Microsoft Defender for Endpoint Review
May 06, 2025

Microsoft Defender for Endpoint Review

Anonymous | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
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Overall Satisfaction with Microsoft Defender for Endpoint

Usually we are deploying Defender for Endpoint as an endpoint XDR tool. We're replacing an existing tool, so that is going to be a deployment in passive mode first, which is easy. Then we uninstall the legacy tool and we move this one to active mode and it takes over as your XDR. The reasons we're doing that is cost. Sometimes it is just better protection.

Pros

  • I would say it detects threats very well on the endpoints. Quarantine threats communicates with other instances of the endpoint agent across your organization, so you can more quickly quarantine threats that are perhaps spreading through your agents.

Cons

  • I would say moving it from passive to active mode. In some cases, depending on the tool that's there can be challenging because sometimes the legacy tool does not want to go into a passive mode, so you have to uninstall it and that can cause issues depending on the size of the organization and whether their apps are there.
  • I would say it's been pretty significant because it allows us to be a full service Microsoft security provider.
  • Other

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

I would say organizations that are primarily Windows based, definitely very appropriate where they're moving from a legacy antivirus solution or older XDR tool to a more modern one, definitely well suited. Where it's more challenging is where you've got a mixed environment of let's say a lot of Mac users, a lot of Linux users, and although those platforms are supported by Defender for Endpoint, it's harder to deploy. Depending on the quantity of Mac in a client environment for example, sometimes it's a lot more challenging to deploy than if you have like 10,000 Windows PCs and 100 Mac, that's easy, but if you have 5,000 Macs, it's a lot harder.

Microsoft Defender for Endpoint Feature Ratings

Endpoint Security
Not Rated
Anti-Exploit Technology
Not Rated
Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR)
Not Rated
Centralized Management
Not Rated
Infection Remediation
Not Rated
Vulnerability Management
Not Rated
Malware Detection
Not Rated

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