General Availability: Malware Scanning in Defender for Storage

Malware Scanning in Defender for Storage will be generally available September 1, 2023\. Malware Scanning helps overcome traditional challenges in non-compute malware protection, providing a scalable solution tailored for high-compliance industries. Malware Scanning is available as an add-on to Defender for Storage and is a significant enhancement to Microsoft Defender for Cloud’s security offerings for Azure Blob Storage. Malware Scanning offers: * Near real-time agentless protection: full malware scan on uploaded content in near real time, using Microsoft Defender Antivirus capabilities. Catching polymorphic and metamorphic malware. * Cost-effective security: [control costs](https://aka.ms/DfStorage/CostControl) with flexible pricing based on the amount of data scanned and resource level granularity. Optional data capping allows you to align usage with your security budget. * Simple enablement at scale: [enabling Malware Scanning](https://aka.ms/DfStorage/MalwareScanning/Configure) requires zero maintenance and supports [automated responses at scale](https://aka.ms/DfStorage/MalwareScanning/Response). It offers multiple options to enable at scale via an [Azure built-in policy](https://aka.ms/DfStorage/AzurePolicy), [Bicep](https://aka.ms/DfStorage/Bicep), [ARM](https://aka.ms/DfStorage/ARM), [Terraform](https://aka.ms/DfStorage/Terraform), the [REST API](https://aka.ms/DfStorage/REST), or the [Azure portal UI](https://aka.ms/DfStorage/PortalUI). * Use-case versatility: over the past two years, beta users have applied Malware Scanning in [various scenarios](https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/defender-for-cloud/defender-for-storage-malware-scan#common-use-cases-and-scenarios), including web applications, content protection, compliance, third-party integrations, collaborative platforms, data pipelines, and machine learning (ML) training data. Malware Scanning is priced per gigabyte of data scanned. Billing begins on September 3, 2023\. Visit the [pricing page](https://aka.ms/malwarescanningprice) for additional information. Learn more: * [Malware Scanning documentation](https://aka.ms/DfStorage/MalwareScanning) * [Announcement blog](https://aka.ms/DfStorage/Blogs/GA-announcement) * Security Center * Microsoft Defender * Microsoft Defender for Cloud * Features * Pricing & Offerings * Services * Security * [ Microsoft Defender for Cloud](https://azure.microsoft.com/en-gb/products/defender-for-cloud/) * [ Microsoft Defender](https://azure.microsoft.com/en-gb/services/azure-defender/) * [ Security Center](https://azure.microsoft.com/en-gb/services/security-center/)