Microsoft Defender for Business Pros and Cons

+ Their Endpoint is one of the best, protecting your pc from harmful viruses. And its Microsoft, so trust is always there.

+ I have also found need not to purchase any third party antivirus software! However, if you are in financial services, use third party too.

+ Smartphone's app, devices and windows are all synced automatically and work well. All your windows devices are holistically protected. It also blocks harmful links automatically. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

+ It annoys me when it asks for the auth login again and triggers are failing, and sometimes even legitimate websites are blacklisted. It is a time waster. Older computers or older software might also slow down. + limited features like active malware thwarts and general scanning. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Device security, antivirus, endpoint security, alerts and much more is very useful for any organization who uses defender for business. Easy to analyze and the portal is user friendly. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Nothing is there to dislike because every feature of this product is essential and beneficial. it could be more better by adding some useful things in learning hub and also for guidance Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I like the management integration with Microsoft 365 and Intune. Eliminating potential cyberthreats in the business IT environment gives me greater confidence to work with new customers whose security policies may be less than optimal. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Without knowing exactly how Microsoft Defender for Business operates to protect my IT environment, I'm not sure what other security policies need to be created as part of Microsoft 365. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Defender for business is a robust platform that brings enterprise-grade security towards small and midsize companies. Offering excellent security features like Attack Surface Reduction rules, process timelines, identifying vulnerabilities and offering solutions to reduce the attack surface of individual devices within the organisation. Every license is suitable for five devices, including your mobile devices! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Development is going fast. You need to keep up the development otherwise, today's best practices can be yesterdays mistake. Also the learning path can be steep and for the best experience you need to be up-to-date with your operating systems to get most out of it. Also for stand alone devices that are not Azure or Local AD bound configuration options are limited or need to be set by hand. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Microsoft defender helped us in protecting our system with Trojans and viruses. It helps to keep protected from malware and other viruses Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

There is nothing much to dislike about the application. Updates should be done frequently Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Easy to use.EDR is great

AIR response .

easy onbording and doesnt require any clients to install on windows machines.block mode Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

limited to 300 users.

off boarding fully Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

How much microsoft invest in the product to make it easy to use and understand. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The enrollment process and follow up with logs are pretty complicated. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Windows defender has improved over the course of many years and now it is a full-fledged anti-malware software that eliminates any need for other cheap software. I don't trust any other anti-virus anymore. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Sometimes when I want to work with customized files it automatically scans the system and quarantines the application. So, the identification system needs to be improved a lot and also could ask every time before quarantining the app. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What I like most about Microsoft Security is the visibility you get into threats and incidents. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What I dislike about Microsoft Security is the speed of alerts and information. There is quite a delay from when the activity actually happens to when you get alerted and can see what happened. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

How it's an enterprise solution not just for the smb market, but priced for the smb market Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The manual configuration for the standalone solution Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.