Defender XDR for detection, Intune for control, run as one service rather than two projects.
Ransomware still arrives through a laptop far more often than through anything else, and signature-based antivirus stopped being an answer years ago. What actually works is four things running together: behavioral detection on the device, enforced configuration that does not drift, patching that happens without anyone remembering, and access decisions that check the health of the machine before letting it near your data. We build that on Defender for Endpoint and Intune, remotely, covering every laptop, desktop, and phone in scope around the clock.
- EDRBehavioral detection
- MDMDevice management
- 5 minP1 response for managed clients
- Cross-OSWin, Mac, iOS, Android
Six controls applied to every endpoint, every day.
EDR (Defender for Endpoint)
Detection based on what a process does rather than what it matches. Attack surface reduction rules block the techniques ransomware actually uses, controlled folder access protects your documents from encryption, network protection stops the callback, and automated investigation closes routine cases without waking anyone. Windows, macOS, Linux, iOS, and Android are all covered.
Device management (Intune MDM)
One place to set the rules and keep them set. Disk encryption on, screens locking, approved applications only, browser policy applied, removable storage restricted where the data warrants it. When a device drifts out of policy it is pulled back automatically instead of showing up in an audit six months later.
Patch automation
Operating system updates through Windows Update for Business, plus the third-party software that actually gets exploited: browsers, Adobe, Java runtimes. Routine patching runs monthly. Anything critical is deployed inside five business days of disclosure. Reporting breaks down by device, by platform, and by application, so you know what is lagging rather than guessing.
Conditional access integration
Access decisions read device health. A machine that has fallen out of compliance does not reach Microsoft 365, your line-of-business applications, or the VPN until it is fixed. MFA is required regardless, and risky sign-ins are evaluated in real time.
BYOD and mobile protection
App-protection policies on personal devices, no full-MDM enrollment required. Corporate data containerized in M365 apps; personal apps and photos untouched. Mobile threat defense for jailbreak / root / unsafe-network detection.
Monitoring and 24/7 SOC integration
Defender XDR alerts feed Microsoft Sentinel SIEM. Analysts triage endpoint incidents within SLA around the clock. Auto-investigation closes low-severity incidents; high-severity escalated to named engineers.
Four reasons IT leaders choose our endpoint operating model.
Microsoft-native, no agent conflict
Both products live inside the operating system rather than beside it. That removes the two most common causes of endpoint instability we see on takeover: an antivirus product wrestling with Defender, and a management agent wrestling with Intune. You get one console, one ticket history, and a Microsoft CSP partner accountable for both halves.
Cross-OS coverage from day one
Windows is the easy part. The providers who struggle are the ones who treat Mac and Linux as exceptions. Defender covers all three properly, and mixed fleets are ordinary work for us across the 800 plus systems under management: finance on Windows, creative teams on Mac, engineering on Linux. Our Jamf partnership sits behind the Apple side.
Tuned to the threats that actually land
Detection and attack-surface reduction rules tuned for the patterns that open most US incidents: credential-stealing malware, business email compromise pivoting to endpoints, and the ransomware precursors that arrive through phishing and unpatched applications. Tuning based on what we see across managed tenants, not a default rule set left as shipped.
Monthly compliance reporting
Monthly reporting that an assessor can use directly: how far behind patching is, which devices detection actually reaches, encryption state, and where configuration has drifted. The same evidence answers SOC 2, HIPAA, CMMC, and NIST 800-171 questions, and it fills in the endpoint section of your insurance renewal without a scramble.
Six business profiles where endpoint security is non-negotiable.
Office knowledge workers
Distributed staff, personal devices in the mix, and Microsoft 365 as the place the work actually happens.
Financial services and fintech
Customer data sensitivity, GLBA and FTC Safeguards exposure, NYDFS Part 500 where licensed in New York. Endpoint hardening is a baseline examiner expectation.
Healthcare and clinical staff
Patient data, EMR access, HIPAA Security Rule safeguards. Strict endpoint controls without breaking clinical workflow speed.
Retail and POS endpoints
Point-of-sale terminals and shared back-office machines have to be locked down without slowing a queue at the register.
Manufacturing engineers
Production-floor laptops connecting to OT systems need behavior-based detection plus network segmentation. CMMC applies where defense contracts do.
Education devices
Thousands of student and faculty machines across several platforms, plus FERPA obligations on what those devices can reach.
Four endpoint security stacks compared.
| Feature | GR Defender + Intune | Legacy AV only | Third-party EDR (CrowdStrike, SentinelOne) | No EDR, no MDM |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Signature-based detection | ||||
Behavioral EDR detection | ||||
Device configuration management | Need separate MDM | |||
Patch automation | Need separate tool | |||
Conditional access integration | Need separate IAM | |||
Cross-OS (Win, Mac, Linux, iOS, Android) | Win-only often | |||
BYOD without full enrollment | Variable | |||
Native Microsoft tenant integration | ||||
Licensing overlap with M365 you already own | Included in E5 / Business Premium | Separate purchase | Separate purchase | None, high incident exposure |
Single console for SOC | Separate from M365 events |
From baseline to full coverage in 6 weeks.
- 1
Baseline assessment
1 week
We inventory what is actually out there: which platforms, which antivirus product, what is enrolled and what is not, how far behind patching has slipped, whether disks are encrypted, and how personal devices are being used. Gaps are ranked by how easily they could be exploited, not alphabetically.
- 2
Defender and Intune deployment
2 weeks
Defender goes out to every device in scope while the incumbent antivirus is retired batch by batch, never both active at once. Company-owned machines enroll into Intune. The opening baselines land: disk encryption, lock timers, and removable-media policy on the groups that handle regulated data.
- 3
Conditional access and tuning
2 weeks
Conditional access switches on, so compliance becomes a condition of reaching Microsoft 365 and your business applications. Detection noise is tuned down against real traffic. Staff get a short explanation and a two-minute video before anything changes on their screen.
- 4
Steady state operations
Continuous
Endpoint signals flow into Sentinel and analysts work them at any hour. Patching settles into its monthly rhythm, compliance reporting arrives on schedule, and every quarter we sit down over what changed in the threat landscape and what it means for your fleet.
What IT and security leads ask before engaging.
Services that pair with endpoint security.
Ask for the endpoint review and you get the gap report in writing.
One week of work across all six controls. You receive a written assessment, a remediation order that reflects real risk rather than product categories, and a note on the licensing you already own but are not using.
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