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Azure Sentinel – Average GB per day 

Why Average GB per day, it’s because that’s the information the Azure Pricing Calculator needs now that Azure Sentinel is released. This query looks at all billable data in your Log Analytics workspace and takes an average over the period. Example https://azure.microsoft.com/en-gb/pricing/calculator/ Then search for Sentinel / or look in the Security section. —————————————————————————————————————— //…

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Learn how you can be more efficient with Azure DevOps for your databases 

One core objective of any development project is the ability to safely and securely accelerate the delivery process. And the foundation of any such project is the database it’s built on. That’s why it’s important that the database development is project is integrated into the pipeline in Azure DevOps as well. In this article, we…

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Azure Sentinel – Costing Estimate (PAYG) 

In this example, now that Azure Sentinel is Generally Available (GA) we can look at the Azure Monitor Logs (Log Analytics) and Azure Sentinel charges. I have used Pay as You Go (PAYG) for both, using USD $ and EASTUS as the region, but please feel free to adapt to you local region or currency….

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Azure Log Analytics: how to read a file 

I often blog about various Log Analytics syntax after I get asked the same question a few times, in this case a few times last month and twice this week so far! Also posted as a reply here _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ You can use externaldata operator to read files, like csv or tsv, scsv, sohsv, psv, txt,…

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Using state-of-the-art technology for state-of-the-art customer experiences 

Competition can be tough, and companies need to provide smarter interactions with customers to survive. As a result, we’ve seen a trend over the last couple of years indicating that more businesses are assigning larger budgets for projects that help deliver next-generation communications….

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Azure Log Analytics: looking at data and costs – Part 3 

Part1: https://cloudblogs.microsoft.com/industry-blog/en-gb/cross-industry/2019/03/28/azure-log-analytics-looking-at-data-and-costs/ Part2: https://cloudblogs.microsoft.com/industry-blog/en-gb/cross-industry/2019/05/09/azure-log-analytics-looking-at-data-and-costs-part-2/ Part3 – This post : https://cloudblogs.microsoft.com/industry-blog/en-gb/cross-industry/2019/07/18/azure-log-analyt…and-costs-part-3/ There are two parts to this post: 1. Predict Forward 2. Add more computers 1. Predict forward In the previous two posts on this topic, we’ve seen the data ‘as is’ and in the past (normally the past month) – but how to we predict…

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Azure Log Analytics: Azure Sentinel Queries 

I almost forgot about this set of tips, but I was asked again yesterday – so decided to post this. Often when investigating Event logs or Security Event logs, you look at the EventID. These are two of the most common basic methods. Event | summarize count() by EventID, RenderedDescription | sort by count_ desc…

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Azure Log Analytics: looking at data and costs – Part 4 

Building on Post 3 https://cloudblogs.microsoft.com/industry-blog/en-gb/cross-industry/2019/07/18/azure-log-analytics-looking-at-data-and-costs-part-3/ You would probably take the data projection (see post 3) and add it into Excel to do the math, but you can also use KQL for that. I assigned a price of $2.30 (line 1); most of the rest of the syntax is the same. This is correct as of…

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3 steps to evolving healthcare in the cloud 

We’re going to be sharing a story every week for the 12 weeks of summer, showing you how healthcare organisations are using technology to transform patient outcomes and increase productivity. For the sixth blog in the series, Stephen Docherty, Industry Solutions Executive for Health, discusses his first-hand experience of implementing cloud computing to advance NHS…

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