General availability of Defender for Storage integration in Azure Portal Storage Center

General availability of Defender for Storage integration in Azure Portal Storage Center
April 20, 2026

This integration brings Defender for Storage insights directly into the native storage management experience. This approach makes it easier for customers to understand and improve their storage security posture at scale.

Customers can now view Defender for Storage threat protection and security posture coverage directly in Storage Center, next to their storage resources.

Storage Center provides a centralized, storage-native view of Defender for Storage protection status. This view helps customers quickly understand the following items:

1. Which storage accounts are protected, partly protected, or not protected
2. Where malware scanning, activity monitoring, and sensitive data discovery are enabled
3. Where security gaps exist across Azure Blob Storage and Azure Files storage