Microsoft Defender XDR

What is Microsoft Defender XDR?

Microsoft Defender XDR is a unified pre- and post-breach enterprise defense suite that natively coordinates detection, prevention, investigation, and response across endpoints, identities, email, and applications to provide integrated protection against sophisticated attacks.

Microsoft Defender is a comprehensive security solution designed to protect your devices, data, and identities from various online threats.

Microsoft Defender XDR protection

Microsoft Defender has a lot of subservices. Microsoft Defender XDR services protect:

Endpoint with Microsoft Defender for Endpoint: Provides advanced threat protection for endpoints, including preventative protection, post-breach detection, automated investigation, and response.

Email and Collaboration with Microsoft Defender for Office 365: Defender for Office 365 safeguards your organization against malicious threats posed by email messages, links (URLs) and collaboration tools.

Identity with Defender for Identity: Microsoft Defender for Identity is a cloud-based security solution that uses your on-premises Active Directory signals to identify, detect, and investigate advanced threats, compromised identities, and malicious insider actions directed at your organization.

Applications with Defender for Cloud Apps: Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps is a comprehensive cross-SaaS solution bringing deep visibility, strong data controls, and enhanced threat protection to your cloud apps.

Assets with Defender Vulnerability Management: Microsoft Defender Vulnerability Management delivers continuous asset visibility, intelligent risk-based assessments, and built-in remediation tools to help your security and IT teams prioritize and address critical vulnerabilities and misconfigurations across your organization.

Microsoft Entra ID Protection: Protects user identities by leveraging learnings from various Microsoft services to detect and respond to identity-related threats.

Basic Features of Microsoft Defender.

These features cut across all the Defender Subservices i.e. Endpoint, Office 365, Identity, Cloud Apps and the likes. They include:

Incidents and Alerts

Hurting

Actions and Submissions

Threat Intelligence

Exposure Management

Secure Scores etc.

How To Access the Microsoft Defender XDR Portal

Login to your M365 Admin Portal and Navigate to Show all and Click on Security. Once it opens, you have just successfully login to the Microsoft Defender Portal. See Screenshots below.

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M365 Technical Support Engineer.