M365 E5 Security bundle — the consolidation math at 5,000 users

M365 E5 vs third-party stack — Defender XDR, Sentinel, Purview, Entra P2 consolidation TCO. 12-18 month retirement waterfall.

09 Jun 2026  ·  Pawan Sharma  ·  Microsoft Licensing
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FortiWeb hardware sizing guide for India — appliance models 2026

Sizing the right FortiWeb HW appliance — throughput, ML Domains, latency, HA, rack. The decision tree across 100F to 4000F.

08 Jun 2026  ·  Pawan Sharma  ·  Network Security
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Microsoft Sentinel for India compliance — DPDP, CERT-In, RBI and SEBI 2026

Map DPDP Act, CERT-In Direction, RBI Cyber Security Framework, SEBI CSCRF to Microsoft Sentinel features. With the control-mapping table.

08 Jun 2026  ·  Pawan Sharma  ·  Compliance
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Defender for Office 365 vs Mimecast vs Proofpoint — India 2026

Feature + TCO comparison for M365 mid-market — Defender O365 P2 vs Mimecast Advanced vs Proofpoint Enterprise. 4-6 week migration shape.

08 Jun 2026  ·  Pawan Sharma  ·  Email Security
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Entra ID Conditional Access — the 14-day rollout pattern

14-day Entra ID Conditional Access rollout — break-glass, baseline policies, phishing-resistant MFA, Token Protection. 7 audit-found mistakes.

06 Jun 2026  ·  Pawan Sharma  ·  Identity
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Microsoft Copilot for Security — the 90-day rollout playbook

90-day Copilot for Security rollout for Indian SOCs — SCU sizing, plugin baseline, Promptbook library, ROI measurement.

05 Jun 2026  ·  Pawan Sharma  ·  AI & Security
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Microsoft Defender for Cloud — CNAPP for Azure + AWS + GCP

Defender for Cloud as a CNAPP for Indian enterprises — Foundational CSPM, Defender CSPM attack paths, multi-cloud, 30-day rollout.

04 Jun 2026  ·  Pawan Sharma  ·  Cloud Security
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FortiWeb BYOL via Ogma vs PAYG via AWS / Azure Marketplace — the savings math

PAYG via AWS / Azure Marketplace is the easy click. At month 7 of a typical 24-month workload, BYOL via Ogma is significantly cheaper — with the math.

03 Jun 2026  ·  Pawan Sharma  ·  Network Security
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Microsoft Sentinel pricing in India — INR by ingestion tier

Sentinel pricing model with INR + worked example for 200 GB/day, the 4 cost levers, and the E5 ingestion-benefit math.

03 Jun 2026  ·  Pawan Sharma  ·  SIEM
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Microsoft Purview for DPDP Act — what to enable on day 1

The 30-day Purview activation plan for DPDP Act compliance — sensitivity labels, DLP, Insider Risk, retention, audit evidence.

02 Jun 2026  ·  Pawan Sharma  ·  Compliance
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