G2 Vendor Directory

Microsoft Defender for Identity

by Microsoft

98

Reviews

4.3

Star rating

#6

Rank in Identity Threat Detection and Response (ITDR)

Pros and cons

Pros

    Cons

      Traffic & LLM citations

      Monthly G2.com page views and citations by AI answer engines for Microsoft Defender for Identity.

      Page views and citations · Microsoft Defender for Identity

      Source: G2 review data

      Winning from

      Based on reviewers who said they switched from another product.

      1

      Trellix Threat Intelligence Exchange

      1 switched

      Losing to

      Based on reviewers of other products who said they switched from Microsoft Defender for Identity.

      1

      LiveAgent

      1 switched

      Key stats

      -100.0%

      45

      Enterprise

      2

      Adoption by company size

      SegmentShare of reviews
      Small Business31.6%
      Mid-Market30.6%
      Enterprise37.8%

      Quarterly history

      QuarterReviewsStar rating
      2026 Q114.5
      2026 Q224.8

      Satisfaction ratings

      Ease of Use8.4
      Ease of Setup8.1
      Quality of Support8.2
      Meets Requirements8.7

      What reviewers say

      Powerful Security with Seamless Integration

      4.5

      “I find Microsoft Defender for Identity very easy to use. I really like its seamless integration with Defender for Endpoint and other solutions like Defender for 365 or Defender XDR, allowing for flawless default integration. This makes it straightforward to see all the loggings a”

      Jr. Solution Architect

      Effective Identity Security

      5.0

      “how deeply it integrates identity security into the broader Microsoft ecosystem while remaining easy to use and highly effective.”

      Project Management

      Microsoft defender user

      4.5

      “Security on cloud services like azure, average performance on a windows machine”

      Data engineer