Last Updated 17 Feb 2026Learn how to deploy, configure, and optimize Microsoft Sentinel using the new unified experience within the Microsoft Defender portal. This course equips technical teams to plan architecture, connect data sources, apply SIEM best practices, and operationalize an AI-ready SOC with improved visibility, integrated Defender workflows, and interactive simulated labs.
Duration - 6 Hours
Level - Intermediate
Style - Self paced
Course Type - Project Ready with Labs
Certification - No
Hands on Labs - Yes
Solution Areas - Security, Modern SecOps with Unified Platform
ESI Course Code - DW-350
This module explores the evolving threat landscape and the challenges faced by modern Security Operations Centers (SOC), emphasizing the need to modernize defenses. It provides an overview of Microsoft Sentinel SIEM, its platform architecture, key capabilities, and how to detect, investigate, and respond to threats through a unified security operations experience with the Defender Portal.
This module covers planning for Microsoft Sentinel SIEM deployment, including workspace architecture, sample designs, and prioritizing data connectors. It also addresses data retention, tiering models with Analytics and Data Lake, and planning costs while understanding billing considerations.
This module guides managing roles and permissions, deploying Microsoft Sentinel SIEM, enabling initial content, and connecting to the Microsoft Defender portal and content hub solutions. It also covers connecting data sources, deploying log forwarders, using AWS S3 connectors, Microsoft Security Store, Sentinel MCP tools, platform deployment, Graph (Preview) overview, and onboarding Sentinel to Data Lake and Graph.
This module focuses on identifying areas of optimization and implementing SIEM best practices within Microsoft Sentinel. It also highlights practical use cases to maximize the effectiveness of Sentinel in real-world security operations.
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