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Microsoft Sentinel

Composite Score
7.8 /10
CX Score
8.0 /10
Category
Microsoft Sentinel
7.8 /10

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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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

78 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.

+85 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?

4% Negative
3% Neutral
93% Positive

Pros

  • Security Protects
  • Performance Enhancing
  • Reliable
  • Enables Productivity

Feature Ratings

Average 78

Security Threat Visibility

84

Scalability and Network Performance

82

Analytics and Reporting

81

Incident Management and Remediation

81

Data Security and Retention

80

Orchestration Automation and Response (NG)

80

Artificial Intelligence / Machine Learning

79

Big Data Analytics

79

Threat Intelligence

78

Log Collection

78

Correlation

77

Vendor Capability Ratings

Average 77

Ease of Implementation

81

Quality of Features

81

Breadth of Features

80

Ease of IT Administration

79

Ease of Data Integration

79

Usability and Intuitiveness

78

Business Value Created

77

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

77

Ease of Customization

73

Vendor Support

72

Availability and Quality of Training

70

Microsoft Sentinel Reviews

Praveen J.

  • Role: Information Technology
  • Industry: Other
  • Involvement: IT Development, Integration, and Administration
Validated Review
Verified Reviewer

Submitted Jun 2023

"Unleashing the Power of Microsoft Azure Sentinel"

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates Microsoft Sentinel from other similar products?

Microsoft Azure Sentinel stands out from other similar products in several ways like Native Integration with Microsoft Ecosystem, Cloud-Native and Scalability, AI-Powered Security Analytics, Open Integration and Customization, Threat Intelligence and Community Collaboration, These differentiating factors make Microsoft Azure Sentinel a comprehensive and powerful security solution for organizations seeking efficient threat detection, investigation, and response capabilities from other similar products.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

The native integration with the broader Microsoft ecosystem. Azure Sentinel seamlessly integrates with various Microsoft services, allowing organizations to leverage existing investments and obtain a holistic view of their security posture across different platforms.

What do you dislike most about this product?

While Azure Sentinel offers customization options, including the ability to create custom playbooks and workbooks, advanced customization often requires expertise in scripting languages like PowerShell or Python. Users without programming skills might face limitations in creating complex customizations.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

If you are considering Microsoft Azure Sentinel as a security solution, here are some recommendations to help you make the most of the product by Familiarize yourself and your security team with Azure Sentinel's capabilities, features, and configuration options. Microsoft provides comprehensive documentation, tutorials, and learning resources to help you understand the platform. Invest in training and enable your team to make the most of Azure Sentinel's advanced functionalities, such as query language (KQL) and automation playbooks.

Pros

  • Includes Product Enhancements
  • Security Protects
  • Helps Innovate
  • Continually Improving Product

Shikha G.

  • Role: Consultant
  • Industry: Technology
  • Involvement: End User of Application
Validated Review
Verified Reviewer

Submitted Jun 2023

Definitely a great product but expensive.

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates Microsoft Sentinel from other similar products?

I think the UI is great, it's packed with features and an enterprise grade product but it's expensive. Its worth the money for enterprise organisations and not so much for small businesses.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

The ease of use and the advanced AI capabilities are two things that set it apart. Also, the fact that it's available on-premise, as well as a SaaS model, is just amazing.

What do you dislike most about this product?

The price but that's understandable, it's from Microsoft after all.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

I think its definitely worth a shot if you are looking for a SaaS/On-premise solution that can aggregate data from various sources and help you analyze and make decisions.

Pros

  • Respectful
  • Client Friendly Policies
  • Fair
  • Security Protects

Rishita R.

  • Role: Information Technology
  • Industry: Chemicals
  • Involvement: End User of Application
Validated Review
Verified Reviewer

Submitted Jun 2023

A Fantastic Tool for Cloud Security !

Likeliness to Recommend

9 /10

What differentiates Microsoft Sentinel from other similar products?

Microsoft Azure Sentinel has the power to investigate and resolves incidents quickly and efficiently without the end user's knowledge at the same time it helps users like us to manage apps through it's data center. It's very easy to set up and it's features of detecting threats and viruses is very effective compared to any other product I have used so far.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Best part about this product is that it detects malicious activities without the end user's knowledge, and prevents loss of data. It saves a lot of time compared to manual investigation.

What do you dislike most about this product?

The Initial set up part might be a little confusing to some, otherwise it's easy to use and delivers results effectively.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

If you're facing any issues with set up, please be patient because once you're done with the set up phase, it's only smooth sailing moving forward !

Pros

  • Continually Improving Product
  • Reliable
  • Performance Enhancing
  • Saves Time

Cons

  • Under Delivered

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