Microsoft Sentinel India
Microsoft Sentinel for India, M365 connectors free, ingest from ₹165/GB.
Cloud-native SIEM and SOAR on Azure. Free Microsoft 365 connectors, commitment-tier ingest savings, India region tenant residency, and a managed SOC retainer that runs the workspace.
4-hour quote SLA · 200+ Indian businesses · Microsoft Partner · Free 24-hour readiness review
Microsoft Sentinel annual stack consolidated
₹87 Lakh
per year on a 320-user Mumbai BFSI tenant after a Sentinel rollout consolidated Splunk, LogRhythm, and three ad-hoc UEBA tools onto one Azure workspace. Free M365 connectors, a 100 GB commitment-tier reservation, and a managed SOC retainer. One workspace, one PO.
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What is Microsoft Sentinel?
Microsoft Sentinel is a cloud-native SIEM and SOAR built on Microsoft Azure that ingests security telemetry from Microsoft 365, Entra ID, Defender, Intune, AWS, Google Cloud, on-premises servers, and 300-plus connectors into a single India region workspace, then runs analytics rules, machine-learning detections, and Logic Apps playbooks to triage and contain incidents. The workspace is the legal record. The analytics rules are the muscle. For Indian businesses past the CERT-In incident-reporting threshold, Microsoft Sentinel stops being optional the moment a regulator, a cyber-insurer, or a DPDP audit asks for a unified, retained, India-resident security log estate. See the regulator stance on the official CERT-In portal.
The buying decision usually splits three ways: pay-as-you-go ingest for low-volume tenants under 25 GB per day, commitment-tier reservations that cut the per-GB rate by 40 to 65 percent past 100 GB per day, and a managed SOC retainer where Sirius Star runs the workspace, tunes the analytics rules, builds the Logic Apps SOAR playbooks, and reports posture quarterly. The workspace sits on Microsoft Azure with India region tenant residency under the Ministry of Electronics and IT DPDP framework. The free 24-hour readiness review tells you which mix fits.
3 ways to deploy Microsoft Sentinel in India
Same workspace. Same India region residency. Three commercial wrappers, picked from your real ingest volume.
Microsoft Sentinel managed SOC retainer
Workspace operations, analytics rule tuning, Logic Apps SOAR playbook builds, UEBA review, and a quarterly posture report for a 320-user Indian tenant. The retainer means the CISO stops chasing alert fatigue; the SOC analyst stops missing the real incident in the noise. Single PO, one invoice. Layered with Secure Data Guard for the DPDP DLP layer over the exported incident archive.
From ₹36,000 / tenant / month
Microsoft Sentinel pay-as-you-go ingest
Daily-billed ingest for tenants under 25 GB per day. M365, Entra ID, and Defender connectors free. Right for a 100-user starter rollout per the Microsoft Sentinel pricing reference.
From ₹250 per GB per day
Microsoft Sentinel commitment tier reservation
100 GB and 500 GB per day tiers. Cuts the per-GB rate 40 to 65 percent. The sweet spot for BFSI, pharma, and manufacturing past 50 GB per day. Entra ID hardened.
From ₹165 per GB (100 GB tier)
How a Microsoft Sentinel deployment runs in India
Read-only telemetry review to a quarterly managed SOC retainer. Zero working-day disruption for the IT team and the existing security stack.
Free Microsoft Sentinel readiness review
Read-only inventory of existing SIEM tools, M365 audit log volume, Entra ID sign-in events, and Defender alert rate. Eight-point report inside one business day. No payment, no obligation.
Free · 24 hours
Microsoft Sentinel workspace sizing and region pin
Workspace created in Central India or South India region. Ingest-tier sized from real M365 plus Defender plus Entra volume. Commitment-tier reservation modelled against pay-as-you-go for a 12-month TCO read.
Week 1
Microsoft Sentinel connectors and analytics rules
First batch of free M365, Entra ID, Defender, and Intune connectors enabled. Analytics rule pack wired with UEBA. First incident triaged through Logic Apps SOAR. Defender handover.
Weeks 2 to 6
Microsoft Sentinel quarterly managed SOC retainer
SOC analyst runs the workspace 24×7. Quarterly rule-tuning, posture report, and false-positive review. Aligned to ISO 27001 control mapping.
Ongoing
Is Microsoft Sentinel right for your security team?
Microsoft Sentinel from Sirius Star is a cloud-native SIEM and SOAR deployment, workspace sizing, connector enablement, analytics rule tuning, and managed SOC service for Indian businesses running 100 to 2,000 endpoints, delivered from Vashi, Navi Mumbai with a 24-hour readiness review, commitment-tier reservation modelling, Logic Apps SOAR playbook builds, and a quarterly Microsoft Sentinel posture report.
You are the right buyer if:
- 100-plus M365 seats with Defender or Entra ID Premium already in the tenant
- Splunk, LogRhythm, or QRadar licence past INR 25 Lakh per year
- CERT-In incident reporting obligation or BFSI audit on the horizon
- Last security incident took longer than 8 hours to triage end-to-end
- DPDP audit needs an India-resident retained log estate per MeitY DPDP framework
- You want analytics rules and SOAR playbooks tuned, not just a log bucket
If your estate is under 50 M365 seats with no Defender for Endpoint and no compliance obligation, a Defender for Business standalone bundle is cheaper than a Microsoft Sentinel workspace plus retainer. If your security team is already deep on Splunk SPL with custom apps and the migration cost outruns the licence saving, stay on Splunk and wire Defender for Cloud Apps in. We will tell you so in the review.
Microsoft Sentinel vs Splunk vs Sophos XDR, honest call
Microsoft Sentinel wins the workspace whose source-of-truth is already Microsoft 365, Entra ID, Defender, and Intune; the free M365 connectors plus commitment-tier reservation typically cut the Splunk licence by 30 to 65 percent on a 320-user BFSI tenant. Sophos Intercept X and MDR wins the workspace whose pain is endpoint detection and managed response on heterogeneous hardware; see the vendor Sophos endpoint reference. Splunk wins the workspace with deep SPL muscle memory and custom apps that already pay for themselves. Pair the SIEM retainer with Microsoft Purview for DPDP audit trails and Secure Data Guard for the DLP layer over the exported incident archive. The honest call lands in the readiness review, not in a brochure comparison.
Microsoft Sentinel FAQ for Indian businesses
What is Microsoft Sentinel and when do Indian businesses need it?
Microsoft Sentinel is a cloud-native SIEM and SOAR built on Microsoft Azure that ingests security telemetry from Microsoft 365, Entra ID, Defender, Intune, AWS, Google Cloud, on-premises servers, and 300-plus connectors into a single India region workspace. Analytics rules, machine-learning detections, and Logic Apps playbooks then triage and contain incidents. Indian businesses need Microsoft Sentinel the moment a CERT-In incident-reporting obligation, a DPDP audit, a cyber-insurance renewal, or a BFSI regulator audit asks for a unified, retained, India-resident security log estate and a documented analyst response. Pair it with Microsoft 365 identity hygiene to keep the signal set clean.
What does Microsoft Sentinel cost in India in 2026?
Pay-as-you-go ingest sits around INR 250 per GB per day in the Central India region per the Azure pricing page. A 100 GB per day commitment tier reservation lands around INR 165 per GB, falling to INR 145 per GB at the 500 GB tier. Microsoft 365 connectors, Entra ID sign-in logs, Defender for Endpoint alerts, and Office 365 audit data ingest free in most tenants. Logic Apps SOAR playbook runs land around INR 4 per 1,000 actions. A Sirius Star managed SOC retainer for a 320-user Indian tenant lands around INR 36,000 per tenant per month including workspace operations, analytics rule tuning, and quarterly posture review.
Microsoft Sentinel vs Splunk vs Sophos XDR, which fits an Indian security team?
Pick Microsoft Sentinel when the estate is already on Microsoft 365, Entra ID, Defender, and Intune and the free M365 connectors plus commitment-tier reservations cut the Splunk licence below 30 percent. Pick Splunk when the security team has deep SPL muscle memory, the ingest pattern is hybrid on-premises, and the workspace already runs custom apps. Pick Sophos Intercept X and MDR when the endpoint footprint is the heavy lift and the team wants endpoint MDR plus XDR in one console rather than a full SIEM and SOAR build. The honest call lands in the readiness review, not in a vendor brochure.
How long does Microsoft Sentinel deployment take in India?
Sirius Star ships a free Microsoft Sentinel readiness review inside one business day. Workspace creation, region pinning to Central India or South India, and the first batch of Microsoft 365 plus Entra ID plus Defender connectors land in 2 to 4 weeks for a 100 to 300-user tenant per the Microsoft Sentinel onboarding docs. The full analytics rule pack, UEBA tuning, Logic Apps SOAR playbooks, and the first incident triaged inside the Sirius Star managed SOC retainer take 6 to 20 weeks depending on hybrid AWS, Google Cloud, and on-premises connector breadth. Layer in Microsoft Purview for the DPDP audit-trail archive.
One Microsoft Sentinel workspace. Every connector. Every analyst.
Free 24-hour Microsoft Sentinel readiness review. Read-only inventory of your M365 audit volume, Defender alert rate, Entra ID sign-in events, and hybrid AWS plus on-premises connector landscape. Written report inside one business day with the pay-as-you-go versus 100 GB commitment versus managed SOC retainer split, the 12-month TCO, and the analytics rule pack roadmap.
200+ Indian businesses · Microsoft Partner · care@siriusstar.in · AvePoint and Veeam compatible