Ensure VMs use managed disks
VMs should use managed disks instead of unmanaged disks for better reliability.
Security Impact
Unmanaged disks lack automatic encryption, replication, and simplified management.
How to Remediate
Convert unmanaged disks to managed disks. New VMs should always use managed disks.
Affected Resources
Compliance Frameworks
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Check Details
- Check ID
- azure-compute-5
- Service
- Azure Virtual Machines
- Category
- Best Practices
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CIS Benchmark
- 7.1
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