Microsoft Sentinel SIEM/SOAR Implementation — Security Monitoring & Automated Response
IT Partner deploys Microsoft Sentinel — Microsoft’s cloud-native SIEM/SOAR — into production for a fixed $7,850: workspace design and enablement, an agreed set of data connectors, analytics rules, automation, validation, and knowledge transfer, delivered in about 2 weeks. Ongoing monitoring after handoff is available as a separate service.
What this engagement is
Microsoft Sentinel (formerly Azure Sentinel) is Microsoft’s cloud-native Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) and Security Orchestration, Automation, and Response (SOAR) platform. This service is a one-time production implementation with knowledge transfer: over roughly two weeks, IT Partner designs the workspace, enables Microsoft Sentinel, connects an agreed set of data sources, configures analytics rules and automation for your priority use cases, validates the deployment, and hands it over so your team can operate it. The fixed $7,850 price covers the scoped implementation described below. Azure consumption charges (ingestion, retention, automation) are billed by Microsoft, and ongoing monitoring after handoff is available separately through IT Partner’s Microsoft Sentinel SIEM/SOAR Ongoing Monitoring service.
Success criteria
What you receive
How the work unfolds
Kickoff and scope confirmation: confirm business objectives, priority security use cases, the in-scope data sources, stakeholders, and change-control requirements for the two-week engagement.
Current-state review: review the Azure tenant, subscription structure, identity model, existing security tools, logging sources, and retention requirements.
Architecture and design: define the Microsoft Sentinel workspace approach, region, retention settings, role-based access control, and the connector and incident-workflow design.
Microsoft Sentinel enablement: create or configure the Log Analytics workspace, enable Microsoft Sentinel, apply baseline settings and the agreed access permissions.
Data connector configuration: connect the agreed in-scope Microsoft, Azure, Microsoft 365, Defender, identity, and syslog/CEF sources where access and source readiness are available.
Detection and automation configuration: enable and tune the agreed analytics rules, incident settings, entity mapping, and watchlists, and configure approved automation rules and Logic Apps playbooks.
Validation and testing: verify log ingestion, connector health, rule triggering, incident generation, dashboard visibility, and playbook execution using safe test scenarios.
Knowledge transfer and handoff: walk the client team through operations, deliver the implementation summary and configuration notes, and review the recommended tuning backlog and options for ongoing monitoring.
Prerequisites
Who does what
IT Partner
- Lead the implementation planning, technical design, and deployment activities for Microsoft Sentinel within the agreed scope.
- Configure the Microsoft Sentinel workspace, baseline settings, access model recommendations, and agreed security monitoring components.
- Configure in-scope data connectors where the client provides the required access, licensing, source-system readiness, and approvals.
- Configure agreed analytics rules, workbooks, watchlists, incident settings, automation rules, and playbooks aligned to the approved use cases.
- Validate ingestion, connector health, incident generation, and automation behavior for configured in-scope components.
- Provide implementation notes, handoff guidance, and recommendations for ongoing tuning, monitoring, and operational maturity.
- Communicate risks, dependencies, and decisions needed from the client during the engagement.
Your team
- Provide the Azure subscription, licensing, budget approvals, and acceptance of Microsoft Sentinel and Azure consumption costs.
- Provide timely administrative access, credentials, service accounts, API permissions, and approvals required for implementation.
- Identify the in-scope data sources, business-critical systems, security priorities, and escalation contacts.
- Ensure source-system owners are available to support connector setup, log forwarding, firewall changes, and validation.
- Review and approve design decisions, automation actions, change windows, and retention settings.
- Attend the knowledge transfer session and validate that configured detections, dashboards, and workflows meet business requirements.
- Operate, monitor, tune, and maintain the Sentinel environment after handoff, unless IT Partner’s separate ongoing monitoring service is purchased.
What's not included
Limitations & technical notes
Frequently asked questions
What is IT Partner’s Microsoft Sentinel SIEM/SOAR Monitoring Implementation service?
It is a one-time production implementation of Microsoft Sentinel with knowledge transfer. IT Partner designs and enables the Sentinel workspace, connects an agreed set of data sources, configures analytics rules and automation, validates the deployment, and hands it over so your team can detect, investigate, and respond to threats.
How much does the Microsoft Sentinel implementation cost?
The service is a fixed $7,850 per project. Azure consumption charges — Log Analytics ingestion, retention, automation, and related services — are billed by Microsoft and are not part of the project price.
How long does the implementation take?
The service duration is 2 weeks. Staying on that schedule depends on timely administrative access, data-source readiness, and the availability of your source-system owners during connector configuration.
Which data sources are connected to Microsoft Sentinel?
The connector list is agreed at kickoff. Typical in-scope sources are Microsoft 365, Microsoft Entra ID, Microsoft Defender, Azure resources, and syslog/CEF-capable firewalls or network devices. Custom connectors and custom parsers are outside the fixed scope.
Does the service include SOAR automation?
Yes. IT Partner configures the agreed automation rules and Azure Logic Apps playbooks for approved response actions such as notification, enrichment, assignment, or ticket creation. Containment-style automation is configured only where you explicitly approve it.
What does knowledge transfer include?
Before handoff, IT Partner walks your team through incidents, dashboards, analytics rules, connector health, and automation, and delivers an implementation summary with configuration notes and a recommended tuning backlog — so your team can operate Sentinel from day one.
What are the prerequisites for this service?
You need an active Azure tenant and subscription, approval to enable Microsoft Sentinel with acceptance of Azure consumption charges, administrative access for IT Partner during the engagement, an agreed data-source inventory with the required credentials and permissions, and availability of your source-system owners during the two-week window.
Does IT Partner monitor Sentinel after the implementation?
Not within this project — it is a one-time implementation that ends with knowledge transfer and handoff. Ongoing monitoring, triage, and response are available separately through IT Partner’s Microsoft Sentinel SIEM/SOAR Ongoing Monitoring service.
Can this service replace or migrate our existing SIEM?
The project implements Microsoft Sentinel as a production SIEM/SOAR platform, which can take over from an existing SIEM. Migration of content or historical logs from the old SIEM and its decommissioning are separate scope and should be discussed during kickoff.
Will the implementation cause downtime?
No downtime to production workloads is expected — Sentinel enablement and connector configuration are additive. Changes that touch production logging or network log forwarding are scheduled within your change approvals and maintenance windows.
What is not included in the fixed price?
Azure consumption and Microsoft licensing costs, ongoing monitoring after handoff, custom connectors and parsers, SIEM migration and historical log backfill, large-scale agent rollouts, forensics and breach response, and compliance certification are not included. See the full exclusions list on this page.
Will Microsoft Sentinel catch every threat after this implementation?
No SIEM can guarantee detection of every threat. Effectiveness depends on the telemetry connected, rule tuning, and how incidents are operated after handoff — which is why the project ends with knowledge transfer and a recommended tuning backlog.