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Silver Contributor

Apr 09, 2022

MDI and Azure Arc

If we have deployed MDI to monitor the AD DCs, is there any reason to: 1. register these servers with Azure Arc 2. Connect them with MMA to Sentinel I don't think so, but I would like to make s...

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Martin_Schvartzman

Microsoft

Apr 10, 2022

Dean_Gross

It is not required for MDI.

Dean_Gross

Silver Contributor

Apr 10, 2022

thanks but i dont understand your response, could you please elaborate

Martin_Schvartzman
Microsoft
Apr 10, 2022
Dean_Gross

Registering the server with AzureArc and installing the MMA agent would enable you several other benefits, some are described in Azure Arc overview - Azure Arc | Microsoft Docs. But they are not required for MDI to work properly in your environment.
- Dean_Gross
  Silver Contributor
  Apr 10, 2022
  Martin_Schvartzman thanks, as a follow up, if we arc enable a DC and monitor it with Defender for Servers, how will that overlap with functionality provided by MDI?
  - Dean_Gross
    Silver Contributor
    Apr 12, 2022
    In a total coincidence, matthew zorich posted this https://learnsentinel.blog/2022/04/12/monitoring-active-directory-with-microsoft-sentinel-the-agent-deep-dive/ which provides a great explanation and may be helpful to others