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Downloads and checklists
Take the picture into a meeting. The architecture files use an illustrative Microsoft 365 E5 example, and the checklist covers what to confirm before you plan around any of it.
Five files
Downloads
Before you plan
Readiness checklist
Work through these before you change licenses, connect new data or switch on automation.
- Record the exact license SKU, cloud and tenant rollout status.
- Check which endpoint, identity, email and cloud app protections are deployed.
- Confirm ISOC preview eligibility; keep existing Sentinel workspaces and production protections connected.
- Select the external sources and events the investigation actually needs.
- Verify workspace, connector, source permissions and data retention requirements.
- Separate native data access, ingestion, storage, compute and agent capacity.
- Confirm action ownership, permissions and how results will be checked.
- Verify current public documentation and tenant availability before changing production.
Keep going
More to read
- Three things CISOs should know about ISOCA short field note on investment, operating model and cost.
- Sources and documentationThe Microsoft pages behind every claim on this site.
- About this projectWho built IntegratedSOC and why.