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# Microsoft Defender for Azure SQL Databases should be enabled
 
## Description{% #description %}

Microsoft Defender for Azure SQL Databases delivers vulnerability assessment and advanced threat protection for Azure SQL Database, Azure SQL Managed Instance, and Azure Synapse dedicated SQL pools. The plan must be enabled at the *Standard* tier on every subscription hosting these databases.

## Remediation{% #remediation %}

See [Protect your databases with Defender for Databases](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/defender-for-cloud/tutorial-enable-databases-plan) for step-by-step instructions on enabling the Azure SQL Databases plan.