An enterprise uses Azure Sentinel and Log Analytics. They ingest 500 GB of logs daily. The IT budget is constrained, and they need to optimize costs. Security logs must be searchable for 90 days, and compliance logs must be retained for 3 years but are rarely queried after 30 days. Which THREE actions should you recommend to optimize costs? (Select THREE)

Answer options:

A.

Configure a Commitment Tier pricing model for the Log Analytics workspace.

B.

Change the pricing tier to Pay-As-You-Go.

C.

Configure basic logs for high-volume, low-security-value data.

D.

Export all logs to an external SIEM immediately.

E.

Configure Log Analytics workspace data export to an Azure Storage account with an archive tier for the 3-year retention.

F.

Set the Log Analytics workspace retention to 3 years.

How to approach this question

Select the three options that directly reduce ingestion or retention costs in Azure Monitor.

Full Answer

Cost optimization for Log Analytics involves using Commitment Tiers for high volume, Basic Logs for verbose data, and Storage Archive for long-term compliance retention.

Common mistakes

Selecting Pay-As-You-Go or extending native workspace retention, which increases costs.

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