Item: Microsoft Defender for Endpoint
Rating: 9
Author: Verified User

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We deploy it to all the computers that we set up. We use the updating service to update those computers for antivirus and other defense purposes. And we do scans, I think either every other week or at least once a month.

Pros and Cons

It does really good scanning and alerting when some of our employees and clients have not updated it quite yet. We reset that shield to glow bright red so that they update that and scan, at least do a quick scan every once in a while. I mean, sometimes I wish it was once a week, but once every three weeks or so, I think we're okay with it.

If I could set it to automatically update every time the computer has woken up from sleep, I would, because a lot of the times when our Microsoft services turn off, we find that they're not actually turning off and stopping all processes and it seems to only update when we completely turn off our system. I want this automatic update. The automatic update should be more frequent essentially.

Return on Investment

It mostly had a positive impact. It helped us pass certain compliances. We've had quite a few compliance goals getting SOC2 and this has helped us with the configuration on the backend using now it's called Microsoft Endpoint, Microsoft Intune, one of those things to get it all configured and working. So it has been good overall for our organization.

Key Differentiators

Other

Was it included and does it update and does it force people to scan? And I mean, right now there's not forced scans, but there is quite a bit of alerts that I can walk by computers and say, "Hey, wait a second, you should scan your computer right now." So that's good.

Components

Components or features of the update and scanning. And antivirus scanning mostly.

Alternatives Considered

Azure, Microsoft Edge browser, the Microsoft Defender for Cloud, I'm pretty sure, and a few other logging software that are on our dashboards for security.microsoft.com.

Key Insights

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

Yes

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

Yes

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

Yes

Did implementation of Microsoft Defender for Endpoint go as expected?

Yes

Would you buy Microsoft Defender for Endpoint again?

Yes

Likelihood to Recommend

It's good if our colleagues are already purchasing Microsoft products and have the tier of Microsoft licensing that this is included. I would definitely recommend that they use it, but a lot of my friends do not use Microsoft products or have that tier. They usually use the free tier, something along those lines. But here in our business, we have E five licenses, so it comes free and we love using it. It is well suited to do its scans, keep us updated, and keep us with our compliance goals. Less appropriate? I'm really not sure if it's not included.

Microsoft Defender for Endpoint Review

Overall Satisfaction with Microsoft Defender for Endpoint