Investigate Windows Security Events with Microsoft Sentinel

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Investigate Windows Security Events with Microsoft Sentinel

Microsoft Sentinel is a cloud-native SIEM (security information and event management) solution with SOAR (security orchestration, automation, and response) capabilities. You can use Microsoft Sentinel to collect, detect, investigate, and respond to security threats across your infrastructure. In this lab, you will deploy Microsoft Sentinel, generate some security alerts, and investigate those alerts.

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Lab Info

Level

Intermediate

Last updated

Sep 19, 2025

Duration

45m

Challenge

Deploy Microsoft Sentinel

Enable Microsoft Sentinel on the existing Log Analytics workspace.
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Add the Windows Security Events Solution

Add the Windows Security Events solution to Microsoft Sentinel from the content hub.
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Configure Data Connector

Configure the Windows Security Events data connector to collect data from the existing Windows VM.
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Simulate Security Events

You will simulate some events to test the rules.
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Investigate the Incidents

Investigate the incidents in Microsoft Sentinel using the investigation graph.
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Configure Analytics Rules

You will add and configure analytics rules.

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