# Azure security services

URL: https://computecloud.co.uk/azure/security/
Last updated: 2026-11-13

> Azure security services for UK organisations: a secure score review and Microsoft Defender for Cloud set-up, plus Microsoft Sentinel, from a free assessment.

Azure security services find and fix weak spots in your Azure estate, then watch it for threats. We set up Microsoft Defender for Cloud to check your configuration and protect workloads, and Microsoft Sentinel to collect security logs and detect attacks. It starts with a free assessment and a look at your secure score.

- A secure score review in Defender for Cloud
- Protection for servers, storage and databases
- Microsoft Sentinel for detection and response

## Is this you?

- You use Sentinel in the Azure portal
- Nobody has looked at your secure score: [Azure health check](https://computecloud.co.uk/azure/well-architected-review/)
- Azure grew faster than its security: [Landing zones](https://computecloud.co.uk/azure/landing-zone/)
- Your backups need protecting too: [Backup and DR](https://computecloud.co.uk/azure/backup-disaster-recovery/)

## What you get and how it works

1. **Free assessment.** You get: What you run in Azure and where the gaps are likely to be.
2. **Posture review.** You get: Your secure score and Defender for Cloud's recommendations, checked against the Microsoft cloud security benchmark.
3. **Fix plan.** You get: Each finding ranked by risk and effort, in writing.
4. **Protect and detect.** You get: Defender plans for the workloads that need them, and Microsoft Sentinel set up in the Defender portal.
5. **Hand-over.** You get: Documentation, agreed alert routing and runbooks for your team.

## Why ComputeCloud

- Findings ranked by risk
- Microsoft's own security tools
- No obligation
- Delivered in partnership with Focus Group, our Microsoft delivery partner.

## Start your free assessment

Two fields now, about 2 minutes in all. A specialist then gets in touch.

Start here: https://computecloud.co.uk/assessment/

## Sources

- [Microsoft Learn: Microsoft Defender for Cloud overview](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/defender-for-cloud/defender-for-cloud-introduction)
- [Microsoft Learn: What is Microsoft Sentinel? (Azure portal retirement timeline)](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/sentinel/overview)
- [Microsoft Learn: Microsoft Sentinel pricing and billing (free data sources)](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/sentinel/billing)

Facts checked 25 October 2026.

See also: [Azure backup and disaster recovery](https://computecloud.co.uk/azure/backup-disaster-recovery/) · [Azure health check](https://computecloud.co.uk/azure/well-architected-review/) · [Azure landing zone design](https://computecloud.co.uk/azure/landing-zone/)

## Frequently asked questions

### What's the difference between Defender for Cloud and Sentinel?

Defender for Cloud checks how your cloud resources are set up and protects workloads such as servers, storage and databases. Sentinel is a SIEM: it collects security data from many sources and groups alerts into incidents. Defender for Cloud alerts are free to bring into Sentinel.

### Is Defender for Cloud free?

Partly. Its foundational posture management, including secure score and the Microsoft cloud security benchmark, is free. Paid Defender plans add advanced posture tools and threat protection for servers, storage, databases and more.

### What happens to Sentinel in the Azure portal?

After 31 March 2027, Microsoft Sentinel is supported only in the Microsoft Defender portal. Microsoft advises planning the move now.

### How is Microsoft Sentinel charged?

Mainly per GB of data it takes in, pay-as-you-go or in commitment tiers from 100 GB a day. Some data is free, such as Azure Activity logs and Defender alerts. Your assessment estimates the cost.

### What does the work cost?

The assessment is free. Any further work comes with a written proposal and price first.

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