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 XDR has a feature called the timeline that lets you track all activities. It helps a lot with investigations."
"The advantage of Microsoft Defender XDR has over other XDRs in the market is that it's easy to use. You can quickly differentiate between alerts, incidents, devices, software, etc. It's easier to investigate an incident, and you have so many options. You can automate investigations and use playbooks. There's also the live response session, which is something you can't find in any other XDR."
"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."
"I have found the ability to delete unwanted threats beneficial."
"Microsoft Defender XDR is scalable."
"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."
"It gives a lot of flexibility in terms of configuration and customization as per the business requirements."
"The integration, visibility, vulnerability management, and device identification are valuable."
"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."
"Purview delivers data protection across multi-cloud and multi-platform environments."
"We have more visibility of data and how it is being shared."
"While the XDR platform offers valuable functionalities, it falls short of other solutions in its ability to deliver a cohesive identity experience."
"365 Defender has multiple subsets, including Defender for Cloud Apps. When integrating Defender for Cloud Apps with apps on third-party cloud platforms like AWS or GCP, there are limitations on our ability to control user activities. If Microsoft added more control over third-party products, that would be a game-changer and help us quite a lot."
"When we do investigations, it would be better if Microsoft could populate the host dashboard more. When we open any host for investigation, we want the entire timeline of what is happening on the host, including all the users logging in, their hardware, Windows version, etc."
"The capability to not only thwart attacks but also to adapt to evolving threats is crucial."
"Offboarding latency should be reduced. Even after a device has been successfully offboarded using a particular offboarding script, it still shows up as onboarded."
"There are other SIEM solutions that are easier to use, mainly based on the creation of rules, use cases, and groups."
"The cost can be high if you want to build custom license packages. Another area for improvement is the policies. In Azure, we need to implement policies in JSON format, but in 365 Defender 365, it would be helpful to use a different format so we can customize the platform."
"Microsoft Defender XDR is not a full-fledged EDR or XDR."
"We've had issues with data connectors for Teams."
"We'd like to see the solution expanded to include firewalls and endpoints."
"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 78 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 Data Governance, OneTrust DataGovernance, Vanta, Microsoft Defender for Cloud and Microsoft Entra ID Protection. See our Microsoft Defender XDR vs. Microsoft Purview Compliance Manager report.
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