Microsoft Defender
Get industry-leading cybersecurity protection for your business
Microsoft Defender for Business
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- Up to 300 users and up to five devices per user, with no minimum device requirement
- Enterprise-grade device protection for Windows, MacOS, iOS, and Android devices
- Wizard-based onboarding and simplified management experience
- Vulnerability management to identify weaknesses and strengthen security
- Next-generation antivirus protection to block new and emerging threats
- AI-powered endpoint detection and response with automatic attack disruption to disrupt in-progress ransomware attacks in real-time
- Automated investigation and remediation to automatically resolve most cyberthreats
- Monthly security summary reports to track your protection
- Server protection available as an add-on
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Microsoft Defender: Defend against malicious cyberthreats.
Microsoft 365 Business Premium
- Includes everything in Business Standard plus:
- Protect your devices with AI-powered ransomware protection in Microsoft Defender for Business
- Protect email from phishing attacks powered by AI-powered language models using Microsoft Defender for Office 365
- Protect work data on personal and company-owned devices with Microsoft Intune P1
- Safeguard identities and access to work apps using Microsoft Entra ID
- Protect against lost or stolen passwords with multifactor authentication using Microsoft Entra ID
- Prevent data loss through data protection and sensitivity labeling for files with Microsoft Purview Information Protection
- Includes lifecycle management, e-discovery, and legal hold via Microsoft Purview Data Loss Prevention
Apps and services included:
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Word: Create impressive documents and improve your writing with built-in intelligent features.
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Excel: Simplify complex data and create easy-to-read spreadsheets.
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PowerPoint: Easily create polished presentations that stand out.
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OneNote: Meet all your note-taking needs with one cross-functional notebook.
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Microsoft Loop: Cocreate with workspaces that bring all the parts of a project together.
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Microsoft Clipchamp: Create and edit professional-looking videos with easy-to-use tools.
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Outlook: Manage your email, calendar, tasks, and contacts together in one place.
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Exchange: Work smarter with business-class email and calendaring.
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Microsoft Teams: Bring everyone together in one place to meet, chat, call, and collaborate.
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OneDrive: Save, access, edit, and share files and photos wherever you are.
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SharePoint: Create team sites to share information, files, and resources.
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Microsoft Editor: Write more clearly and concisely across documents, emails, and the web.
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Microsoft Entra ID: Protect employee identities and credentials.
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Windows 11: Empower your team to connect faster, get creative, and be more productive.
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Intune: Protect your business and application data and access on devices.
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Microsoft Defender: Defend against malicious cyberthreats.
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Microsoft Purview: Make governing, protecting, and managing your data easier and more efficient.
Microsoft 365 Business Premium (no Teams)
- Includes everything in Business Standard plus:
- Protect your devices with AI-powered ransomware protection in Microsoft Defender for Business
- Protect email from phishing attacks powered by AI-powered language models using Microsoft Defender for Office 365
- Protect work data on personal and company-owned devices with Microsoft Intune P1
- Safeguard identities and access to work apps using Microsoft Entra ID
- Protect against lost or stolen passwords with multifactor authentication using Microsoft Entra ID
- Prevent data loss through data protection and sensitivity labeling for files with Microsoft Purview Information Protection
- Includes lifecycle management, e-discovery, and legal hold via Microsoft Purview Data Loss Prevention
Apps and services included:
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Word: Create impressive documents and improve your writing with built-in intelligent features.
-
Excel: Simplify complex data and create easy-to-read spreadsheets.
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PowerPoint: Easily create polished presentations that stand out.
-
OneNote: Meet all your note-taking needs with one cross-functional notebook.
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Microsoft Loop: Cocreate with workspaces that bring all the parts of a project together.
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Microsoft Clipchamp: Create and edit professional-looking videos with easy-to-use tools.
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Outlook: Manage your email, calendar, tasks, and contacts together in one place.
-
Exchange: Work smarter with business-class email and calendaring.
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OneDrive: Save, access, edit, and share files and photos wherever you are.
-
SharePoint: Create team sites to share information, files, and resources.
-
Microsoft Editor: Write more clearly and concisely across documents, emails, and the web.
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Microsoft Entra ID: Protect employee identities and credentials.
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Windows 11: Empower your team to connect faster, get creative, and be more productive.
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Intune: Protect your business and application data and access on devices.
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Microsoft Defender: Defend against malicious cyberthreats.
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Microsoft Purview: Make governing, protecting, and managing your data easier and more efficient.
Choose the right plan for your business
Secure your business with more than 300 employees
Frequently asked questions
- Defender for Business is an AI-powered, enterprise-grade device security solution that helps businesses with up to 300 employees protect against ransomware and other cyberthreats in an easy-to-use and cost-effective package.
- Defender for Business servers is an add-on to Defender for Business or Microsoft 365 Business Premium. The add-on provides security for servers within Defender for Business, helping you protect all your endpoints using a single admin experience. Get simplified onboarding and management, with security policies activated out of the box to help you quickly secure servers. Identify cyberthreats and vulnerabilities to patch and protect your environment from ransomware, malware, and other cyberthreats.
- IT service providers can use Microsoft 365 Lighthouse view insights from Defender for Business across multiple customers in a single location. This includes multi-tenant list views of incidents and alerts across tenants and notifications via email. Default baselines can be used to scale customer tenant onboarding, and vulnerability management capabilities help IT service providers see trends in secure score, exposure score and recommendations to improve tenants.
- Securing devices is critical to safeguarding your organization from malicious actors attempting to disrupt your business with cyberattacks. Device security helps to protect, detect, and respond to these cyberthreats for desktops, laptops, and mobile devices.
- Microsoft Defender Antivirus provides next-generation protection built into Windows devices, helping protect them from viruses, malware, and potentially unwanted applications. Defender for Business includes Defender Antivirus capabilities, and extends protection to encompass threat and vulnerability management, attack surface reduction, endpoint detection and response, and automated investigation and remediation.
- Microsoft Defender for Business is designed for small and medium-sized businesses with up to 300 users. It provides AI-powered, enterprise-grade cyberthreat protection that includes endpoint detection and response with automatic attack disruption, automated investigation and remediation, and other capabilities. Cross-platform support provides protection for Windows, MacOS, Android, and iOS devices.
Microsoft Defender for individuals and families helps people stay safer online. It provides antivirus protection, antiphishing protection, identity theft monitoring, credit monitoring3, and privacy protection4. It also offers identity theft insurance up to USD1 million to cover restoration costs and restoration support that’s available anytime, day or night.5
Microsoft Defender for Business is a comprehensive security solution for businesses, while Microsoft Defender for individuals and families is an all-in-one online protection app for the home.
Microsoft Defender for Business
- [1]Once your paid subscription begins, you have a 7-day cancellation window to receive a prorated refund, only paying for what you use. You may cancel your subscription at any time in the Microsoft 365 admin center. Learn how to cancel your Microsoft 365 subscription. When a subscription is canceled, all associated data will be deleted. Learn more about data retention, deletion, and destruction in Microsoft 365.
- [2]After your one-month free trial ends, your subscription will automatically convert to a paid subscription and you’ll be charged the applicable subscription fee based on the subscription term and billing plan you select. Cancel anytime during your free trial to stop future charges. A credit card is required to sign up. Storage for trials will be limited. Microsoft reserves the right to suspend access to its products and services if payment is not received after your one-month free trial ends. Learn more.
- [3]Feature is available in the United States and US territories. Credit score is a single bureau VantageScore 3.0 provided by Experian®. The monthly credit report is provided by Experian® using single bureau data. For users under the age of 18 or those without a credit history, credit score is not included. Family organizers will not have the ability to onboard, view, and receive alerts related to family member credit monitoring. Your device's primary display language must be set to English.
- [4]Privacy protection (VPN) is available on Android devices in the United States and US territories. Privacy protection is coming soon to Windows. Some streaming services are excluded. After 10 GB per month, data transfer speeds may be limited.
- [5]The identity theft insurance is underwritten and administered by American Bankers Insurance Company of Florida, an Assurant company. Please refer to the actual policies for terms, conditions, and exclusions of coverage. Coverage may not be available in all jurisdictions. Review the Summary of Benefits.
- [6]Microsoft 365 Copilot may not be available for all markets and languages. To purchase, customers must have a qualifying plan for enterprise or business.
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