Why is my Microsoft Sentinel bill so high, and what are the top three configuration changes to lower monthly ingestion costs immediately?
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Fan-out diagram
The searches the AI actually ran for this prompt.
SEED QUERY
Why is my Microsoft Sentinel bill so high, and what are the top three configuration changes to lower monthly ingestion costs immediately?
3 real searches · 1 real-search pass
Microsoft Sentinel reduce ingestion costs data collection transformation DCR Basic Logs Auxiliary Logs pricing official documentation 2026Google ↗
OBSERVEDOther / navigational
Azure Monitor Logs ingestion-time transformation cost savings Microsoft Sentinel data collection rules official docsGoogle ↗
OBSERVEDOther / navigational
Microsoft Sentinel pricing commitment tiers data lake retention Basic Logs official pricingGoogle ↗
OBSERVEDComparison
Badge and edge weight = share of passes that produced the query. Hover a query for its intent and routing format.
Query classes
Google's semantic query class for every sub-query: what kind of answer each search is after, simulated vs real.
ChatGPT real searches (3)
Classes come from the query-classifier (a local Laya model). 3 of 3 calls are low-confidence (under 50%) — hover a query in the table to see its confidence.
Searches and sources
ChatGPT3 real searches · gpt-6
Microsoft Sentinel reduce ingestion costs data collection transformation DCR Basic Logs Auxiliary Logs pricing official documentation 2026 Google ↗
Azure Monitor Logs ingestion-time transformation cost savings Microsoft Sentinel data collection rules official docs Google ↗
Microsoft Sentinel pricing commitment tiers data lake retention Basic Logs official pricing Google ↗
- Plan costs and understand pricing and billing - Microsoft Sentinel · learn.microsoft.com
- Microsoft Sentinel Pricing · microsoft.com
- Plan costs and understand pricing and billing - Microsoft Sentinel · learn.microsoft.com
Queries
3 queries · click a column to sort
| Query / type | Search | Intent | Query class | Routing format | Cluster | Freq ↓ | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Microsoft Sentinel reduce ingestion costs data collection transformation DCR Basic Logs Auxiliary Logs pricing official documentation 2026 OBSERVED | Google ↗ AI Mode ↗ | — | Other / navigational | — | — | 1x of 1 | |
Azure Monitor Logs ingestion-time transformation cost savings Microsoft Sentinel data collection rules official docs OBSERVED | Google ↗ AI Mode ↗ | — | Other / navigational | — | — | 1x of 1 | |
Microsoft Sentinel pricing commitment tiers data lake retention Basic Logs official pricing OBSERVED | Google ↗ AI Mode ↗ | — | Comparison | — | — | 1x of 1 |