alerts and remediates these malware threats in real time.

Getting ready

This recipe requires the following:

  • A device with a browser, such as Edge or Chrome, to access the Azure portal (https://portal.azure.com)
  • Access to an Azure subscription, where you have access to the Owner role for the Azure subscription

How to do it…

This recipe consists of the following task:

  • Enabling Antimalware when creating a VM

Task – enabling Antimalware when creating a VM

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Published in: Mar 2023Publisher: PacktISBN-13: 9781804617960

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Steve Miles

Steve Miles is a Microsoft security and Azure/hybrid MVP and MCT with over 20 years of experience in security, networking, storage, end user computing, and cloud solutions. His current focus is on securing, protecting, and managing identities, Windows clients, and Windows server workloads in hybrid and multi-cloud platform environments. His first Microsoft certification was on Windows NT and he is an MCP, MCITP, MCSA, and MCSE for Windows and many other Microsoft products. He also holds multiple Microsoft Fundamentals, Associate, Expert, and Specialty certifications in Azure security, identity, network, M365, and D365. He also holds multiple security, networking vendor, and other public cloud provider certifications.
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