Microsoft Security Funded Workshops: How to Access

On Thursday 9 January, Softcat hosted the ‘Maximising your cyber security investments with Microsoft’. You can watch a recording of the webinar here. 

This was an hour-long, live, online event, with speakers from Softcat’s Cyber Services and Commercial Operations Programs teams. It focused on the available Microsoft-funded security workshops, for customers with approximately 300+ licenses. The workshops covered in this webinar are POC (Proof of Concept) style so you can uncover the benefits of various Microsoft security and compliancy products, such as Sentinel, Purview, and Defender. 

If you would like to register your interest in these workshops and check your organisation’s eligibility, please fill out this form here. For an overview of the funded security workshops, please watch the webinar back here. 

Which workshops are available?  

Data Security Workshop: this includes the enablement and configuration of Purview, followed by two weeks of automated discovery, an overview of the Purview portfolio and then a report of analysed findings.  

Threat Protection Engagement: focuses on discovering threats and vulnerabilities using Microsoft's Defender solution. The engagement involves mandatory modules like the Defender Portal and Cloud Identity Protection, and selectable modules like Unified SecOps Platform and Email Protection. 

Modern SecOps Engagement: involves running a proof of concept for Microsoft Sentinel and the unified SecOps in a live environment. The engagement includes data collection, remote monitoring, and integrating third-party solutions. The engagement involves mandatory modules like Defender XDR and Identity Threat Protection, and selectable modules like Server Threat Detection and SoC Automation 

Managed XDR Engagement: includes an initial assessment, scope definition, deployment, threat detection, continuous monitoring, and reporting. The engagement aims to enhance security posture and provide real-time threat management by continuous monitoring from Softcat’s 24/7 UK-based SoC. 

Sentinel Maturity Accelerator Service: focuses on detection content improvements, tuning recommendations, and cost optimisation. The service aims to enhance Sentinel deployments and improve overall security posture. 

Next steps

If you would like to register your interest in any of the workshops above and want to check your organisation’s eligibility, please fill out this form here.

You can also speak to our Microsoft Product & Services Security Specialist about the Microsoft security stack. Please organise this with your Softcat Account Manager. If you don’t have an Account Manager, please contact sales@softcat.com to align your organisation to one. 

All customers who registered for the webinar will have received a follow-up email with links to the slide deck and recording. If not, you can watch it back here.