We performed a comparison between Microsoft Defender Threat Intelligence and Microsoft Entra ID based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Microsoft Security Suite solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."Microsoft collects trillions of signals from all over the world, which is incredibly valuable. It helps us identify zero-day vulnerabilities and global threats."
"It is very scalable. There are approximately 2,000 endpoints and up to 200 servers in our company."
"The product's anti-spam and malware-scanning features are useful. We scan email attachments, documents, and malicious codes."
"The global review and remediation of malicious code is probably the most valuable feature."
"The tool is managed from the cloud, because of which the maintenance is very low."
"They have a very transparent roadmap for the product."
"The solution is well integrated with other Microsoft security products."
"I value how Threat Intelligence integrates with the different platforms in Microsoft."
"Azure Active Directory has many automation capabilities, and you can apply policies on top. You can do a lot of things with these combinations and integrate other tools like PingFederate."
"Two very important features in terms of security are governance and compliance through the Conditional Access policies and Azure Log Analytics."
"The self-password reset if it's enabled and configured properly, really helps a company be able to reset rather than getting IT involved."
"Azure Active Directory is a very simple utility to use, it has very good visibility and transparency, and an easy-to-use panel."
"The best feature is the single sign-on provision for the various type of users."
"The security and compliance features are very helpful. The online information on the site is well documented."
"It's an easy product to maintain."
"The feature that I have found most valuable is its authentication security. That is Azure Active Directory's purpose - making cloud services' security and integration easier."
"The price of the solution is an area of concern where improvements are required. In general, the solution's price needs to be reduced."
"I would like to see more integration with other solutions. For example, integration well with Microsoft but not with other solutions."
"Having up-to-date documentation and real-time reflections in all portals would be beneficial to keep users informed about any changes. Additionally, the frequent changes in Microsoft's UI and the movement of features between different products in the set pose difficulties."
"It would be beneficial to enhance the pricing structure and make it more affordable."
"I would like for there to be extra confirmation that there aren't viruses. Even if the virus detection software is always running there could be hidden applications that are using the computer."
"Microsoft itself is a major target for attacks and threats due to its size and popularity. That could be considered Microsoft's Achilles heel."
"It's a bit complicated to manage because you have many dependencies of servers, many dependencies in queue, and so on. Entries or different endpoints, and you make different configuration topics for each one. So that's a major problem."
"The tool's onboarding of users that use on-premise or hybrid environments needs to be improved."
"Azure Active Directory could improve the two-factor authentication."
"Azure AD needs to be more in sync. The synchronization can be time-consuming."
"Microsoft Authenticator is as easy as Google Authenticator, but it is not open to all types of applications. Google Authenticator is integrated with other third-party platforms and applications, whereas Microsoft Authenticator is not. It should have more integration with third-party platforms and applications."
"The licensing and support are expensive and have room for improvement."
"The scalability of the solution is good."
"The visibility in the GUI is not good for management. There are a lot of improvements that could make it better. It should be more user-friendly overall. It is not user-friendly because everything keeps changing on the platform. I can understand it because I know the platform, am familiar with it, and use it every day. However, for a lot of clients, they don't use it every day or are not familiar with it, so it should be more user friendly."
"In terms of connecting the web application, there is technology for single sign-on. When we use it, the solution opens very slowly. It might be a bandwidth issue, and some content will not work on that portal."
"We have a lot of freedom in using the Group Policy Objects and, although Group Policy Objects are part of Azure Active Directory, there are still a lot of things that can be improved, such as providing local admin rights to a user. There are various, easy ways that I can do that in the on-premises version, but in the cloud version, it is a bit difficult. You have to create a bunch of policies to make it work."
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Microsoft Defender Threat Intelligence is ranked 16th in Microsoft Security Suite with 23 reviews while Microsoft Entra ID is ranked 4th in Microsoft Security Suite with 190 reviews. Microsoft Defender Threat Intelligence is rated 8.4, while Microsoft Entra ID is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of Microsoft Defender Threat Intelligence writes "A tool that offers endpoint protection with low maintenance costs". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Microsoft Entra ID writes "Allows users to authenticate from home and has excellent integrations in a simple, stable solution". Microsoft Defender Threat Intelligence is most compared with Microsoft Sentinel, Cisco Threat Grid, STAXX, ThreatConnect Threat Intelligence Platform (TIP) and VirusTotal, whereas Microsoft Entra ID is most compared with Microsoft Intune, Google Cloud Identity, CyberArk Privileged Access Manager, Cisco Duo and Okta Workforce Identity. See our Microsoft Defender Threat Intelligence vs. Microsoft Entra ID report.
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