{"id":3111,"date":"2026-10-21T05:10:15","date_gmt":"2026-10-21T02:10:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.jussimetso.com\/?p=3111"},"modified":"2026-10-21T05:10:16","modified_gmt":"2026-10-21T02:10:16","slug":"understanding-defender-workload-unit-for-cloud-security","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jussimetso.com\/index.php\/2026\/10\/21\/understanding-defender-workload-unit-for-cloud-security\/","title":{"rendered":"Understanding Defender Workload Unit for Cloud Security"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"bsf_rt_marker\"><\/div>\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"3111\" class=\"elementor elementor-3111\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-fda2933 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"fda2933\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-728aa33\" data-id=\"728aa33\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0e5d957 elementor-toc--minimized-on-tablet elementor-widget elementor-widget-table-of-contents\" data-id=\"0e5d957\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;headings_by_tags&quot;:[&quot;h2&quot;,&quot;h3&quot;,&quot;h4&quot;,&quot;h5&quot;],&quot;exclude_headings_by_selector&quot;:[],&quot;no_headings_message&quot;:&quot;No headings were found on this page.&quot;,&quot;marker_view&quot;:&quot;numbers&quot;,&quot;minimize_box&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;minimized_on&quot;:&quot;tablet&quot;,&quot;hierarchical_view&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;min_height&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;min_height_tablet&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;min_height_mobile&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]}}\" data-widget_type=\"table-of-contents.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-toc__header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-toc__header-title\">\n\t\t\t\tTable of Contents\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-toc__toggle-button elementor-toc__toggle-button--expand\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-controls=\"elementor-toc__0e5d957\" aria-expanded=\"true\" aria-label=\"Open table of contents\"><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-chevron-down\"><\/i><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-toc__toggle-button elementor-toc__toggle-button--collapse\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-controls=\"elementor-toc__0e5d957\" aria-expanded=\"true\" aria-label=\"Close table of contents\"><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-chevron-up\"><\/i><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-toc__0e5d957\" class=\"elementor-toc__body\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-toc__spinner-container\">\n\t\t\t\t<i class=\"elementor-toc__spinner eicon-animation-spin eicon-loading\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e679075 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e679075\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Defender Workload Unit is a new billing model and product experience for cloud security that maps protected workloads to one unified unit. Customers track total secured workloads in one model and use updated tools to estimate, budget, and track usage. DWU uses a consistent global per-unit price, billed monthly or prorated hourly. Final pricing is reflected on the <a href=\"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/pricing\/details\/defender-for-cloud\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">official pricing page<\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-248815f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"248815f\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-d98b030\" data-id=\"d98b030\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b18127b elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"b18127b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"> Defender Workload Unit (DWU)<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fb5b98c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"fb5b98c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>A simplified billing model and updated cloud security experiences that map protected workloads into a single, unified unit:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"customListStyle\">\n<li data-list-item-id=\"ec5288dd0aabbc691c81413b5fdaece7e\">\n<p class=\"noSpacingAbove spacingBelow\" data-text-type=\"withSpacing\"><span dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"EN-US\"><strong>Pricing model<\/strong>: A single, globally consistent per\u2011unit price ($5 list price). Each protected workload (CSPM, servers, containers) is mapped to a defined DWU ratio.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul class=\"customListStyle\">\n<li data-list-item-id=\"ec424935a2ced0734e121bffb596f89d7\">\n<p>As part of the new model:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Defender for Containers is measured by protected node instead of vCPU.<\/li>\n<li>Defender for Key Vault, Defender for Storage, and Defender for Resource Manager use per-resource measurement instead of transactional measurement.<\/li>\n<li>Defender for Azure SQL Databases, Defender for SQL Servers on Machines, and Defender for Open-Source Relational Databases are consolidated into one Defender for Databases plan.<\/li>\n<li>Defender for APIs uses a unified plan instead of multiple separate plans.<\/li>\n<li>Defender for DNS will no longer be offered as a standalone plan. Defender for Servers Plan 2 customers gain access to Defender for DNS value as part of Defender for Servers Plan 2 at no extra cost.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li data-list-item-id=\"e555ca1f3debbc9b8829fa749a0ec1cd9\">\n<p class=\"noSpacingAbove spacingBelow\" data-text-type=\"withSpacing\"><span dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"EN-US\"><strong>Usage report<\/strong>: Customers can view total secured workloads in a single model and use enhanced tools to estimate, plan, and monitor usage.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b60a2fc elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"b60a2fc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"742\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jussimetso.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/dwu_subscription_plans.png?resize=640%2C742&#038;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-3517\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jussimetso.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/dwu_subscription_plans.png?resize=883%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 883w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jussimetso.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/dwu_subscription_plans.png?resize=259%2C300&amp;ssl=1 259w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jussimetso.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/dwu_subscription_plans.png?resize=768%2C890&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jussimetso.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/dwu_subscription_plans.png?resize=300%2C348&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jussimetso.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/dwu_subscription_plans.png?resize=850%2C985&amp;ssl=1 850w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jussimetso.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/dwu_subscription_plans.png?w=1106&amp;ssl=1 1106w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Defender managed plans<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6351037 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6351037\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>NOTE. Before using the new DWU model the cloud security plans needs to be enabled to Defender.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dd88d16 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"dd88d16\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-04b7bea elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"04b7bea\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3e9cc92\" data-id=\"3e9cc92\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ef2395d elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"ef2395d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Getting started\n<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e29b6bd elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e29b6bd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Defender for Cloud customers with at any paid plan can access the consumption experiences in the Defender portal.<\/p>\n<p>Defender for Cloud customers with at least one paid plan can access the Defender portal experiences.<\/p>\n<p>To prepare your tenant for cloud security data:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>In the Microsoft Defender portal, select <strong>Cloud security<\/strong> &gt; <strong>Overview<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>Select <strong>Prepare my tenant<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>NOTE:<\/strong> Data can take up to 24 hours to appear.<\/p>\n<p>Follow the <a href=\"https:\/\/learn.microsoft.com\/en-us\/azure\/defender-for-cloud\/defender-portal\/manage-plans-defender-portal\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">link<\/span><\/a> to plan enablement.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-76ae880 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"76ae880\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-a495973 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"a495973\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c0a2337\" data-id=\"c0a2337\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8661ee8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"8661ee8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Track the cost of DWU-based billing\n<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-009f208 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"009f208\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>After you move subscriptions to DWU-based billing, use the Cloud security cost report to review 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elementor-element-b9c76b9 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"b9c76b9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3ded85c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3ded85c\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-df219f4\" 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the new model. Sign-in if prompted:<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/security\/business\/cloud-security\/cost-estimator\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Cloud Security Cost Estimator<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The DWU model replaces separate billing signals with one unit that can be reviewed across workloads and environments. For current pricing and workload mappings, see<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/pricing\/details\/defender-for-cloud\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-wplink-edit=\"true\">Pricing &#8211; Microsoft Defender for Cloud<\/a><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d82962c elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"d82962c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jussimetso.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/dwu_overview.png?ssl=1\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"dwu_overview\" 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href=\"https:\/\/learn.microsoft.com\/en-us\/azure\/defender-for-cloud\/defender-portal\/connect-azure-environments-defender-portal\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Connect<\/span><\/a> Azure subscriptions to Defender.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/learn.microsoft.com\/en-us\/azure\/defender-for-cloud\/defender-portal\/known-limitations\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Known limitations<\/span><\/a> in the public preview.<\/p>\n<p>FAQ <a href=\"https:\/\/learn.microsoft.com\/en-us\/azure\/defender-for-cloud\/defender-portal\/integration-faq\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">frequently asked questions<\/span><\/a> available.<\/p>\n<p>Also coming soon the blog about plan enablement.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section 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