Microsoft Corporation

Microsoft Sentinel

Composite Score

8.3 /10

CX Score

8.5 /10

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What is Microsoft Sentinel?

Modernize your security operations center (SOC) with Microsoft Sentinel. Uncover sophisticated threats and respond decisively with an intelligent, comprehensive security information and event management (SIEM) solution for proactive threat detection, investigation, and response. Eliminate security infrastructure setup and maintenance, and elastically scale to meet your security needs—while reducing costs as much as 48 percent compared to legacy SIEM solutions.

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Awards & Recognition

Microsoft Sentinel won the following awards in the Security Information and Event Management category

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2024 Data Quadrant Gold Medalist

Latest Award, 2024

2024 Emotional Footprint Champion

2024

Product Impact

2024

2023 Data Quadrant Gold Medalist

2023

0 Top Rated Capabilities

2 Top Rated Features

2023

Microsoft Sentinel Ratings

Real user data aggregated to summarize the product performance and customer experience.
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Product scores listed below represent current data. This may be different from data contained in reports and awards, which express data as of their publication date.

86 Likeliness to Recommend

98 Plan to Renew

75 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

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Emotional Footprint Overview

Product scores listed below represent current data. This may be different from data contained in reports and awards, which express data as of their publication date.

+84 Net Emotional Footprint

The emotional sentiment held by end users of the software based on their experience with the vendor. Responses are captured on an eight-point scale.

How much do users love Microsoft Sentinel?

2% Negative

4% Neutral

94% Positive

Pros

Performance Enhancing
Reliable
Security Protects
Enables Productivity

Feature Ratings

Average 77

Scalability and Network Performance

Security Threat Visibility

Analytics and Reporting

Incident Management and Remediation

Data Security and Retention

Threat Intelligence

Orchestration Automation and Response (NG)

Big Data Analytics

Log Collection

Correlation

Business Intelligence Tools

Vendor Capability Ratings

Average 76

Breadth of Features

Ease of Implementation

Ease of IT Administration

Quality of Features

Ease of Data Integration

Usability and Intuitiveness

Business Value Created

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Vendor Support

Ease of Customization

Availability and Quality of Training

Microsoft Sentinel Reviews

Binoy B.

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Engineering
Involvement: Vendor Management and Renewal

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Submitted Jul 2023

Fantastic product!

Likeliness to Recommend

9 /10

What differentiates Microsoft Sentinel from other similar products?

Azure Sentinel leverages advanced machine learning and artificial intelligence (AI) technologies to automate threat detection, response, and investigation processes. Being a cloud-native solution, Azure Sentinel offers virtually unlimited scalability.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Azure Sentinel adopts a consumption-based pricing model, meaning users only pay for the resources they use. This approach offers cost efficiency, particularly for organizations with fluctuating security needs, as they can scale up or down as required without incurring additional infrastructure costs.

What do you dislike most about this product?

Setting up Azure Sentinel and configuring data sources, connectors, and rules can be a complex process.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Organizations that already utilize Microsoft's suite of products and services, such as Azure, Microsoft 365, and Azure Active Directory, can seamlessly integrate Azure Sentinel into their existing infrastructure. The native integration with the Microsoft ecosystem allows for easier data ingestion, correlation, and analysis, providing a unified security view.

Pros

Helps Innovate
Enables Productivity
Effective Service
Caring

Sofiane Z.

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Finance
Involvement: IT Leader or Manager

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Verified Reviewer

Submitted Jul 2023

My favorite cloud based SIEM

Likeliness to Recommend

9 /10

What differentiates Microsoft Sentinel from other similar products?

It's a cloud based solution. Best integration if you use M365 Defender suite.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

The SOAR feature

What do you dislike most about this product?

The complexity to integrate Custom data source

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

To test sentinel with O365 data source.

Pros

Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Performance Enhancing

Prajjawal S.

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Technology
Involvement: End User of Application

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Verified Reviewer

Submitted Jul 2023

Great SIEM with Great Accuracy

Likeliness to Recommend

9 /10

What differentiates Microsoft Sentinel from other similar products?

I find Sentinel to be a unique security solution due to its ability to provide visibility into a wide range of potential threats. Its seamless integration with other cloud-based applications further enhances its effectiveness.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

One aspect of Sentinel that I particularly appreciate is its dashboard, which offers a comprehensive view of the security situation in a user-friendly manner. The system's ability to quickly load bulk data and provide a succinct overview of the security scenario is also noteworthy.

What do you dislike most about this product?

Connectivity can be a problem for some users who have low-speed internet connections since Sentinel operates in the cloud. However, improvements can be made in terms of the support provided.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

I appreciate how Sentinel enables me to quickly and accurately detect incidents and maintain data security, thanks to its rapid response capabilities. So, in my opinion Sentinel can definitely be considered.

Pros

Helps Innovate
Performance Enhancing
Trustworthy
Efficient Service

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Awards & Recognition

2024 Data Quadrant Gold Medalist

2024 Emotional Footprint Champion

2023 Data Quadrant Gold Medalist

Microsoft Sentinel Ratings

86 Likeliness to Recommend

98 Plan to Renew

75 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

Emotional Footprint Overview

+84 Net Emotional Footprint

How much do users love Microsoft Sentinel?

Pros

Feature Ratings Average rating of all product features, some of which may not be shown below

Scalability and Network Performance The product's ability to scale horizontally and vertically, while employing various methods to reduce any latency impacts from CAN activities.

Security Threat Visibility Integration with security technologies for monitoring, incident analysis, and data enrichment to enable tracking and analysis of related events.

Analytics and Reporting Includes historical & real-time dashboard visualizations, detailed & summary reporting and easy data extraction for data analysis.

Incident Management and Remediation Detection and incident management with preset and customizable remediation capabilities, integration into workflow systems, and optional automatic remediation.

Data Security and Retention Access controls to system data, protection of SIEM data, system access monitoring, external storage integration, and efficient data compression.

Threat Intelligence Security threat intelligence feed integration with ability to update multiple uses and control updating behaviors.

Orchestration Automation and Response (NG) Reduce alert and analyst fatigue by automating response.

Big Data Analytics Use of big data analytics through integration into purpose-built big data tools or native capabilities, incorporating advanced security methods.

Log Collection Collection from firewall and network logs, IDS logs, Windows server logs, web server logs, and various syslog sources.

Correlation Analyze real-time telemetry and detect attacks and other activities of interest

Business Intelligence Tools Includes planning and optimization, centralized console, insight into usage, resource utilization and activities, and BI security.

Vendor Capability Ratings Average rating of all vendor capabilities, some of which may not be shown below

Breadth of Features Users prefer feature rich software that enables them to perform diverse series of tasks. This data expresses user satisfaction with the product's breadth of features.

Ease of Implementation Successfully implementing new software is necessary to realize its full value and promote end user adoption. This data indicates whether or not the product is easy to implement.

Ease of IT Administration This data indicates whether IT personnel will be able to resolve issues and perform configurations efficiently and effectively.

Quality of Features Feature quality is just as important as quantity. Use this data to determine if this product will do what you're purchasing it to do, easily, intuitively, reliably, and effectively.

Ease of Data Integration Use this data to determine whether the product will cause headaches or make data integration easy.

Usability and Intuitiveness End user learning curves cost the organization money. Pay attention to your end users' technical ability to determine how important UX is in your purchase.

Business Value Created Software needs to create value for employees, customers, partners, and, ultimately, shareholders. This data expresses user satisfaction - or lack thereof - with the product's business value.

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement Vendors who don't stay on top of emerging needs and trends won't enable you to meet your business goals. Use this data to separate innovators from imposters.

Vendor Support The importance of vendor support will vary for each organization depending on internal capabilities, but there will always be issues that only the vendor can resolve.

Ease of Customization Don't get bogged down in a difficult customization; use this data to make sure you can easily achieve the functionality you need for your particular situation.

Availability and Quality of Training Effective and readily available training enables users to get the most out of the software you've chosen. Use this section to make sure your vendor's training programs and materials measure up.

Microsoft Sentinel Reviews

Binoy B.

Fantastic product!

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Sofiane Z.

My favorite cloud based SIEM

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Prajjawal S.

Great SIEM with Great Accuracy

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

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Feature Ratings

Scalability and Network Performance

Security Threat Visibility

Analytics and Reporting

Incident Management and Remediation

Data Security and Retention

Threat Intelligence

Orchestration Automation and Response (NG)

Big Data Analytics

Log Collection

Correlation

Business Intelligence Tools

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Breadth of Features

Ease of Implementation

Ease of IT Administration

Quality of Features

Ease of Data Integration

Usability and Intuitiveness

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Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

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Ease of Customization

Availability and Quality of Training