Microsoft Defender for Office 365
SE Labs names Defender for Office 365 “Best Email Security Service”
Integrated threat protection for your email and collaboration tools
Get comprehensive security for collaboration tools
Enhance security with industry-leading AI and automation
Defend against advanced attacks with XDR
Be more efficient
Save up to 60 percent by using Microsoft Security rather than multiple point solutions.1
Capabilities
- Prevention
- Detection
- Investigation and hunting
- Response and remediation
- Awareness and training
- Secure posture
Prevention
Help prevent a wide variety of volume-based and targeted attacks, including business email compromise, credential phishing, ransomware, and advanced malware with a robust filtering stack.
Detection
Automatically detect malicious and suspicious content, such as links and files across email and Microsoft Teams, with industry-leading AI capabilities.
Investigation and hunting
Detect and respond to attacks with a unified investigation experience, full kill-chain visibility, and advanced hunting capabilities to identify and prioritize threats.
Response and remediation
Respond and remediate incidents with built-in automation that reverses malicious activities and custom setups that enable security teams to scale and be more efficient.
Awareness and training
Run attack simulations and train your users with data-driven insights on the most common attacks and knowledge gaps specific to your organization.
Secure posture
Use recommended templates and configuration insights to help your organization get and stay secure.
Prevention
Help prevent a wide variety of volume-based and targeted attacks, including business email compromise, credential phishing, ransomware, and advanced malware with a robust filtering stack.
Detection
Automatically detect malicious and suspicious content, such as links and files across email and Microsoft Teams, with industry-leading AI capabilities.
Investigation and hunting
Detect and respond to attacks with a unified investigation experience, full kill-chain visibility, and advanced hunting capabilities to identify and prioritize threats.
Response and remediation
Respond and remediate incidents with built-in automation that reverses malicious activities and custom setups that enable security teams to scale and be more efficient.
Awareness and training
Run attack simulations and train your users with data-driven insights on the most common attacks and knowledge gaps specific to your organization.
Secure posture
Use recommended templates and configuration insights to help your organization get and stay secure.
A holistic view of threat protection
Defender for Office 365 supports organizations throughout the lifecycle of an attack.
Industry recognition
Microsoft Security is a recognized industry leader.
The Forrester Wave™: Enterprise Email Security
Microsoft Defender for Office 365 has been named a Leader in The Forrester Wave™: Enterprise Email Security, Q2 2021.
SE Labs: Best Email Security Service
Defender for Office 365 was recognized by SE Labs as the “Best Email Security Service” in 2023.
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Compare flexible purchase options
Explore the comprehensive security capabilities offered by Microsoft Defender for Office 365 Plan 1 and Microsoft Defender for Office 365 Plan 2. These capabilities are also included in Microsoft 365 E5 Security.
Microsoft Defender for Office 365 Plan 1
Microsoft Defender for Office 365 (Plan 1)
$2.00
user/month
Defender for Office 365 Plan 1 offers protection against advanced attacks across email and collaboration tools in Office 365.
- Protection against advanced attacks, such as phishing, malware, spam, and business email compromise
- Protection beyond email (Microsoft Teams, SharePoint, OneDrive, and Office apps)
- Internal email protection
- Detailed reporting
Microsoft Defender for Office 365 Plan 2
Microsoft Defender for Office 365 (Plan 2)
$5.00
user/month
Defender for Office 365 Plan 2 offers everything in Plan 1 plus advanced threat hunting, automation, attack simulation training, and cross-domain XDR capabilities.
- Protection against advanced attacks, such as phishing, malware, spam, and business email compromise
- Protection beyond email (Microsoft Teams, SharePoint, OneDrive, and Office apps)
- Internal email protection
- Detailed reporting
- Advanced threat hunting
- Automated investigation and response
- Attack simulation training
- Microsoft 365 Defender (XDR) capabilities, such as cross-domain hunting and incident correlation
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Microsoft Defender for Office 365 helps organizations secure their enterprise with a comprehensive slate of capabilities for prevention, detection, investigation and hunting, response and remediation, awareness and training, and achieving a secure posture.