Mastering Data Ingestion in Microsoft Sentinel
In this post, we examine how to review and master your data connectors to optimize ingestion. Organizations worldwide are investing […]
Data Retention in Sentinel – Where to Start
Join me for as we explore one of the critical aspects of using Microsoft Sentinel — understanding data retention and how to get started. Data retention in Microsoft Sentinel involves managing how long data is kept within your Log Analytics workspace. This is crucial for compliance, incident response, log searchability, and cost management.
Defender for Cloud Cost Controls
Finding the true cost of cloud SaaS tooling is a complicated and elusive task. Microsoft has some different tools we can use to try and estimate costs that we’ll cover in this post. There are challenges in accurately estimating cloud consumption and usage costs due to day-to-day variances in that usage and other factors. Let’s explore MDC cost estimating together!
Cost Management & Microsoft Sentinel Part 2
Today we explore additional cost management options to use as part of your ongoing governance in Microsoft Sentinel. Let’s dive into the world of Log Analytics Workspace configurations together!
Cost Management & Microsoft Sentinel
Let’s talk about Microsoft Sentinel and managing costs. With cost being foundational pillar of Microsoft’s Well Architected Framework, part of good governance, and a major driver for product selection of SIEMs; let’s see if we can take some of mystery out of how to get started with managing costs in our favourite SIEM solution!
Set Log Analytics Workspace Data Cap
Let’s take a look at setting data ingestion caps in an Azure Log Analytics workspace today. There are different reasons why we may want to limit the data coming into our storage account, today we look at both setting the data cap, and alerting us when that data cap is reached through Azure Monitor alerting.
Azure Cost Management – Finding Real Costs
In cloud cost management, just like on-premises, there is the challenge of understanding how to drill down and find the real cost of that one thing. Today, I’ll take a look at find the real cost of that thing….well…I’ll pick on data egress costs in this case. Join me for a little look through how to find the actual cost of data egress.
Azure Updates – Number 29 – January 29, 2022
A summary update on Azure news that includes updates released from Microsoft Azure related to Azure, Architecture, Compute, and Sentinel topics. Save time digging around to find recent releases and changes. Released January 29, 2022.
Set a budget in your Azure Subscription
Let’s explore cost management and budgets in Azure today. Azure Budgets are easy to setup and use – and it will take less time to set up the cost control than to explain spending too much to your boss. Join me for a quick tour of budgeting in Azure…
How much data is in my Azure Subscription
Ever wonder how much data is actually in your Azure Subscriptions? Today we take a brief look at how to find storage account totals. Join me for a little bit of Azure storage exploration!