About Microsoft Defender
Microsoft Defender is the name Microsoft uses for a family of security products covering endpoints, identities, email and collaboration tools, and cloud workloads. It is sold as part of Microsoft Security and is aimed at organizations that want threat detection and response integrated with the rest of the Microsoft stack.
Microsoft positions the portfolio alongside related security products such as Entra, Intune, Purview and Sentinel. Its pages cover themes including AI-powered cybersecurity, cloud security, integrated security operations, Zero Trust and security for small and medium businesses. A free trial can be started from the product page, and Microsoft publishes a pricing overview.
Key features
- Endpoint threat protection
- Identity threat detection
- Cloud workload security
- Part of the Microsoft Security product family
- Zero Trust security approach
- Plans for small and medium businesses
Good fit for
- →Securing endpoints in a Microsoft 365 environment
- →Consolidating security tools under one vendor
- Tags
- endpoint-security
- threat-protection
- microsoft
- xdr
- cloud-security
- identity-security
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