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Microsoft Certified: Cloud and AI Security Engineer Associate (replaces Azure Security Engineer Associate / AZ-500) SC-500 · Domain 4: Manage and monitor security posture

Sentinel analytics rules: scheduled, near-real-time, Microsoft security (incident creation) and anomaly rules; entity mapping

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Last reviewed September 25, 2026 · Leer en español

Analytics rules are how Microsoft Sentinel detects threats. Each rule examines data in the workspace and, when its logic matches, creates alerts, which are grouped into incidents that analysts investigate. Rules can be created from templates in the Content hub solutions or written from scratch.

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