Defender for Cloud coming into the Defender Portal

You may have noticed that cloud resources, assets, filters, and blades are starting to appear in different areas of the Defender portal. Following Microsoft’s latest video (see link below), the direction is now clear: instead of moving the existing Defender for Cloud experience from the Azure portal into Defender, Microsoft is building an entirely new experience within the Defender portal.

Below is an overview of where cloud-related resources and options can currently be found (as of 09.04.2026):

Menu bar	Location
	Overview: Showing cloud exposure Initiatives: Cloud security Recommendations: Specific for cloud resources Vulnerability management Overview: Separate cloud dashboard Vulnerabilities: Separate cloud tab showing CVE’s Inventories: Separate cloud tab Attack map: Showing cloud assets Secure score: Showing Cloud Secure Score
	Separate section showing only cloud assets by types: All DevOps API Data AI Containers VMs
	The new home of the DFC experience with dashboards for: Security posture Threat detection Security coverage See risks for Azure & Multicloud Regulatory compliance (coming soon)
	For configuring cloud scopes (coming soon)

For enabling the experience in the XDR portal, make sure you configured these settings:

• Under System, Settings, Microsoft Defender XDR, Preview features: Enable preview features and tick the box for Microsoft Defender for Cloud
  
  
• In Exposure Management, Data connectors: Tick the connector Microsoft Defender for Cloud

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Link to the Microsoft video:

A new home for Microsoft Defender for Cloud – YouTube