User Reviews of Microsoft Defender XDR

Updated January 2026

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Microsoft Defender XDR review

Kunle Oluwadiya
Kunle Oluwadiya
House security operator at a energy/utilities company with 201-500 employees
Advanced threat hunting saves significant time in tracking and responding to...
Microsoft Defender XDR could be improved with a lower price. My main suggestion would essentially be what Copilot is providing, which is a single pane of glass, so I don't have to go to different windows. That's just a workflow consideration for me. It would be great to have all the information centralized into one particular data app. If I...
Microsoft Defender XDR review

MohtesanShaikh
MohtesanShaikh
Business Development Executive at a recruiting/HR firm with 11-50 employees
Experience improves security management and simplifies threat protection
I have created automated investigations, and while they work, they operate rather slowly in the Microsoft portal. If I automate something, it takes considerable time; if I do it manually, I can complete it in a quarter of the time. The automation response being slow is the main concern; when an incident occurs or if I run a remediation, it...

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