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"Excellent Protection For Enterprise Emails and Cloud-based Activities"
Charles Boampong K. - Software EngineerMarch 12, 2022
STARTING PRICE
Not provided by software provider
EASE OF USE
4.6/5
Based on Capterra user reviews
Microsoft Defender for Office 365 protects all of Office 365 against advanced threats like business email compromise and credential phishing, and automatically investigates and remediates attacks. With Defender for O365 you get Integrated threat protection for all of Office 365 that gives you: -Native protection for Office 365 -Industry leading AI and automation -A comprehensive approach
Provider
Microsoft
Located In
United States
Foundation
1975
Open API
Unverified
Deployment
Cloud, SaaS, Web-Based
Training
Live Online, Webinars, Documentation, Videos
DevOps and Security Operations (SecOps) teams Security engineering teams IT teams CISOs and CTOs Red, Blue, and Purple Teams CSIRT & forensic team Microsoft 365 administrators
Content Source: Microsoft Defender for Office 365
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Reviewers have mixed feelings about Microsoft Defender for Office 365's antivirus detection capabilities. They appreciate the frequent updates, built-in antivirus for Windows 8 and 10, and automatic threat detection, which provide basic yet essential protection. However, some users report issues with false positives on trusted links and programs, inadequate malware protection, and the software not being the most updated against recent threats.
Users commend Microsoft Defender for Office 365 for its robust email protection features, particularly the backup for email and registry and cloud-based protection. They find the software effective in detecting malware and viruses, ensuring that their emails remain secure. Additionally, reviewers appreciate that the product does not consume significant resources, making it a practical choice for safeguarding their email communications.
Pros
As stated above Microsoft Defender for Office 365 provides good protection at a good price.
I used to use Norton but with Windows 10, Microsoft Defender works just as good if not better than Norton. I like how it comes built with Office 365 and I like how easy it is to use.
I recommended you guys to use that this program will help you to protect your files, documents or your urgent archives to save. Thanks u a lot founder this program.
One great advantage is its simplicity, its ability for automatic scanning on downloads. It also does not require any installation required as it comes built in with windows.
Cons
The only problem was the number of notifications received as it gets to a point where it is annoying to receive them and there is no option to configure this problem.
We have to pay for storage. Accessing documents through chrome web browser is slow.
There are still threats that are able to get through.
People find it difficult to connect the dots holistically because of the way their documentation is structured.
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Anti virus is a must
John S.
"Excellent Protection For Enterprise Emails and Cloud-based Activities"
Overall: It provides many great features that help to keep your data fully secured. I, therefore, recommend for any organization that's looking for an effective cloud data protection.
Pros: It gives you much protection against phishing and spamming. This helps the organization to concentrate on production, rather than investing more time and resources for data protection.
Cons: It's works well so far for us, so I can't think of any disadvantages for now. Maybe as time time progresses and our activities get quite complex, we may be able to detect the downside of it.
"Microsoft Defender for Office 365 (MDO) Reviews & Product Details"
Overall: It has assisted us in working on our security with acting. It recognizes any sort of assault or strange conduct in getting to the framework and sends a caution to the chairman who can check, comprehend, and audit on schedule to guarantee that movements of every kind are genuine. It impedes all known dangers right away and sends cautions to follow up. It isn't utilized on all gadgets. On the gadgets on which it is being utilized, it has worked on the security by 80%. It has further developed our security mindfulness. It helped us in understanding the shortcomings in our setup that should have been fixed to stay away from any sort of break. It has expanded our security level and relieved the gamble of being compromised.
Pros: The arrangement is extremely simple to utilize. You should simply to relegate the permit to the end-client and it's finished. The client will just have the component enacted, and the arrangement will screen the messages to decide whether they are a danger or not. Safe connections, approaches, and the capacity to shield from zero-day dangers are the most important highlights.
Cons: They can work on their security in a manner where a client can know whether every one of their connections are protected or not to open through a report. The arrangement takes care of its business impeccably, however it never reports to the client whether or not those connections have been halted previously. This item's viability could be improved, as far as identifying undesirable spam or even malware between the messages, contrasted with different items.
"I hope Microsoft really focuses more on this software again. "
Pros: What I like most about this software is how inexpensive it is. When you buy a new computer that has Microsoft Windows on it, it is already ready to go for the user to use.
Cons: What I like least is this product worked for a while but now it is back to not feeling safe when it is running. You really have to really look into this software because you have to put some effort into it.
"Security AntiVirus Protection you must have for your business or home computer"
Overall: I have tried other AntiVirus Security software and have to say Microsoft Defender is simply the best. It is far superior to the others in that it does it's job quietly, in the background, your work does not get interrupted all the time and you know you are protected 24/7. When your business depends on the protection of your data you need Microsoft Defender.
Pros: I love that Microsoft Defender runs in the background, it does it's job without a lot of fuss. You don't have to see or know it's running all the time but you trust it is doing it's job all the time.
Cons: I wish there was more reports available for the results of the scans and the quarantined emails. To there advantage there might be and I have not found them yet.
"Go for this anti-virus, as it is the best one around."
Overall: Overall I like the product as it comes in a package with other Microsoft tools. Also it provides a great deal of protection against malwares and viruses. It can do scheduled scan from time to time once specified. It does not cost you anything except for the deployment which is very impressive.
Pros: It is free and easy to setup. It is great for detecting threats across the networks, detecting spam and other major malicious activities. The reports generated are very detailed and lets you analyze the threat level making it very useful for protection.
Cons: This rate of detection of this toll is less when compared to other competitors. Deployment is expensive and we face issues sometimes while deploying. The notification pop-ups are too many and it gives discomfort to the users.
