Item: Microsoft Defender for Endpoint
Rating: 7
Author: Verified User

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We have a very small number of clients that use this product for their security solution. I have not had a lot of hands-on experience with it, but for the ones that do use it, it seems to work very well for them with very minimal interaction on our part.

Pros and Cons

Does not bog down the system.
Easy product to maintain.
Clean interface.

Could use some more options in the main GUI.
Would like options for advanced scanning and protection.
A advanced help or FAQ section.

Return on Investment

Good ROI.
Easy
Simple

Key Differentiators

Ease of Use

I like the simplicity of deployment for this product to the client workstations. The fact that it is a product directly from Microsoft for their own Operation Systems helps to make compatibility easy. I have seen the product working very well in multiple other environments without any kind of issues.

Components

We are only using the basic functions of the product as that is all the clients have wanted as of now. For some clients, we have set up the product and then they have monitored it, for others we have set up a monitoring software to alert for any issues the product encounters.

Protection Scope

This product is deployed on about 20 machines in multiple client environments. All of these machines are running Windows servers. We do not have the product deployed on any Windows workstations, macOS, Android, or Linux machines. We do not have any plans to deploy this product to any other platforms.

Alternatives Considered

This product does do a very good job of providing basic security protection for our client endpoints. We decided to go with this product because of the ease of setup and integration into the Windows server environment. We have not had any complaints from any of our clients using this product.

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

This is a good product for clients that just need simple security software that just works out of the box with no extra configuration needed. The product does a good job of automatically updating itself. It does not bog the systems down that it is deployed on so clients don't even know it is there.

Good basic security.

Overall Satisfaction with Microsoft Defender for Endpoint