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# Microsoft Defender for App Services should be enabled
 
## Description{% #description %}

Microsoft Defender for App Service detects attacks on web applications hosted in Azure App Service, including suspicious process execution, web shell activity, and connection-based threats. The plan must be enabled at the *Standard* tier on subscriptions that run App Service workloads.

## Remediation{% #remediation %}

See [Protect your applications with Defender for App Service](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/defender-for-cloud/tutorial-enable-app-service-plan) for step-by-step instructions on enabling the plan.