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About Microsoft Defender for Business is an AI-powered device security solution designed for small and medium-sized businesses with up to 300 users. It goes beyond traditional antivirus by providing enterprise-grade endpoint protection across Windows, macOS, iOS, and Android devices. The platform helps organizations identify vulnerabilities, protect devices, detect threats, and rapidly respond to cyberattacks. AI-driven endpoint detection and response automatically disrupt ransomware and other in-progress attacks in real time. Defender for Business includes vulnerability management to prioritize and remediate security weaknesses. Its simplified onboarding and management experience makes it easy to deploy without complex security expertise. Overall, Microsoft Defender for Business delivers cost-effective, scalable security tailored to modern hybrid work environments.	About From malware to advanced persistent threats (APT) to extortion & internal breaches, threats to your organisation’s infrastructure are unrelenting. Today’s businesses must consider smartphones, tablets, and consumerization of IT, combined with telecommuters, contractors, partners, and business-critical services hosted in the cloud. Security is more important than ever—and far more complex. To defend your information and systems, you need an adaptable, multi-layered defensive strategy that encompasses all the components of your IT environment, from the network to the perimeter, data, applications and endpoints, minimising and managing the weak points and vulnerabilities that expose your organisation to risk. activereach’s end-to-end portfolio of network security solutions can protect your business from advancing threats, enhance network performance, and optimise operational efficiencies.
Platforms Supported Windows Mac Linux Cloud On-Premises iPhone iPad Android Chromebook	Platforms Supported Windows Mac Linux Cloud On-Premises iPhone iPad Android Chromebook
Audience Microsoft Defender for Business is ideal for small and medium-sized businesses seeking enterprise-grade, AI-powered device security that is easy to manage and cost effective	Audience Security solution for organizations that helps against threat protection
Support Phone Support 24/7 Live Support Online	Support Phone Support 24/7 Live Support Online
API Offers API	API Offers API
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Pricing $3/user/month Free Version Free Trial	Pricing No information available. Free Version Free Trial
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Company Information Microsoft Founded: 1975 United States www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/business/endpoint-security/microsoft-defender-business	Company Information activereach Founded: 2008 United Kingdom activereach.net/solutions/network-security/
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Categories AI Cybersecurity Antivirus Cybersecurity Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) Endpoint Protection Vulnerability Management	Categories Attack Surface Management Bot Detection and Mitigation Cloud Access Security Brokers (CASB) Cloud Security DDoS Protection DNS Security Email Security Endpoint Protection Managed Detection and Response (MDR) Vulnerability Management

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