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Microsoft Defender for Endpoint

8.4 /10
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Microsoft Defender for Endpoint
8.4 /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

Real user data aggregated to summarize the product performance and customer experience.
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85 Likeliness to Recommend

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Since last award

95 Plan to Renew

81 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

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Since last award


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Emotional Footprint Overview

+84 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

Ngaafare R.

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

Submitted Jun 2021

Simple virus defender

Likeliness to Recommend

9 /10

What differentiates Microsoft Defender for Endpoint from other similar products?

It is free and doesn't require any additional installation.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Defender has a simple to set up, user friendly interface. Defender puts less strain on the computer because it uses less processing power. It is free and doesn't require any additional installation.

What do you dislike most about this product?

It takes a long time to finish scanning as compared to other software products in the industry.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

It is a great product and work well with other antivirus software

Pros

  • Inspires Innovation
  • Over Delivered
  • Helps Innovate
  • Continually Improving Product

Mark R.

  • Role: Student Academic
  • Industry: Education
  • Involvement: End User of Application
Validated Review
Verified Reviewer

Submitted May 2021

Professional protection

Likeliness to Recommend

6 /10

What differentiates Microsoft Defender for Endpoint from other similar products?

Advanced hunting that provides a query-based threat-hunting tool that lets you proactively find breaches and create custom detections.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Automated investigation and remediation Microsoft Secure Score for Devices which help you dynamically assess the security state of your enterprise network, identify unprotected systems, and take recommended actions to improve the overall security of your organization.

What do you dislike most about this product?

Deployment issues I have had some issues deploying, especially outside of the Windows environment.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

A useful product that can fully utilized if you are a windows user.

Pros

  • Respectful
  • Efficient Service
  • Inspires Innovation
  • Caring

Joe L.

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

Submitted Mar 2021

A no brainer if you invest in the Microsoft stack

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates Microsoft Defender for Endpoint from other similar products?

Ease of integration with other widely used business MS products such as sharepoint, exchange and teams. Licensing bundled into the E5 license along with other business and security essential tools.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Device time line feature. Allowing a full time line of an incident across the whole stack. Tracking a click on an email, to accessing of a malicious file to call outs to C2's

What do you dislike most about this product?

GUI layout is less intuitive than other similar tools such as Cisco AMP

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Absolutely worth it if you already invest in the MS stack due to licensing costs and the fact that ingesting MS based log sources does not count towards the log storage overhead

Pros

  • Continually Improving Product
  • Enables Productivity
  • Trustworthy
  • Fair

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