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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鈥攚hile reducing costs as much as 48 percent compared to legacy SIEM solutions.
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86 Likeliness to Recommend
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98 Plan to Renew
78 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value
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Emotional Footprint Overview
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+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?
Pros
- Performance Enhancing
- Security Protects
- Reliable
- Enables Productivity
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Feature Ratings
Security Threat Visibility
Scalability and Network Performance
Analytics and Reporting
Incident Management and Remediation
Data Security and Retention
Orchestration Automation and Response (NG)
Big Data Analytics
Threat Intelligence
Artificial Intelligence / Machine Learning
Log Collection
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Vendor Capability Ratings
Ease of Implementation
Ease of IT Administration
Quality of Features
Breadth of Features
Ease of Data Integration
Usability and Intuitiveness
Business Value Created
Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement
Ease of Customization
Vendor Support
Availability and Quality of Training
Microsoft Sentinel Reviews

Swarnim P.
- Role: Operations
- Industry: Manufacturing
- Involvement: Initial Implementation
Submitted Jun 2023
Quite easy and cost effective. Would suggest 100%
Likeliness to Recommend
What differentiates Microsoft Sentinel from other similar products?
Since I have been using it for the first time, what made Microsoft Azure Sentinel stand out for me was its one-of-a-kind AI driven SIEM and XDR abilities. It has helped in recognizing the organizational needs of our decor as well as scaling up the extent of resources we need.
What is your favorite aspect of this product?
The seamless data collection that it provides despite being so cost-effective. It also gives a great infrastructure for better visibility on both the ends
What do you dislike most about this product?
Even though the whole thing is quite cost effective if you send data from your virtual machines outside the center, it might put an extra load on the cost. The additional cost however is totally worth the security experience you would have
What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?
If you want an increased speed data governance and would want to stop all threats at once, Azure Sentinel is one of the best and easiest options to do it
Pros
- Helps Innovate
- Enables Productivity
- Trustworthy
- Efficient Service

Tejal K.
- Role: Human Resources
- Industry: Technology
- Involvement: Vendor Management and Renewal
Submitted Feb 2025
Great Product & User Friendly Interface
Likeliness to Recommend
What differentiates Microsoft Sentinel from other similar products?
Below are the features that differentiates Microsoft Sentinel from other products: 1. Security Automation 2. Threat detection 3. Data integration
What is your favorite aspect of this product?
Its compliance & reporting feature & Cost effectiveness
What do you dislike most about this product?
Steep leaning curve & Scalability
What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?
It is a powerful & flexible SIEM platform that provides advanced threat detection & seamless integration
Pros
- Continually Improving Product
- Enables Productivity
- Inspires Innovation
- Caring
Atul C.
- Role: Information Technology
- Industry: Telecommunications
- Involvement: Vendor Selection and Purchasing
Submitted Jul 2024
Easy to use, but pricey and less customization
Likeliness to Recommend
What differentiates Microsoft Sentinel from other similar products?
They have more investoment to do to improve product features in future
What is your favorite aspect of this product?
Incident investigation and automation using logic apps
What do you dislike most about this product?
3rd party data ingestion could be costly as there is no native data filtering available.
What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?
It is good product for small - medium based industry + if you already using other microsft security products like Defender for endpoint etc.
Pros
- Performance Enhancing
- Continually Improving Product
- Reliable
- Enables Productivity
Cons
- Vendor's Interest First
- Less Generous