Item: Microsoft Defender for Cloud
Rating: 9
Author: Cody Weible

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

I don't think that we really use it internally, but we have customers and clients that use it and we just go and help them with security assessments or just go through and help them with the configuration or deployment of it. For the most part, just helps with the security of their Azure Microsoft 365 environment.

Pros and Cons

It's good for alerting for sure. Good for helping set up access policies. And I guess it's good for just overall cloud security posturing in general.

I guess it can be kind of confusing for some of our clients. They don't really know the full features. They don't really know how to use it or a lot of times they have it and they don't know all the features that they have available to them to use.

Return on Investment

I'd say it's positive because it just gives us an extra avenue to show our customers if they're using the product or have the product enabled. Just gives us a way to show them how to get everything out of their current security offerings without having to go out and get something new.

Key Insights

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

Yes

Are you happy with Microsoft Defender for Cloud's feature set?

Yes

Did Microsoft Defender for Cloud live up to sales and marketing promises?

Yes

Did implementation of Microsoft Defender for Cloud go as expected?

Yes

Would you buy Microsoft Defender for Cloud again?

Yes

Likelihood to Recommend

It seems like it's pretty well suited for small to medium-sized businesses, but less so for large enterprises. Something like a Google or Amazon or something. But for under a 10,000-person company or whatever it might be.

Microsoft Defender for Cloud Review

Overall Satisfaction with Microsoft Defender for Cloud