Microsoft Defender for Business Pros and Cons

Scanning feature and malware detect feature. its quickly detect any malicious file and it will scan whole computer faster. multiple option given on effected file weather its want to remove or keep. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Overall i like the product, but sometimes its removes the affected file. i don't know why. Like when we use crack software, we require a key. When we plug in the pen drive it removes file direclty. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Microsoft Defender for Business offers comprehensive endpoint protection, including anti-malware, firewall, and intrusion prevention. It also provides centralized management capabilities, allowing organizations to manage and secure endpoints from a single console. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Dependence on Microsoft ecosystem. Mostly intergrations with MS products goes very well compared to others. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I like Attack Surface Reduction and Thread & Vulnerability Management.

Investigation is also a good addon which can help in Cybersecurity Events. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Pricing, Incident generates in 10/15 minutes which can be too late in some situations. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It gives us the ability to manage our client tenants, endpoints, and email for vulnerabilities. It also provides detailed analytics. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

There are some advanced features, like advanced hunting, that are difficult to configure Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It provides a single pane of glass for our customer's security posture and provides recommendations to improve things Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Applying recommendations can sometimes be tricky, depending on how complex the recommendation is. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

If you use Intune, you can add capabilities such as system-hardening policies to further improve security. Furthermore, Defender's vulnerability checking is extremely sensitive, and it automatically detects and reports vulnerabilities on all domain-connected machines. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The defender's reporting is disjointed, and its URL filtering mechanism does not function properly. I would like to see more fine-grained URL filter control in the next release and more reporting options, such as the ability to generate a scheduled report. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Microsoft Defender is very simple & easy to use tool available for Windows. The user interface is simple & it provides some of the best security features for threat detection. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Overall detection of various threats could be improved compared with other leading tools & applications. Features can also be expanded to more options like competitors. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Microsoft defender is the best solution for securing endpoints. it has advanced capabilities to protect endpoints from threats, malware, and ransomware. defender has lots of great features like advanced threat-hunting, alerts on the incident, vulnerability management, etc. it works amazingly with M365. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Many false positive alerts and the console is not straightforward. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Defender is quite nice and helpful for business as I need to protect my systems against malicious attacks or some malicious files that intend to harm the systems Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

There is nothing I dislike about defender feature-wise, but the only thing I dislike is the UI/UX can be improved for non-technical persons, also so they do not go for third party anti-virus for windows Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I actually incredibly dislike Microsoft Defender for Business. It takes up too much space and is unnecessary with better internet and virus software. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It is too large, you can't turn off certain processes, and it's invasive. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.