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Protect non-Azure resources using Azure Arc and Microsoft Defender for Cloud

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Lior Arviv
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Apr 18, 2021
Microsoft Defender for Cloud monitors the security posture of your Azure resources. Today, organizations are extending their hybrid footprint and using additional public clouds. Microsoft Defender fo...
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Microsoft Defender for Cloud is a cloud-native application platform (CNAPP) that offers security and compliance from code to runtime, enhanced by AI, for hybrid and multicloud environments.
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Jul 17, 2021

So if I have 100s of site and each site have 40 servers, lets say I have 400 servers in total and approx. 4TB of log/metrics from each site(total over 100 sites),

then is there a mechanism to consolidate the logs/metrics to a site specific central agent/server (one option I observe was SCOM server but it could be very costly).

Looks like the steps involve installing azcmagent, is that same as Azure Monitoring Agent (AMA) ?  whats the difference ? any site explaining the differences ?

Also if there is a way for this azcmagent to consolidate the metrics for all servers in a site(40 servers) before sending to Azure (using cost effective mechanism and not having a SCOM server entirely) ?