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Defender for cloud Server configuration
So far Intune is the only way I know to configure Defender AV settings. Please check out this link.
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/mem/intune/protect/mde-security-integration
migsg Thank you very much for your answer! So far, I know MS don't want us to manage our servers with Intune. They want us to use the Azure capability but if we use guest configuration with azure policy, they will charge 6$ / server / month. Unfortunately, I didn't know this in the beginning of the project.
The solution right now is, similar what you said, to use Intune for the Antivirus Policies. We activated the Management MDE capabilities in M365 Defender. This option is nice in my opinion because Arc onboarded machine are onboarded to Intune automatically over MDE. Maybe I am blind, but this solution is nowhere documented in the Defender for Cloud for Arc enabled machines documentation.
For now, it works well. I am looking forward to seeing how our servers will work with defender..
Thank you and I hope this will maybe help others with the same task / project..