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Microsoft Defender for Endpoint

Composite Score
8.5 /10
CX Score
8.7 /10
Category
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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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.

86 Likeliness to Recommend

95 Plan to Renew

81 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 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

Abhishek P.

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

Submitted Nov 2024

Good endpoint defender

Likeliness to Recommend

9 /10

What differentiates Microsoft Defender for Endpoint from other similar products?

1- quick and automatic to scan virus and protect files. 2. Everything is inbuilt with the OS we don't need to put extra efforts to contact any third party vendor for support. 3. Handling vulnerabilities, blocking and giving suggestion is easy and effective.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Perfectly compatible with all the Windows operating system

What do you dislike most about this product?

Not very much happy about the reporting and information of the detected vulnerabilities. From last few time many false alerts issues we faced on this.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Good and simply deployed antivirus

Pros

  • Helps Innovate
  • Caring
  • Client Friendly Policies
  • Transparent

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

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