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Frequently asked questions
- No. Subscriptions that had either Microsoft Defender for Kubernetes or Microsoft Defender for Container registries enabled prior to December 6, 2021 do not need to upgrade to the new Microsoft Defender for Containers offering. However, you will see an upgrade option inside the portal.
- Customers who currently use Microsoft Defender for Kubernetes will continue to be able to use it for subscriptions where the service is already enabled.
- Customers who currently use Microsoft Defender for Container registries will continue to be able to use it for subscriptions where the service is already enabled.
- Yes. The new Microsoft Defender for Containers plan contains all features that were previously available via Microsoft Defender for Kubernetes and Microsoft Defender for container registries. In addition, the new plan contains a large set of new and improved capabilities and has removed previously existing dependencies on Microsoft Defender for Servers. Brand new features include Kubernetes-native deployment, advanced threat protection with Kubernetes-aware AI analytics and anomaly detection, and runtime visibility of vulnerabilities.
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- A transaction is an API call with a request payload size of up to 1,000 data points included in the time series. Each increment of 1,000 data points will be counted as an additional transaction. For example, an API call with request payload size of 2,050 data points is 3 transactions. The maximum request payload size is 8,640 data points. Each data point in the time series is a time stamp/numerical value pair.
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