Rapid7 Expands Partnership with Microsoft to Advance Modern Detection and Response
Rapid7 (NASDAQ:RPD) expanded its partnership with Microsoft to deliver a dedicated MDR for Microsoft solution that integrates Rapid7’s managed detection and response with Microsoft Defender. The service provides 24x7 managed detection and response across endpoints, cloud, identity, and email and combines Microsoft telemetry with Rapid7’s AI-driven operations and SOC expertise.
The collaboration aims to simplify security operations, improve detection precision, and help customers maximize Microsoft security investments. The dedicated Rapid7 service and new integrated detection and response capabilities are expected to be introduced in early 2026, with additional joint initiatives to follow.
Rapid7 (NASDAQ:RPD) ha ampliato la partnership con Microsoft per fornire una soluzione dedicata MDR per Microsoft che integra il Managed Detection and Response di Rapid7 con Microsoft Defender. Il servizio offre monitoraggio e risposta gestiti 24x7 su endpoint, cloud, identità e email e combina la telemetria di Microsoft con le operazioni guidate dall'IA di Rapid7 e l'expertise SOC.
La collaborazione mira a semplificare le operazioni di sicurezza, migliorare la precisione delle rilevazioni e aiutare i clienti a massimizzare gli investimenti in sicurezza di Microsoft. Il servizio dedicato Rapid7 e le nuove capacità di rilevamento e risposta integrate dovrebbero essere introdotti all'inizio del 2026, con ulteriori iniziative congiunte a seguire.
Rapid7 (NASDAQ:RPD) amplió su asociación con Microsoft para ofrecer una solución dedicada MDR para Microsoft que integra el Managed Detection and Response de Rapid7 con Microsoft Defender. El servicio ofrece detección y respuesta gestionadas 24x7 en endpoints, nube, identidad y correo electrónico y combina la telemetría de Microsoft con las operaciones impulsadas por IA de Rapid7 y la experiencia SOC.
La colaboración tiene como objetivo simplificar las operaciones de seguridad, mejorar la precisión de la detección y ayudar a los clientes a maximizar las inversiones en seguridad de Microsoft. Se espera que el servicio dedicado de Rapid7 y las nuevas capacidades de detección y respuesta integradas se presenten a principios de 2026, con más iniciativas conjuntas por venir.
Rapid7 (NASDAQ:RPD)는 Microsoft와의 파트너십을 확대하여 Rapid7의 관리형 탐지 및 대응(MDR)과 Microsoft Defender를 통합한 Microsoft용 MDR 솔루션을 제공한다. 이 서비스는 엔드포인트, 클라우드, 아이덴티티, 이메일에 걸친 24x7 관리형 탐지 및 대응을 제공하며 Microsoft의 텔레메트리와 Rapid7의 AI 기반 운영 및 SOC 전문지식을 결합한다.
협업의 목적은 보안 운영을 단순화하고 탐지 정확성을 향상시키며 고객이 Microsoft 보안 투자에서 최대 가치를 이끌어내도록 돕는 것이다. 전용 Rapid7 서비스와 새로운 통합 탐지 및 대응 기능은 2026년 초에 도입될 예정이며, 이후 추가 공동 이니셔티브가 이어질 것이다.
Rapid7 (NASDAQ:RPD) a élargi son partenariat avec Microsoft pour proposer une solution dédiée MDR pour Microsoft qui intègre le Managed Detection and Response de Rapid7 avec Microsoft Defender. Le service offre une détection et réponse gérées 24h/24 et 7j/7 sur les endpoints, le cloud, l'identité et les e-mails et combine la télémétrie de Microsoft avec les opérations pilotées par l'IA de Rapid7 et l'expertise SOC.
La collaboration vise à simplifier les opérations de sécurité, améliorer la précision des détections et aider les clients à maximiser les investissements en sécurité Microsoft. Le service dédié Rapid7 et les nouvelles capacités de détection et de réponse intégrées devraient être lancés début 2026, avec d'autres initiatives conjointes à suivre.
Rapid7 (NASDAQ:RPD) hat seine Partnerschaft mit Microsoft erweitert, um eine dedizierte MDR für Microsoft-Lösung bereitzustellen, die Rapid7s Managed Detection and Response mit Microsoft Defender integriert. Der Service bietet 24x7 verwaltete Erkennung und Reaktion über Endpunkte, Cloud, Identität und E-Mail und kombiniert Microsoft-Telemetrie mit Rapid7s KI-gesteuerten Operationen und SOC-Expertise.
Die Zusammenarbeit zielt darauf ab, Sicherheitsabläufe zu vereinfachen, die Erkennungsgenauigkeit zu verbessern und Kunden dabei zu helfen, in Microsoft-Sicherheitsinvestitionen das Beste herauszuholen. Der dedizierte Rapid7-Service und die neuen integrierten Erkennungs- und Reaktionsfähigkeiten sollen voraussichtlich Anfang 2026 eingeführt werden, gefolgt von weiteren gemeinsamen Initiativen.
Rapid7 (NASDAQ:RPD) زادت شراكتها مع Microsoft لتقديم حل مخصص MDR لـ Microsoft يدمج إدارة الكشف والاستجابة من Rapid7 مع Microsoft Defender. يوفر الخدمة كشف واستجابة مُداران على مدار 24×7 عبر نقاط النهاية، والسحابة، والهوية، والبريد الإلكتروني، ويجمع بين القياسات من Microsoft وخبرة Rapid7 المدعومة بالذكاء الاصطناعي وخبرة مركز العمليات الأمني SOC.
تهدف الشراكة إلى تبسيط عمليات الأمن، تحسين دقة الكشف، ومساعدة العملاء على تحقيق أقصى استفادة من استثمارات Microsoft الأمنية. من المتوقع أن يتم طرح خدمة Rapid7 المخصصة والقدرات الجديدة المتكاملة للكشف والاستجابة في أوائل 2026، مع متابعة مبادرات مشتركة أخرى.
- Dedicated MDR for Microsoft Defender service planned
- Early 2026 expected market introduction
- 24x7 managed detection and response coverage
- Coverage across endpoints, cloud, identity, email
- Combines Microsoft telemetry with Rapid7 AI and SOC expertise
- Aims to simplify security operations and compliance
- None.
Insights
Expanded Rapid7–Microsoft MDR partnership should improve managed detection in Microsoft environments and roll out in early 2026.
Combining Rapid7 SOC services with Microsoft Defender telemetry links managed detection to native platform signals. The offering promises 24x7 MDR across endpoints, cloud, identity, and email. This integration reduces manual stitching of alerts and centralizes response playbooks.
Success depends on execution, data-sharing depth, and integration scope with existing customer estates. Pricing, SLA terms, and compatibility with third-party tools will shape adoption. Watch for the commercial launch and the new integrated capabilities in
New collaboration brings together Rapid7’s SOC expertise with Microsoft’s security ecosystem to simplify operations, strengthen protection, and unlock new value for joint customers
BOSTON, Nov. 03, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Rapid7, Inc. (NASDAQ: RPD), a leader in threat detection and exposure management, today announced an expanded partnership with Microsoft aimed at helping organizations simplify and strengthen their detection and response capabilities across Microsoft environments. Rapid7’s new MDR for Microsoft solution integrates a dedicated service with Microsoft Defender that provides comprehensive coverage across endpoints, cloud, identity, and email. The collaboration is designed to help organizations maximize their Microsoft security investments and overcome today’s most complex operational and visibility challenges.
This seamlessly-integrated approach makes it easier for organizations already working with Rapid7 and invested in the Microsoft ecosystem to get 24x7 managed detection and response across their environment that combines AI-driven insights with human expertise to deliver better security outcomes.
“Microsoft continues to advance the state of technology and security and this partnership extends that work, creating a service that enables organizations to get the most out of their Microsoft investment, while updating security across their infrastructure,” said Corey Thomas, CEO at Rapid7. “Many of Rapid7’s managed detection and response (MDR) customers already rely on the Microsoft Defender suite of products. With this partnership, these organizations, and future ones, will benefit by combining Microsoft’s scale and innovation with Rapid7’s AI-native operations platform and extensive SOC expertise to make modern detection and response more integrated, more accessible, and more effective.”
By combining the power of Microsoft’s advanced telemetry and analytics with Rapid7’s human-led threat expertise and AI-driven operations, organizations will gain faster, more precise detection and more contextually rich response playbooks to stop threats before impact. By simplifying security operations that integrate customers' full security ecosystem inclusive of Microsoft, Rapid7 will help customers advance their security program, manage compliance and drive measurable progress aligned to their business outcomes.
This partnership underscores Rapid7’s commitment to advancing a more unified and transparent approach to threat detection and response, one that provides organizations with flexibility, clarity, and confidence as they navigate evolving threats and increasingly complex technology environments. The new dedicated Rapid7 service for Microsoft Defender is expected to be introduced along with new integrated detection and response capabilities to market in early 2026, with additional joint initiatives to follow.
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About Rapid7
Rapid7, Inc. (NASDAQ: RPD) is on a mission to create a safer digital world by making cybersecurity simpler and more accessible. We empower security professionals to manage a modern attack surface through our best-in-class technology, leading-edge research, and broad, strategic expertise. Rapid7’s comprehensive security solutions help more than 11,000 global customers unite cloud risk management with threat detection and response to reduce attack surfaces and eliminate threats with speed and precision. For more information, visit our website, check out our blog, or follow us on LinkedIn or X.
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