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Microsoft Defender for Endpoint

Composite Score
8.2 /10
CX Score
8.4 /10
Category
Microsoft Defender for Endpoint
8.2 /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 Detection & Response category

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Microsoft Defender for Endpoint Ratings

Real user data aggregated to summarize the product performance and customer experience.
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Product scores listed below represent current data. This may be different from data contained in reports and awards, which express data as of their publication date.

88 Likeliness to Recommend

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Since last award

100 Plan to Renew

82 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

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Emotional Footprint Overview

Product scores listed below represent current data. This may be different from data contained in reports and awards, which express data as of their publication date.

+89 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
9% Neutral
91% Positive

Pros

  • Reliable
  • Trustworthy
  • Respectful
  • Helps Innovate

Feature Ratings

Average 81

Whitelisting Blacklisting

84

Behavioural Analytics

83

IOC Consumption

82

Continuous Monitoring

82

Agent Efficiency

81

Malware Identification Accuracy

81

Task Prioritization

80

IOC Tools

80

Intrusion Detection Prevention

79

Automated Threat Response

79

Machine Learning

79

Vendor Capability Ratings

Average 81

Quality of Features

85

Breadth of Features

84

Business Value Created

82

Ease of Data Integration

82

Ease of Implementation

81

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

80

Ease of IT Administration

80

Usability and Intuitiveness

79

Vendor Support

79

Availability and Quality of Training

78

Ease of Customization

77

Microsoft Defender for Endpoint Reviews

Alexandre L.

  • Role: Information Technology
  • Industry: Healthcare
  • Involvement: IT Leader or Manager
Validated Review
Verified Reviewer

Submitted Jun 2022

Fantastic product!

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates Microsoft Defender for Endpoint from other similar products?

Cloud base admin console

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

everything is configurable from the cloud console

What do you dislike most about this product?

was hard to to transfert configuration from previous software to this one

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

go for it!

Pros

  • Respectful
  • Altruistic
  • Generous Negotitation
  • Includes Product Enhancements

Cons

  • Less Fair

Robbie S.

  • Role: Information Technology
  • Industry: Technology
  • Involvement: End User of Application
Validated Review
Verified Reviewer

Submitted Jun 2022

Ensures an upper hand against threats.

Likeliness to Recommend

9 /10

What differentiates Microsoft Defender for Endpoint from other similar products?

Microsoft defender for endpoint presents us with out and out visibility into attacks. This visibility help ensure automated security operations. With Microsoft defender, we are able to detect attackers immediately and the possibility of them to operate unseen is minimal

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Microsoft defender for endpoint identifies and stops malware immediately. We always have an upper hand over the latest treats. I like how advanced attacks can be detected in real time. We are also able to sequence alerts effectively, and have a full view of the breach and take actions to solve the malware.

What do you dislike most about this product?

MDE works well most times except for the few cases of false positives we have had.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

It is the best solution for sophisticated threats it is amazing for real time threat detection. It has powerful capabilities to resolve threats in the early stages of attacks before they cause any major effect on the systems. for the few successful attacks on our systems, Microsoft defender for endpoint has greatly minimized their impact.

Pros

  • Helps Innovate
  • Continually Improving Product
  • Reliable
  • Performance Enhancing

Kelly S.

  • Role: Information Technology
  • Industry: Technology
  • Involvement: IT Leader or Manager
Validated Review
Verified Reviewer

Submitted May 2022

Microsoft defender is an amazing application .

Likeliness to Recommend

9 /10

What differentiates Microsoft Defender for Endpoint from other similar products?

It runs natively on Windows it’s not a bolted-on solution. Once you’ve got the proper license it is simple enough to light up the application to safeguard the endpoint. Integrated with Microsoft Intune. It’s designed to find and remediate adversary techniques from the MITRE knowledge base. Machine-controlled detection and remediation of threats with a graphical timeline view of how the threat got into the device and was stopped. It has its vulnerability scanner to feed information into the dashboard thus you’ll be able to see daily that endpoints got to be patched 1st based on their price.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

One of the simple strengths of Windows Defender is that it’s free. It already comes packaged with Windows. You don’t get to install it individually or pay further for the excellent quiet protection it provides. Unlike all the opposite anti-virus computer code out there, the service is extremely lightweight on the system and one doesn’t even get to understand once a background check goes on within the background. I ne’er had to open the appliance to run scans. It mechanically keeps running in the background and informs if something fishy is going on in the background.

What do you dislike most about this product?

It is not a complex antivirus resolution once it involves its feature sets. People who are finicky regarding every feature are a bit discomfited with the shortage of options/settings available to assemble the antivirus.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

It would be suited in an environment wherever almost all of your endpoints are Windows-based computers, as Windows Defender is already built into the operating system, thus there’s no client to possess to worry regarding installing. It conjointly can create the management of endpoints easier on the server-side, if most all machines are Windows-based.

Pros

  • Continually Improving Product
  • Reliable
  • Efficient Service
  • Transparent

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