


Microsoft Defender for Office 365

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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84 Likeliness to Recommend
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100 Plan to Renew
79 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value
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Emotional Footprint Overview
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+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?
Pros
- Continually Improving Product
- Reliable
- Performance Enhancing
- Enables Productivity
How to read the Emotional Footprint
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While purchasing decisions shouldn't be based on emotion, it's valuable to know what kind of emotional response the vendor you're considering elicits from their users.
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Feature Ratings
Prevention
IOC Focus and Management
24/7/365 Security Monitoring
Vulnerability Management
Real-Time Threat and Anomaly Detection
Standardized Playbooks
Use of the MITRE ATT&CK Framework
Compliance Reporting and Archival Mechanisms
Threat Intelligence
Risk Scoring & Remediation Act
Simplified Automation and Integration
Vendor Capability Ratings
Usability and Intuitiveness
Ease of IT Administration
Quality of Features
Ease of Implementation
Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement
Ease of Data Integration
Business Value Created
Ease of Customization
Breadth of Features
Availability and Quality of Training
Vendor Support
Microsoft Defender for Office 365 Reviews
Karan S.
- Role: Human Resources
- Industry: Consulting
- Involvement: End User of Application
Submitted May 2025
Microsoft's Advanced Threat Detection System
Likeliness to Recommend
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
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Andre S.
- Role: Sales Marketing
- Industry: Food and Beverage
- Involvement: End User of Application
Submitted Nov 2024
It's simple to use.
Likeliness to Recommend
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
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Vinay K.
- Role: Finance
- Industry: Finance
- Involvement: End User of Application
Submitted Oct 2024
Good product but complex
Likeliness to Recommend
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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