This assessment of Microsoft Defender for Cloud synthesizes insights from 12 recent reviews, covering overall satisfaction, use cases, ROI, and impact on threat alerts. Reviewers highlight its role in enhancing security across cloud platforms, including Azure, AWS, and Google Cloud, as well as on-premise environments. A significant portion of users (10 out of 12) emphasize its ability to safeguard data, identify vulnerabilities, and protect against threats. The product is often used in hybrid environments, with 6 reviewers using Azure cloud services and 4 maintaining on-premise resources. Microsoft Defender for Cloud excels in providing immediate alerts for suspicious activities, enabling swift responses to potential threats, as noted by 3 reviewers. Integration is another strength, particularly within Microsoft environments, with 2 reviewers citing simple implementation. Furthermore, 7 of 12 reviewers indicated it reduces the need for third-party security products, leading to potential cost savings mentioned by 4 reviewers. One reviewer reported a 25% reduction in risk through policy implementation and cloud inventory management. However, some users report challenges. Integration and setup can be problematic, especially concerning data integration and cross-platform consistency for Linux servers, as noted by 3 reviewers. Two reviewers mentioned missing features or incomplete functionality, specifically regarding endpoint scanning and AWS resource coverage. While 4 of 12 reviewers specifically mentioned that the tool reduces threat alerts, the tool's ability to provide valid alerts was also noted by 2 reviewers. Despite these limitations, the overall sentiment suggests a positive impact on security and potential cost savings for organizations using Microsoft Defender for Cloud.

Pros

Provides immediate alerts for suspicious activities, enabling rapid response to threats (3 of 12 reviewers)
Offers easy integration, particularly within Microsoft environments (2 of 12 reviewers)
Reduces reliance on third-party security products, leading to potential cost savings (7 of 12 reviewers)
Enhances security and protection across various cloud platforms and on-premise resources (10 of 12 reviewers)
Reduces the number of threat alerts (4 of 12 reviewers)

Cons

Experiences difficulties with initial setup, data integration, and cross-platform consistency, especially for Linux servers (3 of 12 reviewers)
Lacks certain features or has incomplete functionality, such as endpoint scanning and comprehensive AWS resource coverage (2 reviewers)
Requires additional tools to improve their company despite the savings from Microsoft Defender for Cloud (1 reviewer)

How does your environment look today? Do you have on-prem resources? Do you use only Azure or other clouds (AWS and Google Cloud)?

From 12 reviews

Summary

This analysis of 12 recent reviews explores the cloud and on-premise environment configurations reported by users. A slight majority of reviewers (6 of 12) mention using Azure cloud services. Four reviewers indicate they maintain on-premise resources, while 3 reviewers specifically mention operating in a multi-cloud environment. The reviews suggest a hybrid approach is common, with many organizations leveraging a combination of on-premise, Azure, and other cloud platforms like AWS and Google Cloud. Some reviewers highlight the use of Azure ARC for managing on-premise resources and streamlining security management across diverse environments. Others mention using Azure due to startup credits or its integration with other Microsoft products like Office and Teams.

Top Quotes

Azure cloud usage

“Azure is now our main cloud, so we got startup credits, and so we are able to switch over and we're basically using it for free. Right now we do have AWS, we were previously really relying on it, but now we're mainly using Azure.”

On-prem resources

“We do have a mix of all of them. We have some on-prem, majority is Azure Cloud, but we also have multi-cloud, so defender for cloud, obviously we predominantly use an on-prem and an Azure cloud, but we also have abilities to do AWS and Google Cloud and put injectors to ingest those logs.”

Multi-cloud environment

Does using Microsoft Defender for Cloud help reduce the number of third party products you would use otherwise to protect your infrastructure? If yes, can you estimate the amount you have saved by using Defender for Cloud?

From 12 reviews

Summary

This analysis of 12 recent reviews examines the extent to which Microsoft Defender for Cloud reduces reliance on third-party security products. A majority of reviewers (7 of 12) indicated that Microsoft Defender for Cloud helps reduce the need for other security tools. Supporting this, 4 of 12 reviewers specifically mentioned cost savings associated with potentially eliminating the need for other expensive third-party tools. However, one reviewer noted acquiring other tools to improve their company despite the savings from Microsoft Defender for Cloud.

Related topics

Reduces third-party tools Cost savings

Top Quotes

Reduces third-party tools

“I think that we'd have to, we probably would've had to get a Wiz license or something if it weren't for Microsoft Defender.”

Cost savings

“I think that it works and it's saving us cost because some of the third party tools are really expensive.”

Does Microsoft Defender for Cloud help reduce the number of threat alerts? Can you elaborate on how it has helped reduce your threat alerts? What was the percentage of threat alerts you were able to cut down by using Defender for Cloud?

From 12 reviews

Summary

This report analyzes 12 recent reviews to assess how Microsoft Defender for Cloud impacts the number of threat alerts. Reviewers indicate that Defender for Cloud can reduce the number of threat alerts and provide valid alerts. Four of 12 reviewers (33%) specifically mentioned that the tool reduces threat alerts. Two of 12 reviewers (17%) highlighted the validity and actionability of the alerts, even if the overall volume is not reduced. The tool's ability to provide immediate responses and secure environments was also noted. One reviewer reported a 25% reduction in risk through policy implementation and cloud inventory management. Reviewers also appreciate the tool's ability to block and report potential information theft.

Related topics

Reduces threat alerts Alerts are valid

Top Quotes

Reduces threat alerts

“Yes, attempts to steal information have significantly reduced and now any situation is blocked and reported to us immediately, which for us is one less job to do.”

Alerts are valid

“It does not reduce threat alerts. But if we did not have these services enabled, we would not be aware of changes to our environment that could put us at risk of compromise. The alerts we do receive are valid and do require action, which is extremely important to our risk posture.”

What positive or negative impact (i.e. Return on Investment or ROI) has Microsoft Defender for Cloud had on your overall business objectives?

From 12 reviews

Summary

This report analyzes 12 recent reviews to assess the return on investment (ROI) of Microsoft Defender for Cloud. The reviews suggest a generally positive impact on business objectives, particularly in security and potential cost savings. Nine reviewers mention a positive security impact. Four reviewers specifically cite cost savings and ROI benefits. While these positive aspects are noted, the small sample size warrants caution in generalizing these findings.

Top Quotes

Positive Security Impact

“We don't know how many potential breaches it may have stopped, so potentially pretty massive.”

Cost Savings & ROI

“Gives good ROI.”

Ease of Use

“Organize your files”

Describe how you use Microsoft Defender for Cloud in your organization. What are the business problems the product addresses and what is the scope of your use case?

From 12 reviews

Summary

This report synthesizes 12 recent reviews to understand how organizations are using Microsoft Defender for Cloud and the business problems it addresses. A significant portion of reviewers, 10 out of 12, highlight the product's role in enhancing security and protection across various cloud platforms. This includes safeguarding data, identifying vulnerabilities, and protecting against threats and malware. Some reviewers, 3 out of 12, also appreciate the product's ease of use, noting its simple configuration and quick enablement.

Related topics

Security and Protection Ease of Use

Top Quotes

Security and Protection

“We use it to make sure that our Azure environments are safe and that no one's starting up VMs or doing anything in our Azure environment.”

Ease of Use

“Microsoft Defender for Cloud is a native security capability that is quick and easy to enable.”

Please provide some detailed examples of areas where Microsoft Defender for Cloud has room for improvement.

From 12 reviews

Summary

This report analyzes 12 recent reviews to identify areas where Microsoft Defender for Cloud could be improved. A notable area for improvement revolves around integration and setup, cited by 3 of 12 reviewers. These reviewers highlighted difficulties with initial setup, data integration, and cross-platform consistency, particularly for Linux servers. Two reviewers mentioned missing features or incomplete functionality, specifically regarding endpoint scanning and AWS resource coverage. These points suggest that while Microsoft Defender for Cloud offers a range of security features, users encounter challenges in deploying and fully utilizing the product across diverse environments.

Top Quotes

Integration and Setup Issues

“Well, one feature that can be tricky is data integration or migration.”

Missing Features/Functionality

“We need to be more specific because sometimes we miss some endpoints because the product not scanning all the endpoints in the factory. And I think that is something need to improve.”

Please provide some detailed examples of things that Microsoft Defender for Cloud does particularly well.

From 12 reviews

Summary

This report analyzes 12 recent reviews to identify areas where Microsoft Defender for Cloud performs well, according to users. A notable strength, mentioned by 3 of 12 reviewers, is its ability to provide immediate alerts regarding suspicious activities, enabling swift responses to potential threats. Several reviewers also praised the product's ease of integration, particularly within Microsoft environments; 2 of 12 reviewers specifically cited the simplicity of implementation. Additionally, 2 of 12 reviewers highlighted the solution's capabilities in security posture management and its cost-efficiency. These features collectively contribute to a proactive and secure cloud environment, as perceived by the reviewers.

Top Quotes

Provides immediate alerts

“Providing immediate alert if any suspicious activity found”

Easy to implement/integrate

“It's easy to integrate because it's Microsoft technology and they have the same button to implement.”

Security posture management

“I really think me, myself, and I really think security posture management is something it does really well.”

Reviews

58 Reviews

A complete safe and dynamic system.

Rating: 8 out of 10

Incentivized

June 2, 2025

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

From the outset, we already had certain conventional Microsoft services, so choosing to migrate or expand to the Microsoft Cloud proved to be a safe choice. The experience has been very rewarding. Microsoft Cloud has proven to be a solid, reliable platform with an ecosystem of integrated services that are ideally suited to the demands of a contemporary company.One of the biggest advantages has been the safeguarding of our data. Our entire system is in the cloud, meeting rigorous security and compliance standards, which provides us with great comfort. So far, we have had no incidents of data loss, availability errors, or security breaches.

Pros

Security
It's a weight off our shoulders by not having to maintain customer data
The cloud is easier to organize
Storage improvements

Cons

Well, one feature that can be tricky is data integration or migration.

Likelihood to Recommend

This is definitely good to use throughout the company because it keeps the company's files and services secure, regardless of the area because it is very useful even if it is to save securely like a OneDrive.

Mathew Mons

Human Resource in Human Resources at Asegurate Cali (11-50 employees)

Vetted Review

3 years of experience

Effective security solution for the cloud infra.

Rating: 10 out of 10

Incentivized

May 6, 2025

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Basically it provides the extra protection on all the cloud platforms like azure, google and AWS. It reduce the risk and makes infrastructure more efficient and robust. It combines CSPM & CWPP to detect and responds on the threats or malware quickly. It has DevSecOps Integration that makes the pipelines, servers, container more secure by scanning the infrastructure.

Pros

Cost efficient solution for cloud.
Protects from threats.
DevSecOps Integration and follow all standard security compliance.

Cons

Initial setup is difficult for new user.
Limited cross platform consistency specially for linux servers.

Likelihood to Recommend

Single dashboard has all the information. It automatically fix mis configurations. It saves the cost as well as money. AI Block threat quickly and it follows all PCI-DSS rules.

Radhika Verma

Project Manager in Information Technology at Capgemini (1001-5000 employees)

Vetted Review

4 years of experience

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Microsoft Defender for Cloud Review

Rating: 10 out of 10

Incentivized

May 6, 2025

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We're predominantly using it for the banking customers to identify any other vulnerabilities in their infrastructure. We used to scan and they'll see any other gaps in their workloads based on that. It also give you the remediation, how this can be fixed. That's where you're using it.

Pros

See this defender predominantly used in our workloads, especially on the banking sector, they used to scan the environment and provide the reports to the audit team to make sure that their workloads are virus free or error free.

Cons

One thing we wanted to understand in the compliance perspective, especially this product as a globally compliant, but however, there are some region specific like Middle East, they want to comply with their own compliance perspective, so probably those models can be incorporated, be useful.

Likelihood to Recommend

We used to do the scanning for on a basis. Sometimes we need to run it based on the scenario or the requirement from the global audit team. Based on that it'll be quickly, you can tweak it or customize it and then get the report as well. So the reports are really good based on your customization, the time interval, how you want it to see.

Verified User

Consultant (1001-5000 employees)

Vetted Review

8 years of experience

Defender for Cloud Review

Rating: 10 out of 10

Incentivized

May 6, 2025

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

It protects our users when we're using the 365 suite of products. I think that's the main thing. Keeps us safe.

Pros

Well. I think that the main thing is it doesn't really bother us while we're using the 365suite, so I think that would be the main thing.

Cons

I don't have any cons to be honest.

Likelihood to Recommend

To be honest, I haven't used other products similar to this. We've always used Microsoft 365. So real feedback there.

Verified User

Director in Information Technology (1-10 employees)

Vetted Review

1 year of experience

Microsoft Defender for Cloud Review

Rating: 8 out of 10

Incentivized

May 6, 2025

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

A lot of times you would think that for having the vendor, a lot of times what happens is that they come in for the premise of like, we have all these potential problems. So a lot of what happens is it becomes more of a proactive need, not so much of a reactive problem. What ends up happening is that a lot of them, they kind of just want to hit checkmark, like "Do we have defender?" A lot of times they just, once it's set up, they just never ask about it until an audit comes in. They have to make sure things happen. A lot of times it's really just making sure it's set up so that way they don't fail. Especially for government, as long as they don't fail a checklist, that's what happens.

Pros

In terms of what it does very well is that if you are really involved with using Azure, it is a really good setup tool because one thing that I've noticed with a lot of partners in general is that you're going to end up having a company comes up to you and they're going to offer, you have someone to integrate them, but if you know how to really configure and utilize the vendor, in my opinion it's not as crazy expensive. You might think it is, but it does because of how well it does everything, the big thing.

Cons

I know right now the big push is on things for copilot. Copilot is one of the big pushes in general right now. From what a lot of people have been mentioning to us, they have the ability to utilize things if they pay for copilot, but the problem is they still prefer to go to consultant to help them really set things up. In general, I think consultants suck, right? And because they suck, it would be nice to have a tool that really gets rid of that need. For that it's much more useful for them right now, at least I think somewhere around two, three years ago when they were really pushing copilot on the introduction, people were very excited about it, but right now there's still a lot of hesitation really using it, at least from what I've seen, at least on government relationships. If you're like a school district for example, there's a big common

Likelihood to Recommend

So where it is really helpful is if you are doing things inhouse. So if you are working on things and you're building it for your internal processes in general, it's very good if you are going to be dealing with end users, specifically with end users that are outside of and by end user, I don't necessarily mean you're a software engineer that works for you or something like that. What I mean is if you are a company that is ours in particular, if you have a company like ours, we have a manufacturing site as a client. If you're on the OT side of things, I wouldn't say it's really as effective for the OT side.

Verified User

C-Level Executive (1-10 employees)

Vetted Review

3 years of experience

Microsoft Defender for Cloud Review

Rating: 8 out of 10

Incentivized

May 6, 2025

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

The more important feature is I can pull or create policies for all the cloud endpoints we have at the moment. It's like an active directory back in the cloud.

Pros

It's easy to integrate because it's Microsoft technology and they have the same button to implement.

Cons

We need to be more specific because sometimes we miss some endpoints because the product not scanning all the endpoints in the factory. And I think that is something need to improve.

Likelihood to Recommend

When you're using Azure Cloud, you are using another cloud provider

Gustavo Nieves

CTO in Information Technology at AppSecCl (1-10 employees)

Vetted Review

3 years of experience

Providing good security to our cloud and database

Rating: 9 out of 10

Incentivized

May 6, 2025

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

For secure our data and file from the outside thread and malware it is very important tool because it easily identify the actual app threads and virues and protect our application easily also we are able to view overall activities on their dashboard easily without facing any issue it overall saves time and effort to determine the cause of threads.

Pros

Easy to implement
Provide immediate alerts to the threads
Saves manual time to detect the cause of error

Cons

It saves our lot of time and effort
Providing a good dashboard
Nothing negative with using this

Likelihood to Recommend

Without using this platform it is very difficult to find the actual cause of error and takes longer time to analyse the issue but using this software it provides immediate response or alerts within less time that increase our work efficiency and saves lot of time and securing our application

Verified User

Account Manager in Marketing (201-500 employees)

Vetted Review

2 years of experience

Defender for Cloud Review

Rating: 10 out of 10

Incentivized

May 5, 2025

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We are a reseller, so we sell this product for our clients to be able to protect them from their security aspects. Most of it is basically to protect their identity on their servers, since we are a reseller for the service as well, it is a requirement for us to provide that as services.

Pros

Well, it catches the bad actors that we want them to and it allows us as an MSP to be able to action and respond to the threats. So that's what the clients take our service for.

Cons

I think a lot of it's around educational. If there is some architectural or product enhancements that Microsoft or the developers can reach out to the partners that would help. Right now we find out once we are playing around with it, that there are some of the enhancements that have come in, so that would be really good and will help as a reseller that we can then communicate to our partners as well.

Likelihood to Recommend

This is more suited for companies who really care about security out on the Microsoft journey and want to make sure that nothing is missed. For the companies that are not really interested in security and looking for a checkbox, obviously this product is not for them because it's more pricey and it does things that they're not looking for. A company that is very, very focused on security and specifically leveraging Microsoft, that's where it's best suited for

Verified User

Vice-President in Sales (201-500 employees)

Vetted Review

Reseller

7 years of experience

Microsoft Defender for Cloud Review

Rating: 9 out of 10

Incentivized

May 5, 2025

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We use it to make sure that our Azure environments are safe and that no one's starting up VMs or doing anything in our Azure environment.

Pros

Like the dashboard a lot.

Cons

Maybe if it could be access using the CLI at CLI.

Likelihood to Recommend

I think that anyone who's using Azure would be helped by this product. Just maybe harder for people, not at the enterprise level to get licenses for it.

Sharan Garlapati

Technical Sales Engineer in Sales at Levo.ai (11-50 employees)

Vetted Review

1 year of experience

A reliable software to protect cloud services and data

Rating: 9 out of 10

Incentivized

May 5, 2025

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Microsoft Defender for Cloud provide a best option to secure our virtual machine and network it provides a layer between our application that helps us to identify app threads and protect against virus along with that using this software is simple and easy that doesn't require heavy configuration protect our data and servers from app threads.

Pros

Identifying risks of servers configuration
Safeguard virtual machines and dat
Providing immediate alert if any suspicious activity found

Cons

Best for viruses and threads
Safeguard of our virtual machines and data bases
Alert system is good

Likelihood to Recommend

The best part of this software is they provide a security against app threats which helping us to easy use of our application without the risk of getting crash or using this software is simple and easy along with that they provide a immediately response against the viruses and protect our database.

Verified User

Project Manager in Information Technology (201-500 employees)

Vetted Review

2 years of experience

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Microsoft Defender for Cloud Review

Rating: 8 out of 10

Incentivized

May 6, 2025

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Pros

In terms of what it does very well is that if you are really involved with using Azure, it is a really good setup tool because one thing that I've noticed with a lot of partners in general is that you're going to end up having a company comes up to you and they're going to offer, you have someone to integrate them, but if you know how to really configure and utilize the vendor, in my opinion it's not as crazy expensive. You might think it is, but it does because of how well it does everything, the big thing.

Cons

I know right now the big push is on things for copilot. Copilot is one of the big pushes in general right now. From what a lot of people have been mentioning to us, they have the ability to utilize things if they pay for copilot, but the problem is they still prefer to go to consultant to help them really set things up. In general, I think consultants suck, right? And because they suck, it would be nice to have a tool that really gets rid of that need. For that it's much more useful for them right now, at least I think somewhere around two, three years ago when they were really pushing copilot on the introduction, people were very excited about it, but right now there's still a lot of hesitation really using it, at least from what I've seen, at least on government relationships. If you're like a school district for example, there's a big common

Likelihood to Recommend

Verified User

C-Level Executive (1-10 employees)

Vetted Review

3 years of experience