Defender — Microsoft's family of security products

heads up — this term is ambiguous

"Defender" is Microsoft's umbrella security brand — there are several products. Pick the one you meant:

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• $ mde Microsoft Defender for Endpoint // endpoint security — Windows / macOS / Linux / mobile devices
• $ mdo Microsoft Defender for Office 365 // email + Teams + SharePoint security
• $ mdi Microsoft Defender for Identity // on-prem Active Directory + Entra ID attack detection
• $ mdca Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps // Cloud Access Security Broker (CASB) — was MCAS
• $ defender-for-cloud Microsoft Defender for Cloud // Azure / AWS / GCP cloud workload protection — was Azure Security Center
• $ xdr Microsoft Defender XDR // the unified portal that stitches the Defender family together