Azure Compute Hardening Report

Overview

This report reviews Compute Hardening across your selected Azure subscriptions using 41 enabled configuration and recommendation checks. It identifies affected resources and provides remediation guidance for failed checks.

Checks use the configuration and recommendations available for the selected subscriptions. Resources that cannot be evaluated are reported as unavailable or not applicable.

Assessment scope

• Compute — 41 checks

Example checks

• Azure Monitor Agent is Installed on Linux Arc Machines
• Azure Monitor Agent is Installed on Windows Arc Machines
• Add system-assigned managed identity to enable Guest Configuration assignments on virtual machines with no identities
• Virtual machines' Guest Configuration extension should be deployed with system-assigned managed identity
• Add system-assigned managed identity to enable Guest Configuration assignments on VMs with a user-assigned identity

Upon completion, the report lists passed and failed checks, affected resources, unavailable evidence, and actionable remediation guidance.