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Evaluate the performance of Microsoft Defender

See how effectively Defender protects against email threats compared to other email security solutions. We believe in transparently sharing data about our performance so you can make informed security decisions.
Performance dashboard

Track how well Microsoft Defender mitigates email security threats

Microsoft Defender includes a transparent reporting dashboard that gives security teams real-time visibility into how email threats are identified and addressed. Understand what threats were intercepted predelivery as well as those mitigated postdelivery, all from a centralized location.
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Assess Defender’s performance—by the numbers

Discover how Defender and other email security solutions protect against threats, now with the latest Microsoft data.

Understand the value added by ICES vendors

The latest Microsoft benchmarking data shows that integrating ICES vendors with Microsoft Defender: improves filtering of promotional emails by an average of 9.4%, 1.65% for spam, and 0.5% for malicious content. In post-delivery filtering, Microsoft Defender on average removed 45% of malicious mail found in the inbox.
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