Overview What You Will Learn Curriculum Instructor

Course Overview

Microsoft Sentinel is a cloud-native SIEM and security analytics platform that helps organizations collect security data, detect threats, investigate incidents, and automate responses across hybrid and cloud environments. Its integration with Azure services, virtual machines, analytics rules, and automation capabilities makes it an important platform for modern Security Operations Centers. This course begins with setting up a Microsoft Sentinel environment, including Resource Groups, Log Analytics Workspaces, Data Collection Endpoints, and RBAC permissions. It then covers Windows and Ubuntu virtual machine preparation, Azure Monitor Agent deployment, Data Collection Rules, log validation, PowerShell auditing, threat detection through analytics rules, and automated incident response using Sentinel playbooks. You will gain practical experience deploying Sentinel, onboarding endpoints, detecting common threats, creating analytics rules, and automating security responses.

What You Will Learn

  • Understand Microsoft Sentinel architecture.
  • Build and configure a complete Sentinel lab.
  • Onboard and monitor data sources.
  • Create and manage analytics rules.
  • Respond to incidents using automation.
  • Use Kusto Query Language (KQL) for investigation.
  • Understand real-world security use cases.

Program Curriculum

  • Meet Your Instructor
  • Lab Infrastructure
  • Training Objectives
  • Chapter 1 Quiz

  • What You’ll Learn in This Module
  • Creating a Resource Group
  • Creating a Log Analytic Workspace
  • Creating a Data Collection Endpoint
  • Enabling Microsoft Sentinel
  • RBAC and Permissions
  • Wrap-up
  • Chapter 2 Quiz

  • What You’ll Learn in This Module
  • Creating a Windows 10 Virtual Machine
  • Creating an Ubuntu 22.04 LTS Virtual Machine
  • Wrap-up
  • Chapter 3 Quiz

  • What You’ll Learn in This Module
  • Installing AMA on Windows 10 Virtual Machine
  • Configuring Data Collection Rule for Windows 10 Virtual Machine
  • Installing AMA on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS Virtual Machine
  • Configuring Data Collection Rule for Ubuntu 22.04 LTS Virtual Machine
  • Wrap-up
  • Chapter 4 Quiz

  • What You’ll Learn in This Module
  • Enabling PowerShell Auditing
  • Creating a Failed Analytic Rule
  • Enabling PowerShell Block Logging
  • Creating a Suspicious PowerShell Analytic Rule
  • Creating a SSH Brute Force Analytic Rule
  • Creating an Impossible Login Location Analytic Rule
  • Wrap-up
  • Chapter 5 Quiz

  • What You’ll Learn in This Module
  • Automation Blade
  • Creating a Playbook
  • Connecting a Playbook
  • Trigger and Test the Playbook
  • Wrap-up
  • Chapter 6 Quiz
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Instructor

Yasir Mehmood

Yasir holds industry-recognized certifications including GIAC GCIH, GSEC, GFACT, EC-Council CEH, CompTIA Security+, Microsoft SC-200, and MS-500. His teaching philosophy is simple: learn by doing. Through real-world enterprise labs, practical demonstrations, and step-by-step guidance, he helps learners understand not just how technologies work, but why and where they are applied. His goal is to empower cybersecurity professionals with practical skills, confidence, and expertise to advance their careers.

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