Microsoft Corporation

Microsoft Defender for Endpoint

Composite Score

8.6 /10

CX Score

8.8 /10

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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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2 Top Rated Capabilities

0 Top Rated Features

2024

2023 Emotional Footprint Champion

2023

Service Experience
Product Impact
Contract Negotiation

2023

3 Top Rated Capabilities

1 Top Rated Features

2023

Microsoft Defender for Endpoint Ratings

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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

100 Plan to Renew

83 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

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Since last award

Product Experience

Negotiation and Contract

Conflict Resolution

Strategy & Innovation

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Emotional Footprint Overview

Product Experience:: 91%
Negotiation and Contract:: 88%
Conflict Resolution:: 88%
Strategy & Innovation:: 88%
Service Experience:: 89%

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?

3% Negative

6% Neutral

91% Positive

Pros

Reliable
Respectful
Trustworthy
Helps Innovate

Feature Ratings

Average 81

IOC Consumption

Behavioural Analytics

Continuous Monitoring

IOC Tools

Task Prioritization

Intrusion Detection Prevention

Agent Efficiency

Automated Threat Response

Whitelisting Blacklisting

Malware Identification Accuracy

Machine Learning

Vendor Capability Ratings

Average 80

Quality of Features

Ease of Implementation

Breadth of Features

Ease of IT Administration

Business Value Created

Ease of Data Integration

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Usability and Intuitiveness

Availability and Quality of Training

Ease of Customization

Vendor Support

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Microsoft Defender for Endpoint Reviews

Emma J.

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Technology
Involvement: IT Development, Integration, and Administration

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Submitted Apr 2022

Microsoft Defender Best Endpoint Protection Soluti

Likeliness to Recommend

8 /10

What differentiates Microsoft Defender for Endpoint from other similar products?

Security automation enables you to take your security to the next level by going from alarm to remedy in minutes—at scale. Microsoft Defender for Endpoints includes several useful capabilities that can assist an organization in protecting itself against unknown viruses. Microsoft is developing an EcoSystem to link all of its products with Office 365.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Microsoft Defender for Endpoint is a comprehensive endpoint security solution that provides preventative security, post-breach detection, automated investigation, and response. You get the agentless and cloud-based - no extra deployment or infrastructure is required. There are no delays or concerns with update compatibility. Additionally, it always remains up to date.

What do you dislike most about this product?

In comparison to the competition, several of the policy exceptions available in MDE are touch lights. Microsoft could improve this to make MDE more capable of being deployed at a larger scale and a faster rate.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

On the whole, it may be self-implemented without the intervention of IT specialists. So, it is part of the operating system, there are no conflicts, which were very prevalent with the tools we were using previously. The upgrade is also linked to Windows Update, which makes handling updates a breeze.

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Unique Features
Efficient Service
Effective Service
Inspires Innovation

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

88 Likeliness to Recommend

100 Plan to Renew

83 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

1 Since last award

Emotional Footprint Overview

Emotional Footprint Overview

+89 Net Emotional Footprint

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Pros

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

IOC Consumption Ability to consume IOCs.

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

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

IOC Tools Full export capabilities are simple to execute.

Task Prioritization Ability to assign a priority to tasks.

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

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

Automated Threat Response Automatic response to threats.

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

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

Machine Learning Can provide deep behavioural insights.

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

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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.

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.

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

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.

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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.

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.

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.

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