Acknowledgments

The authors would like to thank Loretta Yates and the entire Microsoft Press/Pearson team for their support in this project, Ann Johnson for writing the foreword, and also the Azure Sentinel Engineering Team (Eliav Levi, Ofer Shezaf, Koby Koren, Raz Herzberg, Mor Shabi, Laura Machado de Wright, Ben Nick, Julian Gonzalez, and Itay Argoety). Thanks to Ian Hellen for the great work writing Chapter 6. We would also like to thank Maarten Goet (Microsoft MVP) for reviewing this book and thanks to Mike Kassis for writing the Appendix about Kusto Query Language (KQL).

Yuri would also like to thank: my wife and daughters for their endless support; my great God for giving me strength and guiding my path on each step of the way; my co-authors and friends Nicholas DiCola and Jonathan Trull for such great partnership throughout this project. Thanks to my parents for working hard to give me an education, which is the foundation I use every day to keep moving forward in my career. Last, but certainly not least, the entire Azure Sentinel community that keep inspiring us with great content.

Nicholas would also like to thank: my wife and three children for supporting me while working on this book; my co-authors and friends Yuri Diogenes and Jonathan Trull for their hard work on this book. I would also like to thank our Azure Sentinel Engineering team technical reviewers for their support on the book.

Jonathan would also like to thank: God, who is my ultimate teacher and guide; my wife and daughters for their love, encouragement, and endless support; my parents for providing me with the time and resources to pursue my dreams; my extended family for always believing in me; and my co-authors and comrades Yuri Diogenes and Nicholas DiCola. Finally, thanks to Microsoft, the Cybersecurity Solutions Group, and the countless teachers, professors, colleagues, and friends who have taught, counseled, and mentored me over the years.