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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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Level
Clock icon Intermediate
Duration
Clock icon 45m
Last updated
Clock icon Sep 02, 2025

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Table of Contents

  1. Challenge

    Deploy Microsoft Sentinel

    Enable Microsoft Sentinel on the existing Log Analytics workspace.

  2. Challenge

    Add the Windows Security Events Solution

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

  3. Challenge

    Configure Data Connector

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

  4. Challenge

    Simulate Security Events

    You will simulate some events to test the rules.

  5. Challenge

    Investigate the Incidents

    Investigate the incidents in Microsoft Sentinel using the investigation graph.

  6. Challenge

    Configure Analytics Rules

    You will add and configure analytics rules.

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