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  • Microsoft is named a Leader in the October 2025 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Security Information and Event Management.1
  • Microsoft Defender is named a Leader in The Forrester Wave™: Extended Detection And Response (XDR) Platforms, Q2 2024.2
  • Microsoft is named a Leader in the 2024 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Endpoint Protection Platforms.3
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    Gartner Magic Quadrant for Security Information and Event Management, Andrew Davies, Eric Alhm, Angel Berrios, Darren Livingstone, 8 October 2025.

    GARTNER is a registered trademark and service mark and MAGIC QUADRANT is a registered trademark of Gartner, Inc. and/or its affiliates in the U.S. and internationally and are used herein with permission. All rights reserved.

    Gartner does not endorse any vendor, product or service depicted in its research publications, and does not advise technology users to select only those vendors with the highest ratings or other designation. Gartner research publications consist of the opinions of Gartner’s research organization and should not be construed as statements of fact. Gartner disclaims all warranties, expressed or implied, with respect to this research, including any warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose.
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    The Forrester Wave™: Extended Detection And Response (XDR) Platforms, Q2 2024, Allie Mellen et al, June 2024.
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    Gartner Magic Quadrant for Endpoint Protection Platforms, Evgeny Mirolyubov, Franz Hinner, Deepak Mishra, Satarupa Patnaik, Chris Silva, 23 September 2024.

    GARTNER is a registered trademark and service mark and MAGIC QUADRANT is a registered trademark of Gartner, Inc. and/or its affiliates in the U.S. and internationally and are used herein with permission. All rights reserved.

    Gartner does not endorse any vendor, product or service depicted in its research publications, and does not advise technology users to select only those vendors with the highest ratings or other designation. Gartner research publications consist of the opinions of Gartner’s research organization and should not be construed as statements of fact. Gartner disclaims all warranties, expressed or implied, with respect to this research, including any warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose.
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    The Total Economic Impact™ Of Microsoft Defender, a commissioned study conducted by Forrester Consulting, July 2025
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    The Total Economic Impact™ of Microsoft Sentinel, a commissioned study conducted by Forrester Consulting, March 2024.
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    The Total Economic Impact™ Of Microsoft 365 Defender, a commissioned study conducted by Forrester Consulting, April 2022.

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