Microsoft Defender for Business Reviews

Microsoft Defender for Business excels with its system-hardening policies, sensitive vulnerability checks, and intuitive user interface. It integrates seamlessly with Microsoft 365 and Azure, offering robust threat detection, alerting, and AI-powered analytics. Users value its centralized management, automated threat response, and wide geographical coverage. The solution's scalability, cost-effectiveness, and customizable security policies enhance its appeal, providing comprehensive endpoint and cloud protection while reducing integration costs and maintenance overhead through tightly-knit Microsoft ecosystem integration.

• "Because Microsoft Defender for Business is a native solution to Microsoft 365, it has contributed to my organization's proactive defense strategies by saving time on integration."
• "The best features of Microsoft Defender for Business include it coming as an XDR solution which provides automated investigations, remediations, and endpoint detection and response."
• "The security features in Microsoft Defender for Business that have been most effective for our company include the way it's built-in and intertwined into all the operating systems, giving us a good opportunity to holistically block things for the organization using that tenant."

Microsoft Defender for Business requires improvements in areas such as threat detection, reporting, and URL filtering. Users express difficulty with integration, remote management, and support. Proactive threat response and reducing false positives are crucial. GUI complexity and pricing are concerns. Enhancements should include advanced threat hunting for all plans, streamlined support, improved security data retention, and better Linux platform integration. Users seek consolidated security management with clearer risk prioritization and management.

• "I see room for improvement in Microsoft Defender for Business, particularly regarding the consolidation of all security solutions in one place and the integration of AI and data security into the same platform."
• "The pricing of Microsoft Defender for Business has a long way to go since people are still preferring solutions such as CrowdStrike and Palo Alto."
• "I have an open case for close to two months with no responses or updates, except for an email response, and I've made four or five phone calls regarding the Microsoft Interconnect for AD and cloud tenant."