SQLBits 2023

Microsoft Defender for SQL: Advanced Threat Protection

Microsoft Defender for SQL is part of the Azure Defender family and it protects SQL Server in two main ways. We'll cover the first way, Advanced Threat Protection. This is a feature with advanced security capabilities that detect anomalous activities that might access or exploit sql server, like SQL Injection.
A brief overview of how Microsoft Defender for SQL protects our environment from threats, inside and out, that want to access or exploit SQL Server.