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Microsoft Defender for Endpoint

8.5 /10
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Microsoft Defender for Endpoint
8.5 /10

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 Protection - Enterprise category

Microsoft Defender for Endpoint Ratings

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86 Likeliness to Recommend

95 Plan to Renew

81 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

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Emotional Footprint Overview

+85 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?

7% Negative
5% Neutral
88% Positive

Pros

  • Respectful
  • Includes Product Enhancements
  • Helps Innovate
  • Fair

Feature Ratings

Average 78

Vendor Capability Ratings

Average 79

Microsoft Defender for Endpoint Reviews

Rakshit C.

  • Role: Consultant
  • Industry: Consulting
  • Involvement: IT Development, Integration, and Administration
Validated Review
Verified Reviewer

Submitted Oct 2024

Great Product for Protection

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates Microsoft Defender for Endpoint from other similar products?

Microsoft Defender for Endpoints excels in automatic investigations, seamlessly gathers data, and integrates closely with the operating system.The overall security management makes it unique from other similar products who lacks in basic updates and upgrades frequently.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Everything, including Defender in one brand is awesome.If a threat actor comes in, and creates a global administrative account, they can gain access to everything and whitelist then block everything else.The product great job when securing customers network.

What do you dislike most about this product?

It needs improvement in anti-ransomware features.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

For businesses which are new or existing can definitely consider the product as it offers comprehensive threat visibility and threat intelligence capabilities, providing valuable insights into potential security vulnerabilities and threats.

Pros

  • Helps Innovate
  • Continually Improving Product
  • Performance Enhancing
  • Enables Productivity

Abhishek A.

  • Role: Consultant
  • Industry: Finance
  • Involvement: End User of Application
Validated Review
Verified Reviewer

Submitted Sep 2024

Ease of use with great pricing.

Likeliness to Recommend

9 /10

What differentiates Microsoft Defender for Endpoint from other similar products?

Microsoft Defender comes inbuilt with Microsoft Windows whihc makes it more widely used as compared to others.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Microsoft Defender always keeps running in the background looking for any potential threats whihc might cause severe losses because of malware attacks or virus attacks. The best part is the pricing whihc is quite affordable and it doesn't take much space in the system so it's even hard to notice that it's running in the background.

What do you dislike most about this product?

There are more features which Microsoft can add to this product to make it more widely acceptable among the new generation.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

I would definitely recommend people to give it a try before using a costly tool for the same purpose and see the resuls.

Pros

  • Helps Innovate
  • Efficient Service
  • Reliable
  • Performance Enhancing

Paarth S.

  • Role: Information Technology
  • Industry: Technology
  • Involvement: IT Development, Integration, and Administration
Validated Review
Verified Reviewer

Submitted Aug 2024

Advanced Protection with deep customisation

Likeliness to Recommend

7 /10

What differentiates Microsoft Defender for Endpoint from other similar products?

Microsoft Defender for Endpoint offers a wide range of security policy customisation integrating with GPO / Intune /SCCM and added capabilities like Running Advanced Hunting query , Custom detection rules , ability to isolate infected device in no time.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Advanced Hunting which helps to detect any anomaly or threat also it is a very powerful tool for gathering some critical info. or logs

What do you dislike most about this product?

The Product support from vendors is bit disappointing also we have to rely on other tools such as Intune / SCCM / GPO for security policy implementation

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

A very good security software in terms of Antivirus and EDR capability, if you use Intune /GPO for policy implementation in your environment it is worth considering.

Pros

  • Unique Features
  • Security Protects
  • Helps Innovate
  • Reliable

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