Microsoft

What the company sells

Microsoft sells a set of security products including Defender for extended detection and response, Sentinel for cloud-native SIEM, Purview for data protection and governance, Entra for identity and access, and Intune for endpoint management. The company is headquartered in Redmond, Washington, and was founded in 1975. Its shares trade on the Nasdaq under the ticker MSFT.

Categories

• EDR and XDR (primary category)
• SIEM
• Workforce IAM and SSO
• Endpoint management and application control

Headquarters

Redmond, United States

Founded

1975

Ownership

Public (NASDAQ: MSFT)

Website

microsoft.com

Products and services

• Microsoft Defender

  Products that detect and respond to attacks against devices, identities, applications, email and cloud services, providing extended detection and response.

• Microsoft Sentinel

  A cloud-native SIEM that detects threats across an environment, supports incident investigation and includes a built-in data lake.

• Microsoft Purview

  Information protection, governance and compliance products that safeguard data across an organization's environment.

• Microsoft Entra

  Identity and access products that verify identity and access requests across clouds, platforms and devices.

• Microsoft Intune

  Endpoint management products for device security and hybrid work configuration.

Sources

1. MicrosoftUndated page, accessed September 27, 2026 · Tier A: the company, a regulator or a filing
2. MicrosoftUndated page, accessed September 27, 2026 · Tier A: the company, a regulator or a filing
3. Microsoft Corporation via SEC EDGARUndated page, accessed September 27, 2026 · Tier A: the company, a regulator or a filing
4. Microsoft CorporationUndated page, accessed September 27, 2026 · Tier A: the company, a regulator or a filing

Recorded September 27, 2026 from the sources above. Descriptions are in our own words; we do not rank or recommend vendors, and no vendor pays to be listed or to change what we write. Disclosure: until the publisher confirms it has no business relationship with this company, treat one as possible (how the network works). Spot a factual error? Request a correction.