Episode 434: Reading the Spec Sheet on Microsoft's Agentic SOC

Published about 1 month ago • 1 min read

Episode 434: Reading the Spec Sheet on
Microsoft's Agentic SOC

Hello Reader,

The next episode of the Microsoft Cloud IT Pro podcast has been released!

Microsoft describes Project Perception as a “workforce of AI agents” for security operations. But once you get beyond that description, what does the technology actually require from your organization?

In Episode 434 of the Microsoft Cloud IT Pro Podcast, Ben and Scott read through the details of Microsoft’s Agentic SOC to understand how it works, what it costs, and how much autonomy these agents really have.

In this episode, we cover:

The six agents and seven playbooks behind Project Perception
How and when those playbooks are triggered
Entra Agent IDs and the permissions granted to each agent
Tenant requirements and deployment considerations
What happens when an agent needs human approval
The cost and governance questions organizations should consider

AI agents may change how security operations teams work, but deploying them introduces new questions around identity, permissions, oversight, and cost.

Episode 434 goes beyond the “agentic” headline to look at what administrators actually need to understand before bringing these capabilities into their environments.

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