Microsoft Security Reference

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A local, structured reference for Microsoft security products, licenses, capabilities, tables, schemas, APIs, and the relationships between them.

Field Guides and Cheatsheets

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Build MDE From Scratch

Capability and table relationships for Defender for Endpoint.

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MDE + Intune Guide

Policies, settings, rollout options, and device-risk integration.

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Separate MDCA and MDC

Clarify Defender for Cloud Apps, Defender for Cloud, CloudAppEvents, and CloudAuditEvents.

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Plan Unified RBAC

Map Defender XDR unified RBAC activation, scopes, role groups, and Sentinel boundaries.

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Detect Missing MDE Licensing

Find inactive Defender for Endpoint entitlement before deploying Sentinel Device table content.

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Find a Table

Browse Defender for Endpoint hunting tables.

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Find a Field

Map schema fields to tables, licenses, and APIs.

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Use KQL Examples

Open attributed KQL examples for Sentinel, Defender XDR, Intune, and threat intel.

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Study for SC-200

Map current Microsoft Security Operations Analyst exam domains to hands-on site references.

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Compare Schemas

Compare shared and unique fields across tables.

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Find an API Permission

Map app-registration permission resources to security APIs.

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Snapshot Identity Permissions

Use Microsoft Graph snapshots for Entra roles and API permission resources.

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Deploy Sentinel From Scratch

Walk through the decision-driven greenfield Sentinel build guide.

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Design Sentinel Data Lake

Plan table tiers, export rules, ADLS, ADX, search jobs, and cost formulas.

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Export Without Sentinel

Map Microsoft telemetry to Event Hubs, Storage, APIs, and third-party SIEM collectors.

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Map Google SecOps Types

Translate Microsoft and Azure log types, parser status, and table mappings to Google SecOps.

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Open GH Starter

Download Sentinel greenfield starter files as Markdown and text copies.

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Use Security APIs

Follow task-based workflows for Sentinel, KQL, IOC ingestion, and MDE actions.

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Plan IaC

Terraform workflows and non-Terraform gaps for Sentinel and Defender XDR.

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Estimate Sentinel Cost

Compare commitment, retention, table plan, and Microsoft 365 E5 credit levers.

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Compare MDE Licenses

Compare Defender for Endpoint P1 and P2.

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Compare MDO Licenses

Compare Defender for Office 365 P1 and P2.