Configuring Remediation for Microsoft Azure

Configure Microsoft Azure connectors for gathering resource information from your Microsoft Azure account. It just takes a couple of minutes.

Pre-requisites

Before you create an Azure connector, ensure that you meet the following requirements:

- Enable Remediation for Azure Connector to register an application with your Azure Active Directory.

- Check Azure Subscription permissions to assign the application to a role in your Azure subscription.

Enable Remediation for New Azure Connectors

On the Configuration tab, select Microsoft Azure and then click Manage Connectors.

The Connectors Application appears.

On the Connectors Application, click  Create Connector.

Provide a name and description (optional) for your connector. Configure the required settings for the Azure connector. For detailed information on connector creations steps, refer to Configure Azure Connectors.

Option to enable remediation for Azure connector

Select Enable Remediation check box to enable remediation for the connector. 

Click Create Connector.

That’s it! The connector will establish a connection with Microsoft Azure to start discovering resources from each region and evaluate them against policies.

Configuration on Microsoft Azure Console

You can configure the roles and permissions needed for remediation on the Microsoft Azure portal.

Manual Configuration

The manual configuration for remediation includes two parts: creating custom role and adding the custom role to the application.

Enabling Remediation for Existing Azure Connectors

Go to Configuration > Microsoft Azure and select the connector for which you would want to edit the details. From the quick actions menu, select View and go to Connector Information tab and click Edit.

Option to enable remediation for existing Azure connector

You can now edit the required details. Select the Enable Remediation check box and click Save. Once you edit the connector settings, ensure that you also configure the roles and permissions needed for remediation on the Azure console.

For more information on configuration of roles and permissions on Microsoft Azure console, refer to Configuration on Microsoft Azure console.

To fetch the updated resources, you need to select Run from the quick actions menu for the Azure connector.