Cost & Ingest
Cost By Table
top-10-billable-mde-tables.kql
Top 10 most expensive Microsoft Defender for Endpoint tables over the last 90 days.
// Author: Ian D. Hanley (DevSecOpsDad) | linkedin.com/in/ianhanley | devsecopsdad.com | devsecopsdadattack.com
// This query will break down your top 10 most expensive Microsoft Defender for Endpoint (MDE) log sources in the last 90 days
// West US 2 Region Effective Cost per GB - https://azure.microsoft.com/en-ca/pricing/details/microsoft-sentinel/?cdn=disable
let cost=4.30; // <-- Set to Effective Cost per GB (URL in comments above)
search *
| where TimeGenerated >ago(90d) //<-- Run this query against the past quarter (90 days)
| where _IsBillable == True //<-- Filter out non-billable data
| where Type contains "Device" //<-- Apply query to sources with "Device" (Defender Tables)
| summarize EventCount=count(), Billable_GB=sum(_BilledSize/1000/1000/1000) by Type
| sort by Billable_GB desc //<-- Display results in descending order
| extend Estimated_Cost=Billable_GB*cost //<-- Create a column (extend) and fill it with results of "Billable_GB x cost" where cost is referenced above
| limit 10 //<-- Limit results to top 10 entries
// You can swap the below line into above query if you’re a stickler for Gibibytes versus Gigabytes:
| summarize EventCount=count(), Billable_GB=sum(_BilledSize/1024/1024/1024) by Type