




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
96 Plan to Renew
82 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value
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+87 Net Emotional Footprint
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How much do users love Microsoft Defender for Endpoint?
Pros
- Respectful
- Fair
- Includes Product Enhancements
- Helps Innovate
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Dynamic Malware Detection
Centralized Management Portal
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Port and Device Control
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Ransomware Recovery and Removal
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Microsoft Defender for Endpoint Reviews

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
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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
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rohini m.
- Role: Information Technology
- Industry: Technology
- Involvement: End User of Application
Submitted Feb 2021
A budget friendly antivirus solution
Likeliness to Recommend
What differentiates Microsoft Defender for Endpoint from other similar products?
->First of all, it comes along with the operating system so if you can periodically update the defender then you dont need to go for any other antivirus program ->The installation process is very simple compared to other antivirus available in global market.
What is your favorite aspect of this product?
->Firewall protection is good enough to safeguard the connection ->Automatic scanning and cleaning of viruses is the best and most valuable feature of this tool
What do you dislike most about this product?
-> Parental control, and like the previous one, the parental controls are only limited to the Microsoft Edge browser and does not allow multi platform protection. ->Some times the threat identification process doesn't seem to be standard for instance any executable file(even any legit file) is considered as threat and highlighted
What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?
->I would really recommend this solution because it is an in-built Microsoft product, and it is at the OS level.If you need a budget friendly protection system go for it
Pros
- Saves Time
- Continually Improving Product
- Reliable
- Performance Enhancing
Cons
- Inhibits Innovation
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