

What is Microsoft Defender XDR?
Coordinate cyberthreat response across your entire digital estate and quickly stop cyberattacks with Microsoft Defender XDR (formerly Microsoft 365 Defender), a unified, AI-powered XDR solution. Accelerate security operations center (SOC) response with incident-level visibility and automatic cyberattack disruption with extended detection and response (XDR). Remediate cyberthreats efficiently with a complete view of the cyberattack chain informed by 65 trillion daily signals and prioritized investigation and response at the incident level.
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82 Likeliness to Recommend
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92 Plan to Renew
75 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value
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Emotional Footprint Overview
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+70 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 XDR?
Pros
- Continually Improving Product
- Helps Innovate
- Includes Product Enhancements
- Efficient Service
Cons
- Less Generous
- Vendor's Interest First
How to read the Emotional Footprint
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While purchasing decisions shouldn't be based on emotion, it's valuable to know what kind of emotional response the vendor you're considering elicits from their users.
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Feature Ratings
Real-Time Threat and Anomaly Detection
24/7/365 Security Monitoring
Risk Scoring & Remediation Act
Prevention
Use of the MITRE ATT&CK Framework
Incident Management
Threat Intelligence
Simplified Automation and Integration
IOC Focus and Management
One-click Remediation
Vulnerability Management
Vendor Capability Ratings
Breadth of Features
Ease of IT Administration
Usability and Intuitiveness
Business Value Created
Quality of Features
Ease of Implementation
Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement
Vendor Support
Ease of Data Integration
Availability and Quality of Training
Ease of Customization
Microsoft Defender XDR Reviews
- Role: Information Technology
- Industry: Gaming and Hospitality
- Involvement: End User of Application
Submitted Dec 2023
The Future of Effective IT Security
Likeliness to Recommend
Pros
- Helps Innovate
- Continually Improving Product
- Reliable
- Performance Enhancing
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Muhammad Waseem A.
- Role: Information Technology
- Industry: Construction
- Involvement: IT Development, Integration, and Administration
Submitted Oct 2023
MS EDR, a good EDR sol for clients protection
Likeliness to Recommend
What differentiates Microsoft Defender XDR from other similar products?
Microsoft XDR provides some good features in the product and integrating its features with OS makes it more powerful product. Its better and more appropriate to have a complete suite of Microsoft products to enjoy it's full benefits. Microsoft Intune along with Entra ID are recommended along with it so that remote clients are in complete comtrol of the technical team & centrally monitored for any problems and all of the threat landscape is montored & controlable with the same central team. COntroling the EDR features using Microsoft Intune and ENtra ID make it more powerful product and monitored centrally.
What is your favorite aspect of this product?
Microsoft XDR is evolving product providing many features but with integation of Microsoft Intune it has the real control.
What do you dislike most about this product?
Stability & consistency of features are the things that can be improved to make this product more powerful.
What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?
If you are switching from another product, do it gradually & don't go for a bing bnag approach.
Pros
- Helps Innovate
- Continually Improving Product
- Reliable
- Performance Enhancing
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- Role: Information Technology
- Industry: Banking
- Involvement: IT Leader or Manager
Submitted Oct 2023
Easy to use, still not mature
Likeliness to Recommend
Pros
- Helps Innovate
- Reliable
- Performance Enhancing
- Enables Productivity
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