Standard Pricing Enabled
Ensures that standard pricing is enabled in the Microsoft Defender.
Enabling standard pricing increases the security posture of the subscription. This enables advanced security monitoring for the services covered under the Microsoft Defender for Cloud.
Recommended Actions
Follow the appropriate remediation steps below to resolve the issue.
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Log in to the Microsoft Azure Management Console.
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Select the “Search resources, services, and docs” option at the top and search for “Microsoft Defender for Cloud”.
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On the “Microsoft Defender for Cloud” page, scroll down and select the “Environment Settings” option under “Management” in the left navigation panel.
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On the “Environment Settings” page, click on the name of the Azure subscription that needs to be examined.
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In the navigation panel, choose Defender plans.
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Check the pricing tier enabled for the selected plans, ensuring that the Standard pricing tier is enabled.
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If the Standard Pricing is not enabled, enable the Standard pricing tier for the chosen plans by selecting it.
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Save the changes made to the selected plans at the top of the Defender plans page.
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Repeat steps 1-8 to verify that Standard Pricing is enabled across all required subscriptions.
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Ensure that Standard Pricing is consistently enabled for Microsoft Defender for Cloud across all your Azure subscriptions.