[gjsman-1000]

Microsoft Defender was, and is, an inexcusably poorly thought through product.

Just the branding - the name and logo is exactly the same as Windows Defender. It even puts an icon in the taskbar tray, resulting in two identical logos for two identically named products that do completely different things.

No idea what they were thinking there. It seems they thought that the separation in consumers’ minds between “Microsoft” and “Windows” was strong, which it absolutely is not.

[emsixteen]

This comment is the first indication to me that they're actually separate products.

[bombcar]

Especially since they just rebranded Office365 to Microsoft365.

Microsoft branding is so bad.

[panzi]

When I google for Windows Defender I only get hits for Microsoft Defender. What is it? I don't use Windows anymore.

[gjsman-1000]

Microsoft Defender for Individuals:

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/blog/2022/06/1...

Windows Defender aka Windows Security:

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/stay-protected-w...

Microsoft Defender XDR (completely different thing, previously known as Microsoft Defender for 365):

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/business/siem-and-x...

Microsoft Defender for Endpoint (also a different thing, basically XDR lite):

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/business/endpoint-s...

[patmorgan23]

Don't forget Defender for Cloudapps which is a CASB