Can I use Microsoft Defender for Endpoint for CIS benchmark assessment

Hi Team, I have a customer who wants to do CIS benchmark assessment (CIS Microsoft Windows Server Benchmarks) for On-prem Windows 2022 servers. Can we use Microsoft defender for endpoint to do ...

cyb3rmik3
Apr 10, 2025
Hello Huaye,
If your servers are already on Azure Arc with MDC P2 enabled go through the Unified Security Operations portal, Endpoints > Vulnerability management > Baseline assessments > Profiles and here click Create.
Here, you can choose the CIS version required.
And following you can choose specific configurations and also specific devices groups per tags.
Let me know if this helped.
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cyb3rmik3

Microsoft

Apr 10, 2025

Hello Huaye,

If your servers are already on Azure Arc with MDC P2 enabled go through the Unified Security Operations portal, Endpoints > Vulnerability management > Baseline assessments > Profiles and here click Create.

Here, you can choose the CIS version required.

And following you can choose specific configurations and also specific devices groups per tags.

Let me know if this helped.

If I have answered your question, please mark your post as Solved

If you like my response, please consider giving it a like