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File access auditing should be enabled on FSx for Windows File Server (Preview)
Analysis / inference: Microsoft Defender for Cloud released a preview recommendation to enable file access auditing on FSx for Windows File Server.
- Published
- 08 Jun 2026, 05:30 AM IST
- Source
- Microsoft Defender for Cloud recommendations and alerts · Limited verification
- Classification
- Microsoft Security
Section 01 · Summary analysis
Analysis / inference: Enabling file access auditing on FSx for Windows File Server provides critical security visibility into storage resource interactions, supporting compliance and forensic investigations within cloud environments.
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Section 02 · Analysis
SecOps Signal analysisOperational impact
Analysis / inference: Cloud security teams will see new posture recommendations for AWS FSx instances that lack file access auditing enabled.
Section 03 · Recommended actions
- Review the new preview recommendation in Microsoft Defender for Cloud
- Evaluate the impact of enabling file access auditing on targeted FSx for Windows File Server instances
What to check
- Verify if Amazon FSx for Windows File Server instances are deployed in your cloud environment
- Check current security posture recommendations in Microsoft Defender for Cloud for storage auditing configurations
Affected scope
ProductsDefender for Cloud