About Microsoft Sentinel Data Exploration
Microsoft Sentinel Data Exploration lets compatible clients search for relevant tables and retrieve data from the Sentinel data lake using natural language. It is intended for agents and security workflows that need to explore security data.
Key features
- 01Searches for relevant Sentinel tables
- 02Retrieves data from the Sentinel data lake
- 03Accepts natural-language queries
- 04Supports OAuth 2.0 authentication
Use cases
- 01Select sign-in tables for password-spray hunts
- 02Correlate login events for impossible travel checks
- 03Analyze multi-factor authentication failures
- 04Find dormant accounts with recent activity
MCP support
This remote MCP server exposes tools for finding relevant Microsoft Sentinel data-lake tables and retrieving data to MCP-compatible clients. Connect through its endpoint using OAuth 2.0.
Configuration
Remote servers need no local install. Pick your client, then copy the config or install in one click.
https://sentinel.microsoft.com/mcp/data-explorationclaude mcp add --transport http com-microsoft-sentinel-data-exploration https://sentinel.microsoft.com/mcp/data-exploration{"mcpServers":{"com-microsoft-sentinel-data-exploration":{"type":"http","url":"https://sentinel.microsoft.com/mcp/data-exploration"}}}Open in Cursor{"servers":{"com-microsoft-sentinel-data-exploration":{"type":"http","url":"https://sentinel.microsoft.com/mcp/data-exploration"}}}Open in VS Code{"mcpServers":{"com-microsoft-sentinel-data-exploration":{"type":"http","url":"https://sentinel.microsoft.com/mcp/data-exploration"}}}{"mcpServers":{"com-microsoft-sentinel-data-exploration":{"serverUrl":"https://sentinel.microsoft.com/mcp/data-exploration"}}}Run commands in a terminal; paste JSON into the client’s MCP config and restart. Servers that need sign-in will prompt on first connect.
Tools
Details
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The data exploration tool collection in the Microsoft Sentinel MCP server lets you search for relevant tables and retrieve data from Microsoft Sentinel's data lake using natural language.
🌐 The Microsoft Sentinel Data Exploration MCP Server Endpoint
The Microsoft Sentinel Data Exploration MCP Server is accessible to any IDE, agent, or tool that supports the Model Context Protocol (MCP). Any compatible client can connect to the following remote MCP endpoint:
Authentication OAuth 2.0
🧩 Use cases
Password-Spray Hunt Build security agents that autonomously select relevant sign-in tables, aggregates login attempts by user and IP, and flags patterns consistent with password-spray behavior—like low-frequency attempts over several months across many accounts.
Impossible Travel Check Build security agents that correlate sign-in events by user, calculates geodistance and time gaps between logins, and flags cases where travel speed exceeds realistic thresholds, suggesting credential compromise.
Multi-factor authorization failures Build security agents that analyzes multi-factor auth logs to detect spikes in failure rates, clustering by user, IP, or time window, and surfaces anomalies that deviate from baseline behavior over long periods.
Dormant Account wake-up Build security agents that based on inactivity thresholds, scans for accounts with long silence followed by recent activity, and builds a timeline showing when and how these accounts re-engaged.
📚 Learn more
Explore Microsoft Sentinel data lake with data exploration collection
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