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MS 365 Defender plays good defense!
September 20, 2023

MS 365 Defender plays good defense!

Anonymous | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Overall Satisfaction with Microsoft 365 Defender

MS Defender protects all our company files, email and archives. It prevents any potential virus from being loaded and spread across our people and our organization. Links are blocked and suspicious content is controlled from loading automatically.
  • identifies threats
  • detects attacks and suspicious activity
  • protects devices
  • lacks protection against malicious websites
  • vulnerability to unknown virus
  • consolidates necessary security measures
  • cost savings
  • time saving
Threat detection, email security, endpoint security, and securing the Office package
The solution is used to create policies for anti-spam, anti-malware, and anti-phishing, as well as for analyzing and monitoring system behaviour.
NO
Not really
Stability, scalability, overall protection, time and cost-saving

Do you think Microsoft Defender XDR delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with Microsoft Defender XDR's feature set?

Yes

Did Microsoft Defender XDR live up to sales and marketing promises?

I wasn't involved with the selection/purchase process

Did implementation of Microsoft Defender XDR go as expected?

I wasn't involved with the implementation phase

Would you buy Microsoft Defender XDR again?

Yes

It is well suited for automated investigation features, to waste less time detecting problems and resolve them automatically. It also auto-heals damaged assets. This applies to all, and only, the MS Suite products which already have in-build security features, but for external products the things get a bit more complicated and MS 365 Defender might not be the best solution.

Evaluating Microsoft 365 Defender and Competitors

  • Cloud Solutions
  • Scalability
  • Ease of Use
COST
it's too difficult to evaluate any defender program if you are not a real security expert

Using Microsoft 365 Defender

Too complicated sometimes, doesn't explain the meaning of certain features or problems encountered.
ProsCons
Relatively simple
Easy to use
Inconsistent
Slow to learn
Cumbersome
Lots to learn
  • set up
  • dashboard
  • concept explanation
  • UI features