Microsoft Defender for Office 365 Reviews

Defender for Office 365 protects Office 365, which is the industry standard office software suite. It is the only Microsoft security solution we use. We don't use any specialized features. It's a standard deployment. 

Defender helps us prioritize threats across our organization. Defender for 365 is highly efficient and saves us time. We save about 35 percent compared to other solutions. 

The pre-sales cost calculations could be more transparent. 

I have used Defender for Office 365 for the last three years.

We mostly rely on internal support at my organization. They are not certified by Microsoft, but they have some experience with Microsoft solutions. We contact Microsoft if we need additional support. I would rate them highly. 

Setting up Defender for 365 is straightforward, and we did it ourselves following the standard Office 365 setup. 

I rate Microsoft Defender for Office 365 an eight out of ten. 

We use Microsoft Defender for Office 365 for email security. We are partners of Microsoft and I'm the company's chief operation security officer. 

The deployment capability is a great feature. We're able to activate this feature throughout France with a click.

I'd like to see fewer false positives and potentially have an accurate capability to detect malicious SharePoint sites. There could also be an improvement in some of the features related to training. In a phishing test campaign, for example, it should be more user-friendly and include the capability to evaluate and assess users' understanding of the content provided. 

I've been using this solution for several years. 

The customer support could be more advanced at the technical level and more responsive. There should also be more communication on updates.

We previously had some reinforced email security features with Microsoft; this is just an improvement on what we had.

This is quite an expensive solution and understanding the pricing model and features is quite complicated and it can, in fact, be a nightmare when dealing with Microsoft.

We reviewed several on-premise solutions such as Forcepoint that could be integrated with other components within our infrastructure. The reason we didn't go with them is that we have to respond quickly to threats and at an international level. Given the complexity of our situation in terms of architecture, we decided to go with a ready-to-use solution.

We haven't had a review recently, so I can't say that this is the best solution on the market. Things are evolving all the time with new features constantly being added to all solutions. For now, I would rate this solution seven out of 10. 

Our primary use case of Defender is to protect customers' emails. We use this solution for the servers being hosted on Azure. We use it mostly for the emails of Office 365 users, to secure their emails. Some customers already have other email security, complementing Office 365, but smaller customers prefer using a single solution to protect their emails. 

This solution is cloud-based. 

The most valuable feature is the integration. It's a single console, so we don't have to switch around between multiple products. Another valuable feature is the ease of operations and maintenance. 

This product's effectiveness could be improved, in terms of detecting unwanted spam or even malware between the emails, compared to other products. 

We have been using this solution for almost a year, just in 2021. 

The technical support's response is very good. If you have Premier Support, they can respond within 15 minutes. In terms of their technical team, it's very good as well. 

The installation is a key feature, since it's a single product within Microsoft. It's integrated with Office 365, so it's very easy to install. You only need one person for deployment and maintenance—the administrator, which is usually either from the security team or email administrator team. 

We implemented this solution ourselves. 

For licensing, it's usually a yearly package for customers who are subscribed to Office 365, but they can also pay on a monthly basis. 

Some of our customers have IronPort or Trend Micro and prefer to use these solutions, complementing Office 365. 

I rate Defender a seven out of ten because it's easy to operate and maintain, but it could be improved by spam and phishing detection. 

Safe attachments, safe links, policies, and the ability to protect from zero-day threats are the most valuable features.

In some situations, it has not been able to pick impersonated emails having no attachments. Technical support definitely has a scope for improvement.

I have been using this solution for the last one year. I have its latest version.

It is stable. We didn't find any issues with that.

It is highly scalable. We have deployed for around 7,000 accounts.  Performance is not impacted.

Their technical support can definitely be improved. They can avoid using templatized response.

We had basic Exchange Online Protection. 

It was easy to configure and with one/two skilled the ongoing maintenance can be handled. 

It has a simple interface to configure and manage. From the pricing point of view, like any other product in the market, there is scope for negotiation. 

Before we chose to settle with this product, we experimented with Cisco, Forcepoint, etc.

I would advise others to do a proof of concept for at least a month before taking a decision.

I would rate Microsoft Defender for Office 365 a eight out of ten.

We are using Microsoft Defender for Office 365 to defend against computer threats.

The most valuable feature of Microsoft Defender for Office 365 is the ease of use.

Microsoft Defender for Office 365 could improve by giving customers information on techniques to prevent threats. For example, information about best practices on how to protect their own devices against hackers and scammers, such as educational information or training. This would help others have a better understanding of cyber security. Additionally, there can be more security features added.

I have been using Microsoft Defender for Office 365 for approximately five years.

Microsoft Defender for Office 365 is a stable solution.

The solution is scalable in my usage.

I have not used the technical support from Microsoft. I managed to fix any issues I had myself.

The implementation is simple and Microsoft Defender for Office 365 because it comes with Microsoft Windows, works as soon as the computer is on. 

Microsoft Defender for Office 365 comes with Microsoft Windows. It is free with the operating system.

I rate Microsoft Defender for Office 365 a seven out of ten.

We are always looking for others tools to increase automation on tasks. There can be better integration with other solutions, such as PowerPoint and email.

I have been using Microsoft Defender for Office 365 for approximately five years.

Microsoft Defender for Office 365 is a stable solution.

We have approximately 10 people using the solution.

We might increase usage of the solution depending on the market.

We only have had one or two problems over the past two years.

The initial setup was not complicated.

There was no need for help for the implementation, we did it ourselves.

I rate Microsoft Defender for Office 365 a nine out of ten.

Microsoft Defender for Office 365 was a product called Advanced Threat Protection(ATP) in the beginning and it was changed. Microsoft Defender for Office 365 is an email security. Our customers should know that it is only email security and not a full security feature solution. It is for checking the attachments of emails, and it will move them on if they are secure, and if they are not secure it will not move them forward.

The solution is very easy to use. All you have to do is to assign the license to the end-user and it's done. The customer will only have the feature activated, and the solution will monitor the emails to determine if they are a threat or not.

They can improve their security in a way where a customer can know if all their attachments are safe or not to open through a report. The solution does its job perfectly, but it never reports to the customer whether those attachments have been stopped before or not.

I have been using Microsoft Defender for Office 365

Microsoft Defender for Office 365 has been scalable.

The implementation is simple, once you have the license you assign it to the end-user.

We have seen a return on investment because if we would have received a phishing email, Microsoft Defender for Office 365 would help out to detect the threat instead of crashing down the whole company. The solution keeps emails protected with high security benefiting the company, whether it's an inbound or outbound email.

Microsoft Defender for Office 365 is an add-on to the Office license. Many customers are purchasing this solution.

I would advise every customer who requires email security to purchase Microsoft Defender for Office 365.

I rate Microsoft Defender for Office 365 a ten out of ten.

We are using Defender to protect different kinds of attachments, emails, and safe links, and things like that.

The basic features are okay and I'm satisfied with the Defender.

The initial setup is pretty simple. It's easy to configure.

Microsoft products are always easy to use.

The solution has been stable and reliable. 

I was looking for some advanced features, like if I would receive an email that contains a legitimate file type, but the content is malicious, how I can protect against that? Normally, we are dealing with so many phishing and spam emails. I'd like some additional features any product can give me to protect our environment in a better way. 

There is always a chance to continue to improve the product in some way.

We've been using the solution since 2015. It's been a few years now. 

Microsoft so far and been good. We haven't faced any kind of disruption or anything else. It's a good product and good platform, I must say. Overall, it's a good product and good service and we haven't dealt with bugs or glitches.

It's scalable. It's software as a service, so it's always scalable. You have to just purchase the additional licenses and you can increase your database. It's nothing that would be considered too difficult.

They offer different kinds of support levels. If you have the Premier Support contract with Microsoft you're good. If you have purchased a good support level agreement with Microsoft, then their support is very fantastic. We never faced any kind of issue. The engineer is always available when we create the ticket and the support is good. Due to the fact that we are a big organization, we have a support level agreement with the Microsoft.

Earlier, we were using the on-prem solution of Exchange, then we migrated to the cloud, so we cannot just compare the feature set and the price of Defender with any other security software, email security software.

The initial implementation is not very difficult. Microsoft products are always very easy to configure and use. It's not a big deal. It's the philosophy of Microsoft to make it easy for the users. That's why they always attract the users and users happily migrate to them as compared to using any other product or any other service.

I haven't actually evaluated the cost against other products. For example, it's bundled with the licenses that we have procured, so everything is included in that. We haven't purchased the Defender separately. 

We cannot just say that it's a product which is costly as compared to the other products available in the market or not, as it's a bundled offer. We can calculate the price of one license or an Office 365 license with any other cloud service partner's license cost, however, we cannot just compare the price of any specific feature with the services available in the market.

We are not using any other product, so we are not actually in a position to compare it with other security products.

While the deployment is a hybrid model, we have migrated all the mailboxes to Office 365. We are completely running the services from the cloud.

I'd rate the solution at a seven out of ten. there's always room for improvement. 

It's a bundled offer. When we procured the licenses of Office 365, it came up under those licenses. We are not using any other product, so I cannot say or I'm not in a position to say that any other product is good or Defender is not good, as I am not using any other product.