Microsoft Defender for Endpoint
By Microsoft
Microsoft's cloud-native EDR layered on the built-in Defender Antivirus, adding attack surface reduction, KQL-based advanced hunting, and automated attack disruption. Correlates with identity, email, and cloud signals through Microsoft Defender XDR, and is bundled into Microsoft 365 E5 licensing.
- Product type
- Software
- Deployment
- SaaSAgent
- Organization size
- SMBMid-marketEnterprise
- Pricing tier
- $$
How Microsoft Defender for Endpoint measures up against the full Endpoint & Extended Detection and Response taxonomy.
- Behavioral detection — supported
- Flags malicious behavior patterns rather than known file signatures.
- Threat hunting — supported
- Lets analysts query historical endpoint telemetry for signs of compromise.
- Remote response actions — supported
- Isolate a host, kill a process, or pull files from an endpoint remotely.
- Ransomware rollback — not supported
- Restores files encrypted or modified by detected ransomware.
- Cross-surface correlation (XDR) — supported
- Correlates endpoint signals with identity, email, and cloud telemetry.
- Managed detection option — supported
- Vendor-operated 24/7 monitoring available (MDR).
Alternatives
Other Endpoint & Extended Detection and Response tools with overlapping capabilities, sized for similar teams.
Appears in stacks
Real-world stacks that include Microsoft Defender for Endpoint.