My Experience With Microsoft Sentinel - Great SIEM Capabilities.
January 07, 2026

My Experience With Microsoft Sentinel - Great SIEM Capabilities.

Danisa Kaniaru | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Overall Satisfaction with Microsoft Sentinel

We use Microsoft Sentinel to boost our security, and it works amazingly well. It is our primary SOAR and SIEM solution, ensuring we have the best visibility into our security operations. With the tool in place, detection and responding to threats is easy thanks to its AI capabilities. In addition, it boosts our security by making it easy to collect data from all users, devices, and applications for threat analytics. Finally, it integrates with Microsoft products for better protection and management.

Pros

  • It works well as a SIEM and SOAR solution.
  • It comes with amazing AI threat detection capabilities.
  • It works across on-premises and multi-cloud environments.
  • It offers automated threat response.
  • Works well when it comes to threat analytics.
  • It supports integrations more so with Microsoft products such as MS Azure.

Cons

  • So far Microsoft Sentinel has been awesome. No serious challenges to list.
  • With Microsoft Sentinel, we protect both on-premises and multi-cloud business environments.
  • The AI features ensures fast and accurate threat detection.
  • With the tool in place, we enjoy automated threat response, which guarantees minimal to no threat-related damage.
Yes, we use Microsoft Sentinel AI features for fast threat detection, and the analytics help us understand threats and how to avoid/deal with them in the future. Thanks to advanced AI and analytics features, we have drastically reduced threat incidents that would otherwise have caused issues such as data loss.
From the IT savvy users, Microsoft Sentinel is straightforward.
It comes with powerful investigative tools that make it easier to understand threats and how to avoid them, minimizing the risk of exposure.

Do you think Microsoft Sentinel delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with Microsoft Sentinel's feature set?

Yes

Did Microsoft Sentinel live up to sales and marketing promises?

Yes

Did implementation of Microsoft Sentinel go as expected?

Yes

Would you buy Microsoft Sentinel again?

Yes

I recommend Microsoft Sentinel for effective threat detection and response. It is a great SIEM and SOAR solution for businesses, and we have used it effectively, which is why I recommend it. Since it works across on-premises and multi-cloud environments, it is ideal for businesses of all sizes. Being AI-equipped and its ability to handle threat analytics make it irresistible.

Microsoft Sentinel Feature Ratings

Security Information and Event Management (SIEM)
9.2
Centralized event and log data collection
Not Rated
Correlation
9
Event and log normalization/management
9
Deployment flexibility
9
Integration with Identity and Access Management Tools
9
Custom dashboards and workspaces
9
Host and network-based intrusion detection
10
Log retention
9
Data integration/API management
9
Behavioral analytics and baselining
10
Rules-based and algorithmic detection thresholds
9
Response orchestration and automation
9
Incident indexing/searching
9

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