Microsoft Corporation

Microsoft Defender for Office 365

Composite Score

7.1 /10

CX Score

7.4 /10

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What is Microsoft Defender for Office 365?

Microsoft Defender for Office 365 offers a comprehensive solution to protect your organization and employees from advanced, targeted and zero-day phishing, malware and business email compromise attacks.

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Microsoft Defender for Office 365 Ratings

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

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.

83 Likeliness to Recommend

100 Plan to Renew

78 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.

+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 Office 365?

0% Negative

0% Neutral

100% Positive

Pros

Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Performance Enhancing
Enables Productivity

Cons

Less Fair

Feature Ratings

Average 80

Prevention

IOC Focus and Management

24/7/365 Security Monitoring

Vulnerability Management

Real-Time Threat and Anomaly Detection

Standardized Playbooks

Use of the MITRE ATT&CK Framework

Compliance Reporting and Archival Mechanisms

Risk Scoring & Remediation Act

Threat Intelligence

Simplified Automation and Integration

Vendor Capability Ratings

Average 74

Ease of IT Administration

Quality of Features

Ease of Implementation

Usability and Intuitiveness

Availability and Quality of Training

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Breadth of Features

Business Value Created

Ease of Customization

Ease of Data Integration

Vendor Support

Microsoft Defender for Office 365 Reviews

Andre S.

Role: Sales Marketing
Industry: Food and Beverage
Involvement: End User of Application

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Nov 2024

It's simple to use.

Likeliness to Recommend

7 /10

What differentiates Microsoft Defender for Office 365 from other similar products?

It's a product I trust as we used other software, but so far we're happy

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

That's it's simple to user

What do you dislike most about this product?

Sometimes we have to disable it to allow other software to be installed

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Try it, it's very good

Pros

Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Performance Enhancing

Vinay K.

Role: Finance
Industry: Finance
Involvement: End User of Application

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Oct 2024

Good product but complex

Likeliness to Recommend

9 /10

What differentiates Microsoft Defender for Office 365 from other similar products?

It seamlessly integrates with other Microsoft services, providing a unified security approach for email and collaboration tools.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

identify and respond to threats in real-time, significantly enhancing email security and protecting users from sophisticated attacks like phishing.

What do you dislike most about this product?

Complexity of set-up.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Try with free version

Pros

Client Friendly Policies
Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Reliable

Paarth S.

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

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Aug 2024

Comprehensive Security, Enhanced Protection

Likeliness to Recommend

7 /10

What differentiates Microsoft Defender for Office 365 from other similar products?

It integrates well with Microsoft Exchange Online and provides good of policy customization and has one of the best threat response.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Offers a really good Phishing simulation ,Threat Hunting capability from Microsoft Defender Advanced hunting capability and has a really good threat response and remediation.

What do you dislike most about this product?

The Vendor support from Microsoft is bit disappointing and could be improved

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

A really good product for Microsoft Exchange Security , offers a good customization and Integration. Which procurement consider negotiating with Microsoft or a reseller for volume discounts, especially if you're purchasing a large number of licenses.

Pros

Reliable
Enables Productivity
Security Protects
Continually Improving Product

Microsoft Defender for Office 365

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Microsoft Defender for Office 365 Ratings

83 Likeliness to Recommend

100 Plan to Renew

78 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

Emotional Footprint Overview

+85 Net Emotional Footprint

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Pros

Cons

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

Prevention Offers capable next-gen AV (NGAV) and host protection.

IOC Focus and Management Should include a wide variety of IOCs, but is more focused on behaviors and behavioral detection; IOCs are not as simple to manage.

24/7/365 Security Monitoring MDR provider should include a team of experienced security analysts monitoring the network 24/7 to identify abnormal activity and mitigate against threats.

Vulnerability Management Discover and fix vulnerabilities in the system.

Real-Time Threat and Anomaly Detection Real-time or near real time threat detection of attacks and anomalous behavior.

Standardized Playbooks Standardized playbooks contain procedures, standards, and anticipated results from incident response. Reduces threat dwell time and time to close the event.

Use of the MITRE ATT&CK Framework Threat modeling capabilities and allows for mapping use cases to established TTPs, in order to facilitate rapid incident response.

Compliance Reporting and Archival Mechanisms System archives incidents and produces comprehensive reports to stakeholders about current vulnerabilities and past vulnerabilities and remediation efforts.

Risk Scoring & Remediation Act Actionable risk mitigation suggestions for each vulnerability discovered.​

Threat Intelligence Security threat intelligence feed integration with ability to update multiple uses and control updating behaviors.

Simplified Automation and Integration XDR simplifies automations and integrations, out of the box functionality without heavy lifting, SIEM+SOAR without the burden of cost and resources.

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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 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.

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

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.

Microsoft Defender for Office 365 Reviews

Andre S.

It's simple to use.

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Vinay K.

Good product but complex

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Paarth S.

Comprehensive Security, Enhanced Protection

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Feature Ratings

Prevention

IOC Focus and Management

24/7/365 Security Monitoring

Vulnerability Management

Real-Time Threat and Anomaly Detection

Standardized Playbooks

Use of the MITRE ATT&CK Framework

Compliance Reporting and Archival Mechanisms

Risk Scoring & Remediation Act

Threat Intelligence

Simplified Automation and Integration

Vendor Capability Ratings

Ease of IT Administration

Quality of Features

Ease of Implementation

Usability and Intuitiveness

Availability and Quality of Training

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Breadth of Features

Business Value Created

Ease of Customization

Ease of Data Integration

Vendor Support