Hi everyone,

I’m currently evaluating the use of Microsoft Intune together with Kaspersky EDR Optimum, and I have a few questions:

• Intune natively integrates only with Defender for Business/Endpoint, while I haven’t found any direct connector for Kaspersky EDR Optimum.

• Using Kaspersky requires an updated Security Center, plugins, and dedicated policies, while Defender is managed directly through Intune and Microsoft 365.

• So, I’d like to know:

  1. What is the real level of integration between Intune and Kaspersky EDR Optimum?

  2. Is it recommended and safe to replace Defender for Business with Kaspersky in an Intune-managed environment?

  3. What are the practical experiences from anyone who has tried this setup, especially regarding visibility, agent deployment, and policy management?

I’d like to understand if going with Kaspersky instead of Defender for Business makes sense, or if management becomes too complicated.

Thanks in advance to anyone who can share their experience.

On 9/5/2025 at 5:42 PM, BluFin Solutions said:

Hi everyone,

I’m currently evaluating the use of Microsoft Intune together with Kaspersky EDR Optimum, and I have a few questions:

• Intune natively integrates only with Defender for Business/Endpoint, while I haven’t found any direct connector for Kaspersky EDR Optimum.

• Using Kaspersky requires an updated Security Center, plugins, and dedicated policies, while Defender is managed directly through Intune and Microsoft 365.

• So, I’d like to know:

  1. What is the real level of integration between Intune and Kaspersky EDR Optimum?

  2. Is it recommended and safe to replace Defender for Business with Kaspersky in an Intune-managed environment?

  3. What are the practical experiences from anyone who has tried this setup, especially regarding visibility, agent deployment, and policy management?

I’d like to understand if going with Kaspersky instead of Defender for Business makes sense, or if management becomes too complicated.

Thanks in advance to anyone who can share their experience.

You can create a trial workspace is ksc.kaspersky.com or cloud.kaspersky.com and do R&D by yourself check whether you are getting benefits from Kaspersky or not and in my experience Kaspersky is better than Microsoft Defender Plans and cost effective. 

7 hours ago, Tahmeed702 said:

You can create a trial workspace is ksc.kaspersky.com or cloud.kaspersky.com and do R&D by yourself check whether you are getting benefits from Kaspersky or not and in my experience Kaspersky is better than Microsoft Defender Plans and cost effective. 

It's been several days since my post, and I thank you, Tahmeed702, for your reply. At least one person has responded. Unfortunately, this shows that there seems to be no integration whatsoever, negating the benefits of Intunes. Unfortunately, while we greatly appreciate Kaspersky and the cloud console, without even minimal integration, we'll be forced to use Defender for Microsoft 365 environments with Intunes.

I'm sorry that no one from Kaspersky contributed to this conversation. Is there a way to contact someone from official support regarding this issue?

Edited September 18, 2025Sep 18 by BluFin Solutions

9 hours ago, BluFin Solutions said:

It's been several days since my post, and I thank you, Tahmeed702, for your reply. At least one person has responded. Unfortunately, this shows that there seems to be no integration whatsoever, negating the benefits of Intunes. Unfortunately, while we greatly appreciate Kaspersky and the cloud console, without even minimal integration, we'll be forced to use Defender for Microsoft 365 environments with Intunes.

I'm sorry that no one from Kaspersky contributed to this conversation. Is there a way to contact someone from official support regarding this issue?

Yeah you can always raise a ticket on https://companyaccount.kaspersky.com

or share your queries on live chat https://support.kaspersky.com/support-chat?locale=en_EN&type=b2b

Yeah i did that earlier this morning, thanx