General availability: Trusted launch for Azure VMs in Azure for US Government regions

Allows you to enable secure boot, vTPM, virtualization-based security, and Microsoft Defender for Cloud integration, providing additional layers of defense against sophisticated threats.

01/02/2023ComputeVirtual Machines

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