Why Huntress Trusts Microsoft Defender Antivirus (And You Should Too)

This blog advocates Microsoft Defender Antivirus as a modern, effective AV/EDR foundation and explains how Huntress’ Managed Microsoft Defender augments it with multi-tenant management, SOC triage, and improved visibility. It reviews Defender’s evolution, addresses deployment and management challenges, highlights features such as controlled folder access (ransomware protection), PUA blocking, cloud-delivered protection, and Tamper Protection, and concludes with curated resources and third-party test results supporting Defender’s efficacy.