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Configure the Microsoft Security Alerts Cloud Collector

Set up the Microsoft Security Alerts Cloud Collector to continuously ingest security alert logs across the Microsoft platform.

  1. Before you configure the Microsoft Security Alerts Cloud Collector, ensure that you complete the Prerequisite tasks.

  2. Log into the Exabeam Security Operations Platform with your registered credentials as an administrator.

  3. Find the Collectors tab and click the Cloud Collectors tile.

  4. Click the Collectors tab.

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  5. Click the Microsoft Security Alerts tile. A configuration pane opens on the right.

  6. Enter the following information for the cloud collector:

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    • Collector Name – Specify a name for the Cloud Collector instance.

    • Account – Click New Account to add a new Microsoft service account or select an existing account. You can use the same account information across multiple Microsoft cloud collectors. For more information, see Shareable Service Accounts.

    • API Version – Select the API version Alerts v2 or Legacy Alerts based on the event types that you want to collect.

      • Alerts v2 – To filter services from which the collector must receive alerts, select Custom filter, then select one or more services from the options listed below.

        • Azure Active Directory Identity Protection

        • Microsoft 365 Defender

        • Microsoft App Governance

        • Microsoft Defender for Cloud

        • Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps

        • Microsoft Defender for Endpoint

        • Microsoft Defender for Identity

        • Microsoft Defend for Office 365

        • Microsoft Purview Data Loss Prevention

        • Microsoft Sentinel

        • Others

          Note

          If you select Other, the alerts from service sources categorized under unknown and unknownFutureValue are collected. For more information, see serviceSource values in Microsoft documentation.

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        To receive alerts from all service sources, select No filter.

      • Legacy Alerts – To filter vendors from which the collector must receive alerts, select Custom filter, then select one or more vendors from the options listed below. For more information see List Alerts in Microsoft documentation.

        • Azure Security Center

        • Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps

        • Microsoft Defender for Endpoint

        • Microsoft Defender for Identity

        • Microsoft Entra ID Protection

        • Microsoft Sentinel

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        To receive alerts from all of the vendors, select No filter.

    • Ingest From – Select the time and date to provide a threshold before which the collector must exclude events. If you want to select a threshold to include events to be ingested from the past, select a date previous to the present date. You can select a date which is backdated to 30 days.

  7. (Optional) SITE – Select an existing site or to create a new site with a unique ID, click manage your sites. Adding a site name helps you to ensure efficient management of environments with overlapping IP addresses.

    By entering a site name, you associate the logs with a specific independent site. A sitename metadata field is automatically added to all the events that are going to be ingested via this collector. For more information about Site Management, see Define a Unique Site Name.

  8. (Optional) TIMEZONE – Select a time zone applicable to you for accurate detections and event monitoring.

    By entering a time zone, you override the default log time zone. A timezone metadata field is automatically added to all the events that are going to be ingested via this collector.

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  9. To confirm that the Exabeam Security Operations Platform communicates with the service, click Test Connection. If the connection is successful a success message displays at the top of the screen.

  10. Click Install. A confirmation message informs you that the new Cloud Collector is created.

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