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Microsoft Defender Vulnerability Management pros and cons

Vendor: Microsoft
4.0 out of 5

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PROS

Microsoft Defender Vulnerability Management is highly scalable and provides versatile integration with Microsoft products such as Sentinel and SIEM.
The software offers valuable compliance, recommendations, and inventories features that enhance threat and vulnerability identification.
It effectively assesses vulnerabilities, offering detailed insights on CVEs, categories, and exploit statuses.
Regular advisories and recommendations help improve an organization's security posture and streamline threat management.
The ability to locate and prevent threats even when endpoints are not connected to the corporate network adds significant value.

CONS

Extracting and customizing reports from Microsoft Defender Vulnerability Management is challenging.
The integration capabilities of Microsoft Defender Vulnerability Management require improvement.
Microsoft Defender Vulnerability Management has stability issues, being resource-intensive and slow.
Technical support for Microsoft Defender is slow and lacks responsiveness and knowledge.
The documentation provided by Microsoft is disorganized and makes steps unclear and difficult to follow.
 

Microsoft Defender Vulnerability Management Pros review quotes

Iyaz Abbasi - PeerSpot reviewer
Principal Consultant Cyber Security at a computer software company with 501-1,000 employees
Aug 2, 2023
The product’s most valuable features are compliance, recommendations, and inventories.
Oscar Abouchaaya - PeerSpot reviewer
Partner / Consultant at Procomix
Oct 3, 2023
The solution is up-to-date and helps prevent zero-day attacks.
James Selby - PeerSpot reviewer
Manager Security Division at Virtual-IT
Nov 20, 2023
One valuable feature is the Microsoft Security Scorecard.
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René-SylvainBédard - PeerSpot reviewer
CEO at Indominus
Jan 19, 2024
The product's stability is very high...The scalability of the product is amazing.
reviewer2335722 - PeerSpot reviewer
Technical Support Lead at a computer software company with 5,001-10,000 employees
Jan 24, 2024
The solution helps identify threats and vulnerabilities.
JuanBurbano - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Consultant at Gensystems
May 14, 2024
The solution is highly scalable.
VT
Senior Cloud Security Consultant at MetLife
Dec 11, 2024
The recommendations, scores, and steps to remediate actions are highly useful.
Dermot O'Doherty - PeerSpot reviewer
EMEAR IT Director at Epson Europe B.v.
Jan 28, 2025
The integration with Sentinel has been one of the most valuable features for my organization.
Abdulrahman Muhammadi - PeerSpot reviewer
information Security and IT Manager at Discover Dollar Technologies Pvt Ltd.
Jan 31, 2025
Microsoft Defender Vulnerability Management is versatile and assesses vulnerabilities, providing detailed information on CVEs, their categories, and exploit statuses.
TakayukiUmehara - PeerSpot reviewer
Security Specialist at Prudential Systems Japan
Feb 3, 2025
A valuable feature is the ease of management and integration with Microsoft products.
 

Microsoft Defender Vulnerability Management Cons review quotes

Iyaz Abbasi - PeerSpot reviewer
Principal Consultant Cyber Security at a computer software company with 501-1,000 employees
Aug 2, 2023
It is challenging to extract and customize reports from the system.
Oscar Abouchaaya - PeerSpot reviewer
Partner / Consultant at Procomix
Oct 3, 2023
The general support could be improved.
James Selby - PeerSpot reviewer
Manager Security Division at Virtual-IT
Nov 20, 2023
Integration can be improved.
Learn what your peers think about Microsoft Defender Vulnerability Management. Get advice and tips from experienced pros sharing their opinions. Updated: December 2025.
880,435 professionals have used our research since 2012.
René-SylvainBédard - PeerSpot reviewer
CEO at Indominus
Jan 19, 2024
The setup phase of the product is not that easy and needs a person to have a certain level of expertise.
reviewer2335722 - PeerSpot reviewer
Technical Support Lead at a computer software company with 5,001-10,000 employees
Jan 24, 2024
The technical support takes too much time to resolve tickets.
JuanBurbano - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Consultant at Gensystems
May 14, 2024
The constant changes in the product configuration or the console setup can sometimes be challenging.
VT
Senior Cloud Security Consultant at MetLife
Dec 11, 2024
The automated remediations can be more specific.
Dermot O'Doherty - PeerSpot reviewer
EMEAR IT Director at Epson Europe B.v.
Jan 28, 2025
It is expensive.
Abdulrahman Muhammadi - PeerSpot reviewer
information Security and IT Manager at Discover Dollar Technologies Pvt Ltd.
Jan 31, 2025
The worst aspect is the refresh rate of the dashboard.
TakayukiUmehara - PeerSpot reviewer
Security Specialist at Prudential Systems Japan
Feb 3, 2025
There is a good solution from Microsoft, however, there is a gap between Windows and Linux management.