Diagram
A system architecture diagram showing how Microsoft Defender for Cloud uses Azure Arc and least-privilege service principals to connect on-premises, AWS, and GCP environments, ingesting telemetry to calculate a unified Secure Score.
Connect Hybrid Cloud and Multi-Cloud Environments to Microsoft Defender for Cloud
Defender for Cloud can protect resources not only in Azure but also in Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Google Cloud Platform (GCP). Connecting these external clouds involves installing the Defender for Cloud agent or enabling the connection through the cloud provider's console. Once connected, Defender for Cloud discovers resources in those environments and applies the same security recommendations.
The multi-cloud capability creates a unified security view across all environments, so teams do not need separate tools for each cloud provider. Security findings from AWS and GCP appear alongside Azure findings in the same dashboard. This unified view depends on the connector being properly configured, and the data flows from each cloud provider into Defender for Cloud for analysis and scoring.
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