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Microsoft Sentinel analytic rules

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Microsoft Sentinel analytic rules

How analytic rules work in Sentinel — types, tuning, and writing custom detections.

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The rule types

Sentinel supports several analytic rule types:

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Tuning rules

Out of the box, many rules generate more alerts than you can investigate. Tuning is essential:

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Custom rule authoring

For your specific environment, you'll write custom rules. The pattern:

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Where to learn

For mature SOC operations, custom analytic rules are where Sentinel's value compounds — your team writes detections specific to your environment, your threats, your patterns. The pre-built rules are a starting point; th…

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