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Microsoft Corporation

Microsoft Defender for Office 365

Composite Score
7.6 /10
CX Score
7.9 /10
Category
Microsoft Defender for Office 365
7.6 /10

What is Microsoft Defender for Office 365?

Microsoft Defender for Office 365 offers a comprehensive solution to protect your organization and employees from advanced, targeted and zero-day phishing, malware and business email compromise attacks.

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Microsoft Defender for Office 365 Ratings

Real user data aggregated to summarize the product performance and customer experience.
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Product scores listed below represent current data. This may be different from data contained in reports and awards, which express data as of their publication date.

84 Likeliness to Recommend

2
Since last award

100 Plan to Renew

79 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

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Since last award


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Emotional Footprint Overview

Product scores listed below represent current data. This may be different from data contained in reports and awards, which express data as of their publication date.

+89 Net Emotional Footprint

The emotional sentiment held by end users of the software based on their experience with the vendor. Responses are captured on an eight-point scale.

How much do users love Microsoft Defender for Office 365?

9% Negative
0% Neutral
91% Positive

Pros

  • Continually Improving Product
  • Reliable
  • Performance Enhancing
  • Enables Productivity

Feature Ratings

Average 84

Prevention

92

IOC Focus and Management

91

24/7/365 Security Monitoring

88

Vulnerability Management

88

Real-Time Threat and Anomaly Detection

88

Standardized Playbooks

85

Use of the MITRE ATT&CK Framework

85

Compliance Reporting and Archival Mechanisms

83

Threat Intelligence

83

Risk Scoring & Remediation Act

83

Simplified Automation and Integration

80

Vendor Capability Ratings

Average 75

Usability and Intuitiveness

82

Ease of IT Administration

81

Quality of Features

81

Ease of Implementation

80

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

79

Ease of Data Integration

77

Business Value Created

75

Ease of Customization

72

Breadth of Features

72

Availability and Quality of Training

72

Vendor Support

58

Microsoft Defender for Office 365 Reviews

Karan S.

  • Role: Human Resources
  • Industry: Consulting
  • Involvement: End User of Application
Validated Review
Verified Reviewer

Submitted May 2025

Microsoft's Advanced Threat Detection System

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates Microsoft Defender for Office 365 from other similar products?

This product provides robust detection capabilities for advanced threats, including lateral movement, identity compromise and reconnaissance activities within the network which further provides easy integration with other Microsoft security products such as Microsoft Sentinel and Endpoint Defender. The GUI is very friendly and helped on Zero day attack and provides easy access to all available options.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

It helps in security investigation, sequence of events, facilitation faster and more accurate investigation and responses which makes investigation of threat easy.

What do you dislike most about this product?

Nothing as of now

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Product functionality and performance & Breadth of services

Pros

  • Helps Innovate
  • Continually Improving Product
  • Reliable
  • Performance Enhancing

Andre S.

  • Role: Sales Marketing
  • Industry: Food and Beverage
  • Involvement: End User of Application
Validated Review
Verified Reviewer

Submitted Nov 2024

It's simple to use.

Likeliness to Recommend

7 /10

What differentiates Microsoft Defender for Office 365 from other similar products?

It's a product I trust as we used other software, but so far we're happy

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

That's it's simple to user

What do you dislike most about this product?

Sometimes we have to disable it to allow other software to be installed

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Try it, it's very good

Pros

  • Helps Innovate
  • Continually Improving Product
  • Reliable
  • Performance Enhancing

Vinay K.

  • Role: Finance
  • Industry: Finance
  • Involvement: End User of Application
Validated Review
Verified Reviewer

Submitted Oct 2024

Good product but complex

Likeliness to Recommend

9 /10

What differentiates Microsoft Defender for Office 365 from other similar products?

It seamlessly integrates with other Microsoft services, providing a unified security approach for email and collaboration tools.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

identify and respond to threats in real-time, significantly enhancing email security and protecting users from sophisticated attacks like phishing.

What do you dislike most about this product?

Complexity of set-up.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Try with free version

Pros

  • Client Friendly Policies
  • Helps Innovate
  • Continually Improving Product
  • Reliable

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