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Rapid7 Expands Partnership with Microsoft to Advance Modern Detection and Response
New collaboration brings together Rapid7’s SOC expertise with Microsoft’s security ecosystem to simplify operations, strengthen protection, and unlock new
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[{"type":"text","content":"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\nBOSTON, 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 partne...