We performed a comparison between Microsoft Defender XDR and Microsoft Purview Data Governance based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Microsoft Security Suite solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The best feature is threat hunting. There are a lot of other features I like, such as the alert mechanism. The chain alert mechanism has a huge impact. It combines all the alerts into one incident and automatically correlates them with AI."
"It has been great for us. Previously, we didn't have a solution to protect us, especially from malware, whereas now, we are getting protection up front, especially from the malware attacks coming through emails or endpoints."
"The most valuable features of Microsoft 365 Defender are the combination of all the capabilities and centralized management."
"Advanced hunting is good. I like that. We can drill down to lots of details."
"The most valuable feature of the solution stems from the fact that Microsoft Defender XDR is easy to integrate with other Microsoft platforms or products."
"Microsoft Defender XDR is scalable."
"I like that it's fully integrated with Windows, Microsoft 365 Exchange Online, and Outlook. It is better than other antivirus solutions because it's fully integrated with all Microsoft products. It's easy to integrate them and onboard all Windows devices from SCCM."
"The timeline feature is excellent. I also like the phishing simulation. We have phishing campaigns to educate employees and warn them about these threats."
"We can prevent, block, or audit however we like."
"The most valuable feature is the tracking activity and device onboarding."
"MIP also provides strong information rights management settings, such as the ability to specify who has access to content and at what time."
"I really like the entire system for auto-labeling content. It's a very refined system. I use the Keyword Query Language to define refined string-based metadata, and then I can really go deep into the specific data with the specific properties labeled in such and such a way."
"It is very easy to learn the interface, and it is very user-friendly."
"The data classification part of the solution is excellent, especially as it gives us an insight into our sensitive data within Microsoft 365."
"The documentation is very exhaustive. Anyone can go ahead and try different use cases."
"Purview's greatest benefit for us is data discovery."
"There are still some components, such as vulnerability management within the vendor product, where improved integration would be beneficial."
"The management features could be improved, particularly in terms of better integration with Intune, Microsoft's cloud-based management solution."
"The management and automation of the cloud apps have room for improvement."
"When discussing the secure score, which includes overviews and recommended actions, some of these recommended actions are not applicable to us, particularly those related to Microsoft Internet Explorer, which we do not use in any of our environments."
"There are other SIEM solutions that are easier to use, mainly based on the creation of rules, use cases, and groups."
"This solution could be improved if it included features such as those offered by Malwarebytes."
"Correctly updated records are the most significant area for improvement. There have been times when we were notified of a required fix; we would carry out the fix and confirm it but still get the same notification a week later. This seems to be a delay in records being updated and leads to false reporting, which is something that needs to be fixed."
"Intrusion detection and prevention would be great to have with 365 Defender."
"There are some limitations with regard to the lineage of data from different parts of the system."
"Overcoming certain control issues would significantly enhance our overall satisfaction."
"I'd like to see them improve the training for implementing this type of solution."
"The product must provide better integrations with OS X and iOS."
"Reflecting organizational changes within Purview is impractical."
"Purview's data connector platform for non-Microsoft data sources is good, but there is some functionality that hasn't been developed yet. There are some servers that it can't connect to yet, because they're still in a trial process."
"Running eDiscovery once a day takes quite a long time because it has to fetch your data. I also want the eDiscovery results to be improved. At the same time, I would like to get a centralized page where I could see records management applied to my Office 365 tenant visualized instead of waiting for a custom script to run through the complete tenant."
"While Purview's data connector platform can ingest information from non-Microsoft data sources, it is slow to do so and the information may become outdated."
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Microsoft Defender XDR is ranked 1st in Microsoft Security Suite with 80 reviews while Microsoft Purview Data Governance is ranked 7th in Microsoft Security Suite with 51 reviews. Microsoft Defender XDR is rated 8.4, while Microsoft Purview Data Governance is rated 7.8. The top reviewer of Microsoft Defender XDR writes "Includes four services and four products, which can help organizations a lot". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Microsoft Purview Data Governance writes "User friendly with good documentation but needs to cover more non-Microsoft use cases". Microsoft Defender XDR is most compared with CrowdStrike Falcon, Microsoft Defender for Cloud, Microsoft Purview Compliance Manager and Wazuh, whereas Microsoft Purview Data Governance is most compared with Collibra Governance, Alation Data Catalog, Varonis Platform, Informatica Axon and Microsoft Intune. See our Microsoft Defender XDR vs. Microsoft Purview Data Governance report.
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