We performed a comparison between Microsoft Defender XDR and Microsoft Purview Compliance Manager 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."Defender is easy to use. It has a nice console, and everything is all in one place."
"I like how Microsoft XDR and the other Microsoft products are integrated into a single unified security stack covering identity access management, endpoint protection, email, cloud applications, etc."
"The integration between all the Defender products is the most valuable feature."
"It has great stability."
"Many people don't realize that Microsoft Azure, Exchange Online, and the security and compliance portal all sync together. For instance, within the Azure portal you can set security restrictions and policies to help secure your tenants... The good part of it is that these products have already been integrated. When you sign on as an admin you have global admin rights and that gives you access to all these features."
"The visibility into threats that 365 Defender provides is really good. You get a full review of your security system and what can be improved. In the Microsoft 365 Defender portal the first page gives you a really big summary of which security policies you are following and what can be improved."
"Microsoft 365 Defender's most valuable feature is the ability to control the shadow IP."
"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."
"We have more visibility of data and how it is being shared."
"Purview delivers data protection across multi-cloud and multi-platform environments."
"We move data between clouds and also from on-premises to the cloud. There is no other mechanism to check if this data is moving according to industry standards for such things as security, bandwidth, and SSL encryption mechanism. We would not be able to see these metrics without Microsoft Purview Compliance Manager."
"I'd like to see a wider solution that includes not only desktop devices but also other devices, such as servers, storage cabinets, switching equipment, et cetera."
"The mobile app support for Android and iOS is difficult and needs improvement."
"The console is missing some features that would be helpful for a managed services provider, like device and user management."
"I personally have not seen much evidence of how Defender can enhance the story of zero trust for enterprises."
"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."
"Since all of our databases are updated and located in the cloud, I would like additional support for this."
"The capability to not only thwart attacks but also to adapt to evolving threats is crucial."
"The web filtering solution needs to be improved because currently, it is very simple."
"We'd like to see the solution expanded to include firewalls and endpoints."
"We've had issues with data connectors for Teams."
"One area for improvement is the technical support for Purview. With all the other solutions from Microsoft we get really good technical support, but with Purview we had a compliance error and we couldn't find the solution. Purview would not point us to the correct solution, it just indicated the error. We had to troubleshoot it and find out what led to this error. We contacted technical support but it took them one week to identify the root cause of the error."
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Microsoft Defender XDR is ranked 1st in Microsoft Security Suite with 76 reviews while Microsoft Purview Compliance Manager is ranked 22nd in Microsoft Security Suite with 3 reviews. Microsoft Defender XDR is rated 8.4, while Microsoft Purview Compliance Manager is rated 9.4. 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 Compliance Manager writes "Really good encryption mechanism prevents man-in-the-middle and other types of attacks". Microsoft Defender XDR is most compared with CrowdStrike Falcon, Microsoft Defender for Cloud, Wazuh, Trend Vision One and Microsoft Sentinel, whereas Microsoft Purview Compliance Manager is most compared with Microsoft Purview, Microsoft Defender for Cloud, OneTrust DataGovernance, Vanta and Microsoft Entra ID Protection. See our Microsoft Defender XDR vs. Microsoft Purview Compliance Manager report.
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