You have an Azure subscription that uses Microsoft Defender for Cloud. You have an Amazon Web Services (AWS) account. You need to ensure that when you deploy a new AWS Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2)…

The correct answer is D. the native cloud connector. To protect your AWS-based resources, you can connect an AWS account with either Native of Classic Cloud Connector. Native cloud connector is the recommended way and provides an agentless connection to your AWS account that can extend with Defender for Cloud's Defender plans to…

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You have an Azure subscription that uses Microsoft Defender for Cloud. You have an Amazon Web Services (AWS) account. You need to ensure that when you deploy a new AWS Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) instance, the Microsoft Defender for Servers agent installs automatically. What should you configure first?

Options

Athe classic cloud connector
Bthe Azure Monitor agent
Cthe Log Analytics agent
Dthe native cloud connector

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B
3% (1)
C
6% (2)
D
91% (32)

Explanation

To protect your AWS-based resources, you can connect an AWS account with either Native of Classic Cloud Connector. Native cloud connector is the recommended way and provides an agentless connection to your AWS account that can extend with Defender for Cloud's Defender plans to secure the AWS https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/defender-for-cloud/quickstart-onboard-aws?pivots=env-

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