Microsoft Defender for Endpoint Reviews

I have used Windows Defender to protect my computer from viruses or harmful websites on either flash drives and other removable devices when I am online which tend to attack my computer and corrupt it causing inefficiencies in my computer working processes. 

I usually check from time to time if the hard disks of my computer has been infected and remove the files that are harmful to my systems. Another purpose of this tool is blocking and filtering sites that are harmful or appear threatening to my system.

Windows Defender has improved my organisation's security in many ways which ensure that my systems are being safeguarded. Since we are mostly online doing our projects and research, we tend to enter into harmful sites that may damage our computers. But Windows Defender does great work in blocking and warning you of those sites. Another advantageous part is that when removable devices are connected to our systems they are scanned for viruses and cleaned immediately. Hence, it ensures no viruses from external devices enter into our systems. It automatically scans and checks for viruses on the hard drive from time to time ensuring good security in our systems.

I have used the solution for more than five years and the solution has greatly influenced my work. It gives good results in protecting my systems and data.

Automatic scanning and cleaning of viruses is the best and most valuable feature helping this tool to thrive. If any viruses are found, they are cleaned automatically.

Another feature is the ability to filter sites and block harmful ones, which makes it to enter sites with full protection. This ensures no harmful Trojans can be sent into our systems through those sites and are always blocked when detected.

Another great feature is the ability to warn the system user, making it easier to know when a virus has been found on our system.

It is easy to use and has a lot functionality to make systems safeguarded in the right manner.

The product should keep updating its software as to counter incoming threats since threats are becoming more advance with time. The product should be strong in all parts.

I would recommend if the product continues to be updated that the way it updates is faster for downloading and updating in our system. The stability is good and should continue to perform well in that way. 

With increase of cyber threats and cybersecurity issues, I would recommend that the product be developed like an AI product with more features which can counter any threat in the coming eras.

I have used the product more than five years. It is a great tool.

The solution is very stable. It has good features that make it efficient in the security aspects of our systems.

The product has performed very well in my computers. I don't have any complains about its functionality.

I have never used any solution apart from Windows Defender when safeguarding my systems.

The solution comes pre-installed in the Windows Operating System so you do not have to install it manually. You are required to connect to the Internet and update the solution to the latest version.

I am just an end user of the solution.

I hired a technical guy to keep the solution up-to-date since it could be more stable and work more efficiently.

I invested in Windows Defender since it has good functionalities. 

The product is free of charge and comes integrated into Windows. 

I chose Windows Defender for system safety, its ease of use, and the continuous update of the product.

Windows is a great tool that I have used. It has helped my organisation in achieving what it does daily and protected our data in a great way.

I would recommend every user who has a computer or laptop to consider using Windows Defender since it is the best tool to safeguard your system from malware and attacks.

Our primary use case of this solution is to defend from viruses. 

The most valuable features are that it's easy to use and the updates are very simple.

I would like to be able to set up any kind of protection I want in the firewall, any IP address or any number. 

I would like to be able to customize my protection on the dashboard. 

It's a good product but it is limited in some cases. I had a bad experience because a few weeks ago I was in Seoul in Korea and with my Dropbox, my children did some things on my computer at home and I got ransomware to Defender and it corrupted my whole Dropbox. The stability can use improvement. 

It's easy to document new people. With the dashboard, I can set up rules to protect myself from any IP address coming from an external network.

We use this solution daily. We don't have plans to increase the usage. 

We have around ten to twelve users. They are only users, not admins. We only require one admin. A guy sometimes comes to set up a desktop and do the configuration.

We have never needed to contact their technical support. 

The cost is per-user. We pay more for an Enterprise license.

I would say this is a good product. It's very intuitive, easy to use, and very good for people who don't have much experience in security.

This a very good product because every time there is an update it corrects any issues. It can help an enterprise go up.

I would rate it a nine out of ten. 

I lead a delivery team. I have a team of about 20 technology specialists and we do the deployment for Microsoft Defender.

Instead of having a third-party antivirus, then you can have a Microsoft ecosystem for your entire endpoint protection. 

This solution has its own sensors, which is its best feature. It senses the behavior of your endpoints, whether it is logged in from a particular location or external of that location. 

It captures data through machine learning, which is built-in on the back-end. It also provides built-in analytics and a threat intelligence feature. It is a one-stop solution that doesn't require an antivirus because it comes prebuilt into Windows 10.

Sometimes, there are different skews. In a basic skew, they should have basic log analysis without the need to integrate with any third-party or SIEM solutions, like Sentinel. This would make it so much easier for users who don't have log collection or log analysis.

We have been using it for a year.

This solution is very much stable.

This solution is scalable. It is a cloud solution.

If you have the Microsoft Azure ecosystem, you can collect logs and view them through Sentinel. You can also onboard your devices within Intune. 

You can integrate Microsoft Defender for Endpoint with different Microsoft solutions, e.g., Defender for Cloud, Sentinel, Endpoint Manager for onboarding of Intune, and Defender for Office 365.

We have a large number of customers.

Premium support is okay. Professional support is not as good because it is free. You must wait because you are not paying.

The initial setup was straightforward. There was nothing rocket science to it. It didn't take much time as we just enrolled the device and assigned the licenses, then it was done.

You just prepare it, doing a license evaluation licensing and some network configuration, then you can onboard your device.

We do the implementation ourselves. We find it easy to deploy. We help customers adopt the solution and get better ROI.

They have to pay for the Defender license. There are different licenses and skews, such as Plan 1, Plan 2, or the trial.

You do not need to pay any additional costs for antivirus and anti-malware solutions for endpoint protection. 

Anyone on Windows 10 Enterprise should choose this solution.

It really depends on the volume. You need one senior architect who can just define the entire thing: the device, network configuration, etc. You will also need some Level 1 engineers who need to keep on monitoring the devices and do onboarding. If they are using the latest version of Windows 10, then you can do the onboarding via Intune, Endpoint, etc. 

My rating for this solution is an eight out of 10.

I use it mostly to detect threats or viruses. I am using its latest version.

It is stable and easy to use. Everything is okay, and there are no performance issues.

Its detection is not as quick. There should also be more frequent updates.

I have been using this solution for maybe five years.

It is stable.

We have about 20 users.

I have not contacted Microsoft's technical support.

I didn't use or evaluate other solutions.

Its installation is very easy. It came with Windows.

I can install it myself. We have three teams for deployment and maintenance.

It came with Windows.

I would recommend this solution. I would rate it a seven out of 10.

I am a Taiwan sole company reseller. We sell commercial software to enterprise customers.

I use the Microsoft Defender for scanning the antivirus or some hacker tools.

We sell the Microsoft solution for enterprise customers. We recommend to customers that they can use Microsoft Defender Antivirus.

Microsoft Defender can block some viruses or malware. So, it can protect my files. It can save files on Office 365 OneDrive. I use encryption for some files, then I can recover them from OneDrive.

The central console needs improvement. Both McAfee and Symantec antivirus have dashboards. These integrate with a server and work on my antivirus or some other product. However, with Microsoft Defender, you use Microsoft Group Policy Object. Defender does not provide a central console. Therefore, if you implement Defender, then maybe use another tool for the central view.

I have been using Microsoft Defender Antivirus for more than two years.

In general, Defender Antivirus can work with my operating system. So, its performance is okay.

Defender can integrate with other Office 365 security products. 

We just search for knowledge from Google.

My company deploys Symantec antivirus. However, when we buy a laptop, it includes Windows 10, which has Defender antivirus installed. Therefore, we use both antivirus software, Symantec and Defender.

We did not deploy Microsoft Defender Antivirus. It simply came preloaded with Windows 10.

I would recommend using Group Policy Object to deploy this solution and enable some functions.

You just pay Windows 10 prices, then you have antivirus software. As a price comparison, Defender's costs are very low.

We sell the Microsoft 365 solution to customers. If a customer wants Windows 10 Defender, they can choose Defender ATP in Office 365.

I would rate this solution as a five or six out of 10.

Our primary use case of this solution is to protect our endpoints from malware.

A lot of our work involves exchanging files with clients, both via the internet, by email and by USB. Therefore, we are susceptible to malware and ransomware attacks. We are using this solution to protect against these attacks.

The features I have found most valuable are the ransomware and malware protection. The solution detects malware live and whenever it detects suspicious activity, it quarantines it. 

We set our protection to the tightest possible settings, which prevents non-approved applications from making any changes to our computers'.

One area of improvement for this solution is to have a faster turnaround time on updating definition files. Since there are usually various ransomware variants, this solution may not pick it up in time like other commercial antivirus solutions. However, we have not encountered an issue like this yet with definition updates.

With regards to the interface, a challenge I found was that there was not enough documentation on how to tune it. I had to read multiple sources on the internet to learn how to configure the tool appropriately.

In the next release, I would like to see the solution have a backup feature were my data could be saved to a Microsoft OneDrive account or an equivalent cloud platform so that, in the event of a ransomware or malware attack, I can easily retrieve my data.

I have been using the solution for about a year.

The solution is stable.

In the past, I have used other solutions from Symantec, McAfee, and RSA.

The initial setup is very straightforward. It is just the configuration that takes more time as many features are not very intuitive. As a result, you have to read through what a specific feature does and whether you want to implement it.

The solution is an open source version and comes free with a paid version of Windows 10.

I would highly recommend Microsoft Defender Antivirus for an individual looking to protect their endpoints.

Windows Security Essentials is available on Windows 7 and Windows 10. I'm using Windows Defender, and the agent is deployed on-premises on my laptop. I don't know if it has some background cloud services.

I use it for flash memories, portable memories, real-time scanning, threat protection, and capturing the data downloaded from the internet.

I am using it for very simple purposes. It is perfect and quite effective. I have been using it for a while, and I have never had any virus infection, data leak, or other security breaches.

It works fine for standalone purposes. If you log on to OneDrive, it has ransomware protection.

Windows Firewall is integrated with Windows Defender. Over the last few days, I have had a problem with defining a wildcard on Windows Firewall. For example, I wanted to pull out the connection of my program and install a software package with a lot of executable files. I wanted to prevent it from accessing the internet. I could not select executables by using a wildcard. I had to select a single executable with its full name.

I've been using this solution for five years or more. 

It is very stable. 

I don't know about scalability because I have always used it on a single laptop, but I'm sure that there are business options, and you can use it on Windows 7 computers. It must be very scalable.

I live in Iran, and there is no product support in Iran. If there is a technical issue, I prefer to use online information and resources, such as forums and Wiki pages, to resolve the issue. 

It is very easy to install. It is preinstalled when you install Windows. If you install other antiviruses, you have to deactivate it in order to use third-party products.

Microsoft has started to integrate the interface with new Windows 10 settings. Previously, there was a lack of information. Users weren't aware of the status of the product in terms of what it was doing on your computer and whether it was actually protecting you or not. In the background, it must have been doing its job, but you couldn't be very well aware of the status of the software. All those issues are now resolved. The information now is very handy, and the user interface is also great. I would recommend this solution to others.

I would rate Microsoft Defender Antivirus a nine out of ten.

I installed Windows Defender for personal use for my protection of my personal PC. I use it as an antivirus system so that I do not have any exposure to viruses on my PC. Obviously, I do not want to leave my PC open to virus threats. I have only used it on my personal PCs with the license I got for Office 365. I keep my patches and descriptions updated on my PC.  

Defender is installed only one one of my laptops. I am sure I will continue using it there as long as the licensing is valid.  

I really have not really worked with it that much to be able to customize my approach with it or anything like that. It pretty straightforward to install and use.  

I do not find that there is very much about it that needs to be improved. Everything can be cheaper I am sure. So, it could be less expansive.  

It has been about six months now since I started using Microsoft Windows Defender.  

It is stable.  

I am sure it is a scalable product.  

I was just using or trying to get a personal PC secure using a product I got as part of the Office 365 package. There was no previous product installed.  

I found that it was pretty straightforward to install and use. You install it and it is working almost immediately.  

I think that the product is affordable. At least it was for me. It is part of the Office 365 package.  

I have used it enough to be sure that I could recommend it for home use on a PC.  

On a scale from one to ten (where one is the worst and ten is the best), I would rate Defender as a nine-out-of-ten based on my experience.