What is Microsoft Defender XDR?
Coordinate cyberthreat response across your entire digital estate and quickly stop cyberattacks with Microsoft Defender XDR (formerly Microsoft 365 Defender), a unified, AI-powered XDR solution. Accelerate security operations center (SOC) response with incident-level visibility and automatic cyberattack disruption with extended detection and response (XDR). Remediate cyberthreats efficiently with a complete view of the cyberattack chain informed by 65 trillion daily signals and prioritized investigation and response at the incident level.
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81 Likeliness to Recommend
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91 Plan to Renew
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73 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value
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Emotional Footprint Overview
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+73 Net Emotional Footprint
The emotional sentiment held by end users of the software based on their experience with the vendor. Responses are captured on an eight-point scale.
How much do users love Microsoft Defender XDR?
Pros
- Helps Innovate
- Continually Improving Product
- Includes Product Enhancements
- Inspires Innovation
Cons
- Less Generous
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Microsoft Defender XDR Reviews
Paarth S.
- Role: Information Technology
- Industry: Retail
- Involvement: IT Development, Integration, and Administration
Submitted Aug 2024
Comprehensive Security, Seamlessly Integrated
Likeliness to Recommend
What differentiates Microsoft Defender XDR from other similar products?
Microsoft Defender XDR offers a deep integration with other Microsoft Security tool and offers a wide customization.
What is your favorite aspect of this product?
Customization of Advanced Hunting Query for creation of custom Alerting and handling mechanism.
What do you dislike most about this product?
Vendor support is bit disappointing and the time Microsoft takes to resolve any related issue
What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?
If you are using Microsoft tools and windows OS widely in your organization , then this is one of the recommended product considering its seamless integration and customization.
Pros
- Helps Innovate
- Continually Improving Product
- Unique Features
- Efficient Service
Cons
- Vendor Friendly Policies
Siddharth B.
- Role: Consultant
- Industry: Consulting
- Involvement: IT Development, Integration, and Administration
Submitted Jun 2024
Highly effective, but challenging to master.
Likeliness to Recommend
What differentiates Microsoft Defender XDR from other similar products?
Microsoft Defender XDR stands out with its deep integration across Microsoft 365 and Azure ecosystems, leveraging AI for advanced threat detection and automated response, providing a unified and comprehensive security solution.
What is your favorite aspect of this product?
My favorite aspect of Microsoft Defender XDR is its seamless integration with Microsoft 365 and Azure, which enables advanced threat detection and automated responses, enhancing overall security and efficiency.
What do you dislike most about this product?
What I dislike most about Microsoft Defender XDR is the steep learning curve for new users, which can make initial setup and effective use time-consuming.
What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?
For those considering Microsoft Defender XDR, ensure you have the necessary IT expertise for setup and management. Take advantage of Microsoft's extensive training resources and support. Integrate it fully with your existing Microsoft 365 and Azure services to maximize its threat detection and response capabilities.
Pros
- Respectful
- Helps Innovate
- Continually Improving Product
- Reliable
Arjan S.
- Role: Information Technology
- Industry: Technology
- Involvement: IT Development, Integration, and Administration
Submitted Apr 2024
One solution for all XDR needs
Likeliness to Recommend
What differentiates Microsoft Defender XDR from other similar products?
It is a well integrated suite that combines all XDR types (except NDR) in one portal. Configuration is not too hard and works well together when you have a Microsoft based landscape. It makes good use of AI and the expertise of Microsoft.
What is your favorite aspect of this product?
My favorite aspect would be that it is combined in one portal and KQL can be used to do all investigations. This makes it a great platform to do investigations when you don't want to learn and manage different platforms. The AI engine at the backend is great, it helps you out even if you are not an experienced analyst.
What do you dislike most about this product?
The pricing can be complex and steap in certain situations, mutli-platform support is sometimes limited. Customization can be hard, if it doesn't meet the needs it is sometimes complex to make the right fit.
What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?
Start out the easy way .. implement one XDR solution at a time. Learn how they work, optimize them and move on to the next one. Be sure to take care of false postives & benign alerts.. they can take a lot of time. Ideally think of a zero-trust approach first, making use of all the components in the XDR suite
Pros
- Continually Improving Product
- Includes Product Enhancements
- Security Protects
- Helps Innovate
Cons
- Vendor's Interest First
