Ontinue —
Microsoft-Verified MDR on Defender XDR + Sentinel

Ontinue fits buyers who have already standardized on the Microsoft Security stack (Microsoft Defender XDR, Microsoft Sentinel) and want a Microsoft-verified MDR partner extending that investment with 24/7 managed detection and response — rather than buying a separate non-Microsoft MDR that runs parallel telemetry. Strongest fit is mid-market and enterprise operating models whose security posture is Microsoft-centric and who want to maximize Microsoft licensing they already pay for.

Ontinue delivers the ION MDR platform — managed detection and response built on Microsoft Defender XDR and Sentinel — plus Managed Vulnerability Mitigation (MVM), IoT Security, Incident Response, and the proprietary ION IQ security AI for localized managed protection. The structural difference is MDR purpose-built around the Microsoft Security stack rather than a vendor-agnostic MDR that supports Microsoft as one of many.

Generic MDR providers run their own SIEM and EDR stack, requiring separate telemetry pipelines and duplicating tooling buyers already license through Microsoft 365 E5 or equivalent. Ontinue is a Microsoft Verified MDR Solution built natively on Defender XDR and Sentinel — fitting buyers whose security strategy is to consolidate around Microsoft's security stack and want their MDR partner to extend that investment rather than parallel it.

Ontinue has been recognized as Microsoft MSSP Partner of the Year and Microsoft Security Services Innovator of the Year — vendor-validated proof that Ontinue's MDR practice is among the top-tier Microsoft Security partners globally. Fitting buyers whose procurement and risk teams want their MDR partner to be Microsoft-verified rather than self-claimed Microsoft expertise.

ION IQ is Ontinue's proprietary security AI that localizes managed protection to each customer's environment — fitting buyers whose alert fatigue and false-positive rate is the bottleneck rather than raw monitoring coverage. Managed Vulnerability Mitigation (MVM) extends ION MDR beyond detection-and-response to include vulnerability lifecycle management — fitting buyers whose risk posture spans both active threat response and known-vulnerability remediation cadence under one operator.

No. Your service agreement is signed directly with Ontinue and Ontinue's standard customer terms apply. Fibi's role is to scope your MDR / SOC objective against Ontinue and the most relevant alternatives — including generic MDR providers, MSSPs running proprietary SIEM/EDR, and pure-play SOC-as-a-service operators — so you see how Ontinue's Microsoft-Verified MDR posture compares before signing. Fibi's advisory work is provider-funded.