Microsoft Defender for Identity

The Microsoft Defender family, as Microsoft itself organises it

Microsoft Defender Demystified — Part 1: How Many Defenders Are There, Really?

Series introduction. The Microsoft Defender family explained the way Microsoft itself organises it on Microsoft Learn — eight core products, plus a few close cousins, plus one consumer app. Written for IT pros who want the full picture without the marketing fog.

Microsoft Secure Score in the Microsoft Defender XDR ecosystem — how Entra ID, Defender for Endpoint, Office 365, and Purview feed the score

Microsoft Secure Score — Part 2: Where It Sits in the Microsoft Defender World

Part 2 of the Secure Score series. Where Microsoft Secure Score physically lives, how it feeds off the Microsoft Defender family, what each source product contributes, and a practical exercise to trace one score point back to the product that generated it.