Item: Microsoft Defender XDR
Rating: 9
Author: Rahul Mishra

Overall Satisfaction with Microsoft Defender XDR

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

To protect our systems from threats, we utilize Microsoft Defender throughout all our computers, emails, and network. It is enables us to find the problems quickly, provide automated fixes, and thus, maintain the security of everything we work on. Its collaboration with other Microsoft tools enables us to protect our systems more effortlessly and in a better way.

Pros and Cons

Pros

Detects and Connects Threats
Stops Threats Automatically
Finds Hidden Threats

Cons

Difficult to Set Up
Too Many Alerts
Limited Compatibility with Other Security Tools

Return on Investment

Fewer Security Problems
Better Security Oversight
Reduces Extra Costs

Challenges Being Addressed

Before using Microsoft Defender XDR, our security team had trouble spotting threats fast, juggling multiple security tools that did not work well together, and dealing with too many unnecessary alerts, which made responding to real threats harder. now it is great for us as it has solved our so many problems that i really like it.

Automated Response

Indeed, our automated response is based on Microsoft Defender XDR and it works by stopping threats and diminishing manual work speedily. Of course, we have made some changes to the settings in order to avoid it blocking the events which should not be blocked wrongly. Now it works well with us.

SIEM Connection/Configuration

We do integrate Microsoft Defender XDR with Microsoft Sentinel in order to monitor and analyze threats in one place. It is simple to set up within Microsoft system which make it better, but we had to be meticulous when adjusting the settings to save costs and low alerts that were unnecessary.

Key Insights

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?

Yes

Did implementation of Microsoft Defender XDR go as expected?

Yes

Would you buy Microsoft Defender XDR again?

Yes

Likelihood to Recommend

Microsoft Defender XDR is known for discovering fishing emails, putting a stop to ransomware, and detecting piracy across the company’s devices. It is highly recommended for those businesses dealing with the major Microsoft products; however, with a variety of third-party security tools and Windows, Mac, and Linux combinations would be the most difficult to adjust for.

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