Does switching from SentinelOne to Huntress and Defender lower security?
Switching from SentinelOne with a Managed SOC to Huntress paired with free Microsoft Defender leaves a gap in advanced endpoint protection features that Defender Free does not provide natively. Without paying for higher M365 tiers or adding third-party tools like ESET, IT providers risk losing critical security capabilities and going backward in overall protection.
What people tried
Every workaround mentioned in the threads below. We haven’t tested any of them — and nobody here is claiming they worked.
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Does switching from SentinelOne to Huntress and Defender lower security?
- 1staying with existing SentinelOne and SOCaaS setupDid this help you?
- 2upgrading all clients to M365 Business PremiumDid this help you?
- 3Staying with the current vendor (ESET)Did this help you?
- 4Evaluating a split stack combining Huntress and Microsoft DefenderDid this help you?
- 5Using third-party tools to cover missing endpoint controlsDid this help you?
In their words
Unedited, grouped by where they were said, most upvoted first within each place, each linked to the thread it came from.
“Not all our clients are on M365 Biz Premium. Without Defender for Endpoint, are we losing a lot compared to S1+SOCaaS using just the free Defender? I don't want to go backwards in security.”source ↗
“We're trying to determine which path makes the most sense long term.”source ↗
“For those running Huntress + Microsoft Defender, what are you doing for the endpoint protection features that Defender Free doesn't provide, or that products like ESET handle natively?”source ↗
Where this came up
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