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Microsoft Defender for Endpoint

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What is Microsoft Defender for Endpoint?

Microsoft Defender for Endpoint is an enterprise endpoint security platform designed to help enterprise networks prevent, detect, investigate, and respond to advanced threats. Defender for Endpoint customers need to apply for the Microsoft Threat Experts managed threat hunting service to get proactive Targeted Attack Notifications and to collaborate with experts on demand. Experts on Demand is an add-on service. Targeted Attack Notifications are always included after you have been accepted into Microsoft Threat Experts managed threat hunting service.

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Awards & Recognition

Microsoft Defender for Endpoint won the following awards in the Endpoint Detection & Response category

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2023 Emotional Footprint Champion

Latest Award, 2023

Service Experience
Product Impact
Contract Negotiation

Latest Award, 2023

3 Top Rated Capabilities

1 Top Rated Features

2023

Microsoft Defender for Endpoint Ratings

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89 Likeliness to Recommend

3
Since last award

100 Plan to Renew

89 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

2
Since last award

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Emotional Footprint Overview

+91 Net Emotional Footprint

The emotional sentiment held by end users of the software based on their experience with the vendor. Responses are captured on an eight-point scale.

How much do users love Microsoft Defender for Endpoint?

0% Negative

11% Neutral

89% Positive

Pros

Reliable
Trustworthy
Respectful
Helps Innovate

Feature Ratings

Average 83

Whitelisting Blacklisting

Continuous Monitoring

IOC Consumption

Agent Efficiency

Intrusion Detection Prevention

Automated Threat Response

Behavioural Analytics

Task Prioritization

Malware Identification Accuracy

IOC Tools

Machine Learning

Vendor Capability Ratings

Average 83

Quality of Features

Breadth of Features

Business Value Created

Ease of Data Integration

Ease of IT Administration

Usability and Intuitiveness

Ease of Implementation

Vendor Support

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Availability and Quality of Training

Ease of Customization

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Microsoft Defender for Endpoint Reviews

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Consulting
Involvement: IT Leader or Manager

Validated Review

Anonymous Reviewer

Submitted Mar 2023

Easy to setup

Likeliness to Recommend

9 /10

Pros

Helps Innovate
Reliable
Performance Enhancing
Enables Productivity

Anugrah S.

Role: Operations
Industry: Food and Beverage
Involvement: IT Leader or Manager

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Feb 2023

Best product for EDR

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates Microsoft Defender for Endpoint from other similar products?

Cost, Easy to implement, proactively monitoring and lots of powerful capabilities.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

You have lots of option to analyze any alert that are coming to its platform.

What do you dislike most about this product?

Don't know yet.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

I highly recommend this product. Cost, Easy to implement, proactively monitoring and lots of powerful capabilities.

Pros

Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Performance Enhancing

Emily F.

Role: Consultant
Industry: Consulting
Involvement: End User of Application

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Feb 2023

Its worthwhile

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates Microsoft Defender for Endpoint from other similar products?

With the tool there comes features such as - Ease of use - User Friendly interphase - Routine virus scan - Weekly database update

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

The best thing about the tool is that you are able to detect and eliminate a threat before it can cause any harm to your computer.

What do you dislike most about this product?

Does not support external drive scan on connection making your computer venerable if you connect infected drive

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

With minimal option, you can opt for the tool

Pros

Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Performance Enhancing

Microsoft Defender for Endpoint

What is Microsoft Defender for Endpoint?

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Awards & Recognition

2023 Emotional Footprint Champion

Microsoft Defender for Endpoint Ratings

89 Likeliness to Recommend

3 Since last award

100 Plan to Renew

89 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

2 Since last award

Emotional Footprint Overview

+91 Net Emotional Footprint

How much do users love Microsoft Defender for Endpoint?

Pros

Feature Ratings Average rating of all product features, some of which may not be shown below

Whitelisting Blacklisting Whitelisting and blacklisting of applications and websites that are either certified to be safe, or suspected to be malicious.

Continuous Monitoring Allows customers to select specific third parties which are continuously monitored, with alerts generated for significant changes in risk scores

IOC Consumption Ability to consume IOCs.

Agent Efficiency Agents are lightweight and create few conflicts or performance impacts.

Intrusion Detection Prevention Through event monitoring, the detection, countermeasure and prevention of possible security incidents or threats.

Automated Threat Response Automatic response to threats.

Behavioural Analytics Includes real-time dashboard visualizations, detailed & summary reporting on user behaviour.

Task Prioritization Ability to assign a priority to tasks.

Malware Identification Accuracy Malware identification and fingerprinting can provide extensive and deep indicators and analysis of malware detected.

IOC Tools Full export capabilities are simple to execute.

Machine Learning Can provide deep behavioural insights.

Vendor Capability Ratings Average rating of all vendor capabilities, some of which may not be shown below

Quality of Features Feature quality is just as important as quantity. Use this data to determine if this product will do what you're purchasing it to do, easily, intuitively, reliably, and effectively.

Breadth of Features Users prefer feature rich software that enables them to perform diverse series of tasks. This data expresses user satisfaction with the product's breadth of features.

Business Value Created Software needs to create value for employees, customers, partners, and, ultimately, shareholders. This data expresses user satisfaction - or lack thereof - with the product's business value.

Ease of Data Integration Use this data to determine whether the product will cause headaches or make data integration easy.

Ease of IT Administration This data indicates whether IT personnel will be able to resolve issues and perform configurations efficiently and effectively.

Usability and Intuitiveness End user learning curves cost the organization money. Pay attention to your end users' technical ability to determine how important UX is in your purchase.

Ease of Implementation Successfully implementing new software is necessary to realize its full value and promote end user adoption. This data indicates whether or not the product is easy to implement.

Vendor Support The importance of vendor support will vary for each organization depending on internal capabilities, but there will always be issues that only the vendor can resolve.

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement Vendors who don't stay on top of emerging needs and trends won't enable you to meet your business goals. Use this data to separate innovators from imposters.

Availability and Quality of Training Effective and readily available training enables users to get the most out of the software you've chosen. Use this section to make sure your vendor's training programs and materials measure up.

Ease of Customization Don't get bogged down in a difficult customization; use this data to make sure you can easily achieve the functionality you need for your particular situation.

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Microsoft Defender for Endpoint Reviews

Easy to setup

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Anugrah S.

Best product for EDR

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Emily F.

Its worthwhile

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

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Feature Ratings

Whitelisting Blacklisting

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Automated Threat Response

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