Microsoft Defender for Endpoint
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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86 Likeliness to Recommend
95 Plan to Renew
81 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value
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+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?
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- Respectful
- Includes Product Enhancements
- Helps Innovate
- Fair
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Microsoft Defender for Endpoint Reviews
Ngaafare R.
- Role: Information Technology
- Industry: Technology
- Involvement: End User of Application
Submitted Jun 2021
Simple virus defender
Likeliness to Recommend
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
Submitted May 2021
Professional protection
Likeliness to Recommend
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
Submitted Mar 2021
A no brainer if you invest in the Microsoft stack
Likeliness to Recommend
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
