LOW

Ensure VM guest configuration is enabled

Guest Configuration should be enabled for VM compliance auditing.

Security Impact

Without guest configuration, VM OS-level compliance cannot be verified.

How to Remediate

Enable guest configuration extension and assign configuration policies.

Affected Resources

Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines

Compliance Frameworks

SOC 2NIST 800-53

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Check Details

Check ID
azure-compute-18
Service
Azure Virtual Machines
Category
Compliance
Severity
LOW

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