Deploy Microsoft Sentinel the Right Way — From Zero to First Visibility
Step-by-Step Workshop
Join a live technical workshop where IT professionals enable and configure Microsoft Sentinel from zero to first visibility.
Event Date
Wed, 01 Apr 2026
Event Time
11:00 AM (PST)
Platform
Zoom Live
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Event Overview
A Live Technical Build Workshop
This session is designed for IT professionals who want to understand how Microsoft Sentinel works in practice.
Instead of watching slides, participants will follow along while enabling Sentinel, connecting Microsoft 365 data sources, and creating their first security detections.
By the end of the session, you will see real security data flowing into your Sentinel environment and understand how detection and investigation work.
What you’ll learn
What You'll Learn in This Session
During this live workshop, you will gain practical experience deploying Microsoft Sentinel and understanding how security monitoring works across Microsoft environments.
Enable Microsoft Sentinel
Learn how to activate Sentinel within Azure.
Connect Microsoft 365 Logs
Ingest data from Exchange, SharePoint, and Teams.
Create Detection Rules
Configure analytic rules that detect suspicious activity.
Trigger Test Alerts
Generate a security alert to understand detection workflows.
Investigate Incidents
Use Sentinel’s investigation tools to analyze alerts.
Build Security Dashboards
Create visual dashboards for monitoring security events.
Session Breakdown
Workshop Agenda
Follow a structured walkthrough where we enable Microsoft Sentinel, connect data sources, create detection rules, and explore security insights step by step.
5 Minutes
Welcome & Introduction
Overview of Sentinel and how organizations use it for security monitoring.
15 Minutes
Enable & Connect Sentinel
Create Log Analytics workspace
Enable Sentinel
Connect Microsoft 365 logs
Verify log ingestion.
15 Minutes
Build an Analytic Rule
Use built-in rule template
Customize thresholds and severity
Trigger a test alert
15 Minutes
Build a Dashboard
Create security dashboards
Add visualizations
Pin dashboards to Azure.
15 Minutes
Q&A Session
Ask questions and discuss real-world Sentinel deployments.
Meet Your Speaker
Richard Akono
Lead Cybersecurity Analyst , FIT Solutions
Richard specializes in security operations, SIEM architecture, and threat detection using the Microsoft security ecosystem.
He works closely with organizations to implement and optimize Microsoft Sentinel environments, helping security teams gain better visibility and respond to threats more effectively.
Microsoft Sentinel SME with experience implementing SIEM environments for enterprise organizations.
This workshop is designed for IT leaders and security professionals responsible for managing Microsoft environments and improving organizational security visibility.
This workshop is ideal for
IT Managers
IT Directors
CIOs
Senior IT Administrators
Security Leads
Especially organizations that
Have 100+ employees
Use Microsoft 365
Have not yet deployed a SIEM
Are considering Microsoft Sentinel
Reserve Your Seat for the Live Workshop
Join the session and follow along as we deploy Microsoft Sentinel step-by-step.
Seats are limited to maintain a focused technical session.