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Docs: Recommend Defender for Servers Plan 2 as preferred server onboarding option#505

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Adds an explicit recommendation in the "Server plans" section of defender-endpoint/onboard-server.md identifying Microsoft Defender for Servers Plan 2 as the preferred onboarding option for server workloads

Today the article lists three valid licensing options without indicating which one Microsoft recommends for typical scenarios:

  • Microsoft Defender for Servers Plan 1 or Plan 2 (Defender for Cloud)
  • Microsoft Defender for Endpoint for servers
  • Microsoft Defender for Business servers

Customers and partners frequently default to the standalone "Microsoft Defender for Endpoint for servers" SKU on the assumption it is functionally equivalent to Defender for Servers Plan 2, missing capabilities that are specific to Plan 2.

This guidance is already implied across azure/defender-for-cloud/defender-for-servers-overview.md and azure/defender-for-cloud/plan-defender-for-servers-select-plan.md, but it is not surfaced on the Defender for Endpoint server onboarding entry-point article that most readers land on first.

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  • /azure/defender-for-cloud/defender-for-servers-overview
  • /azure/defender-for-cloud/plan-defender-for-servers-select-plan
  • /defender-endpoint/minimum-requirements

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