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articles/firewall/choose-firewall-sku.md

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 title: Choose the right Azure Firewall SKU to meet your needs
 description: Quick comparison guide to help you choose between Azure Firewall Basic, Standard, and Premium SKUs based on your requirements.
-services: firewall
 author: duongau
 ms.service: azure-firewall
 ms.topic: concept-article
-ms.date: 09/18/2025
+ms.date: 03/23/2026
 ms.author: duau
 # Customer intent: As a network security administrator, I want to compare Azure Firewall SKUs and use a decision framework, so that I can quickly choose the most suitable option for my organization's security and performance requirements.
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@@ -14,9 +13,9 @@ ms.author: duau
 
 Azure Firewall offers three SKUs to meet various customer needs:
 
-- **Azure Firewall Premium**: Ideal for securing highly sensitive applications, such as payment processing. It includes advanced threat protection features like malware and TLS inspection.
-- **Azure Firewall Standard**: Suitable for customers requiring Layer 3–Layer 7 firewall capabilities with autoscaling to manage peak traffic up to 30 Gbps. It includes enterprise features like threat intelligence, DNS proxy, custom DNS, and web categories.
-- **Azure Firewall Basic**: Designed for SMB customers with throughput requirements up to 250 Mbps.
+- **Azure Firewall Premium**: Secure highly sensitive applications, such as payment processing. It includes advanced threat protection features like malware and TLS inspection.
+- **Azure Firewall Standard**: Get Layer 3–Layer 7 firewall capabilities with autoscaling to manage peak traffic up to 30 Gbps. It includes enterprise features like threat intelligence, DNS proxy, custom DNS, and web categories.
+- **Azure Firewall Basic**: Throughput up to 250 Mbps.
 
 For detailed information about all Azure Firewall features, see [Azure Firewall features by SKU](features-by-sku.md).
 
@@ -32,7 +31,7 @@ Compare the features of the three Azure Firewall versions:
 |  | Network address translation (SNAT+DNAT) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
 | **Reliability & performance** | Availability zones | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
 |  | Built-in HA | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
-|  | Cloud scalability (auto-scale as traffic grows) | Up to 250Mbps | Up to 30 Gbps | Up to 100 Gbps |
+|  | Cloud scalability (auto-scale as traffic grows) | Up to 250 Mbps | Up to 30 Gbps | Up to 100 Gbps |
 |  | Fat flow support | N/A | 1 Gbps | 10 Gbps |
 | **Ease of management** | Central management via firewall manager | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
 |  | Policy analytics (rule management over time) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
@@ -55,7 +54,11 @@ Use the following flow chart to determine the best Azure Firewall version for yo
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 :::image type="content" source="media/choose-firewall-sku/firewall-sku-flow.svg" alt-text="Flow chart to help you choose a firewall version." lightbox="media/choose-firewall-sku/firewall-sku-flow.svg":::
 
+## Pricing
+
+Azure Firewall pricing varies by SKU. For detailed pricing information, including deployment charges, data processing rates, and availability zone considerations, see [Azure Firewall pricing](https://azure.microsoft.com/pricing/details/azure-firewall/). You can also estimate costs for your specific scenario by using the [Azure pricing calculator](https://azure.microsoft.com/pricing/calculator/).
+
 ## Next steps
 
 - [Azure Firewall features by SKU](features-by-sku.md)
-- [Deploy and configure Azure Firewall using the Azure portal](tutorial-firewall-deploy-portal-policy.md)
+- [Deploy and configure Azure Firewall by using the Azure portal](tutorial-firewall-deploy-portal-policy.md)

articles/sentinel/TOC.yml

@@ -598,37 +598,11 @@
     - name: Microsoft Sentinel data lake overview
       href: datalake/sentinel-lake-overview.md
       displayName: data lake
-    - name: Data federation in the Microsoft Sentinel data lake
-      items:
-        - name: Overview
-          href: datalake/data-federation-overview.md
-          displayName: data lake
-        - name: Set up federated tables
-          href: datalake/data-federation-setup.md
-          displayName: data lake
-        - name: Using federated tables
-          href: datalake/using-data-federation.md
-          displayName: data lake  
-    - name: Microsoft Sentinel graph
-      items:
-        - name: Microsoft Sentinel graph overview
-          href: datalake/sentinel-graph-overview.md
-        - name: Graph visualization
-          href: datalake/graph-visualization.md 
-        - name: Microsoft Sentinel custom graphs
-          items:
-            - name: Custom graphs overview
-              href: datalake/custom-graphs-overview.md
-            - name: Create custom graphs
-              href: datalake/create-custom-graphs.md
-            - name: Microsoft Sentinel graph provider reference
-              href: datalake/sentinel-graph-provider-reference.md
-            - name: Create custom graph using AI 
-              href: datalake/create-graphs-with-ai.md 
-            - name: GQL reference for Sentinel custom graph
-              href: datalake/gql-reference-for-sentinel-custom-graph.md
-            - name: Graph REST API
-              href: datalake/graph-rest-api.md
+    - name: Microsoft Sentinel graph overview
+      href: datalake/sentinel-graph-overview.md
+    - name: Compare KQL jobs, summary rules, and search jobs
+      href: datalake/kql-jobs-summary-rules-search-jobs.md
+      displayName: data lake
     - name: Microsoft Sentinel MCP server
       items:
         - name: Microsoft Sentinel MCP server overview
@@ -687,15 +661,9 @@
         - name: Manage KQL jobs
           href: datalake/kql-manage-jobs.md
           displayName: data lake
-        - name: Compare KQL jobs, summary rules, and search jobs
-          href: datalake/kql-jobs-summary-rules-search-jobs.md
-          displayName: data lake
         - name: Troubleshoot KQL for the lake
           href: datalake/kql-troubleshoot.md
           displayName: data lake
-        - name: Workbooks for Microsoft Sentinel data lake
-          href: datalake/workbooks-for-data-lake.md
-          displayName: data lake
     - name: Notebooks for data lake exploration
       items:
         - name: Overview
@@ -714,6 +682,7 @@
           href: datalake/notebook-examples.md
     - name: Microsoft Sentinel data lake service limits
       href: datalake/sentinel-lake-service-limits.md
+
 - name: Collect and manage data
   items:
     - name: Overview
@@ -851,8 +820,6 @@
         - name: Manage tables, tiers, and retention
           href: manage-table-tiers-retention.md
           displayName: table management, tiers, retention, tables
-        - name: Data transformation using filter and split
-          href: transformation-filter-split.md
 
 - name: SOC optimizations
   items:
@@ -997,8 +964,6 @@
               href: ../role-based-access-control/built-in-roles.md
             - name: Microsoft Sentinel roles
               href: ../role-based-access-control/built-in-roles.md#security
-            - name: Configure Microsoft Sentinel scoping (row-level RBAC)
-              href: scoping.md
     - name: Advanced Security Information Model (ASIM)
       items:
         - name: ASIM content

articles/sentinel/billing-monitor-costs.md

@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ You could also apply further controls. For example, to view only the costs assoc
 
 Microsoft Sentinel analytics tier data ingestion volumes appear under **Security Insights** in some portal Usage Charts.
 
-The Microsoft Sentinel classic pricing tiers don't include Log Analytics charges, so you might see those charges billed separately. Microsoft Sentinel simplified pricing combines the two costs into one set of tiers. To learn more about Microsoft Sentinel's pricing tiers, see [Understand the full billing model for Microsoft Sentinel](billing.md#understand-the-full-billing-model-for-microsoft-sentinel).
+The Microsoft Sentinel classic pricing tiers don't include Log Analytics charges, so you might see those charges billed separately. Microsoft Sentinel simplified pricing combines the two costs into one set of tiers. To learn more about Microsoft Sentinel's simplified pricing tiers, see [Simplified pricing tiers](billing.md#simplified-pricing-tiers).
 
 For more information on reducing costs, see [Create budgets](#create-budgets) and [Reduce costs in Microsoft Sentinel](billing-monitor-costs.md).
 

articles/sentinel/billing-reduce-costs.md

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ description: Learn how to reduce costs for Microsoft Sentinel by using different
 author: EdB-MSFT
 ms.author: edbaynash
 ms.custom: subject-cost-optimization
-ms.topic: conceptual
+ms.topic: how-to
 ms.date: 06/14/2025
 appliesto:
     - Microsoft Sentinel in the Microsoft Defender portal
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ Costs for Microsoft Sentinel are only a portion of the monthly costs in your Azu
 [!INCLUDE [unified-soc-preview](includes/unified-soc-preview.md)]
 
 ## Set or change pricing tier
-
 To optimize for highest savings, monitor your ingestion volume to ensure you have the commitment tier that aligns most closely with your ingestion volume patterns. Consider increasing or decreasing your commitment tier to align with changing data volumes.
 
 You can increase your commitment tier anytime, which restarts the 31-day commitment period. However, to move back to pay-as-you-go or to a lower commitment tier, you must wait until after the 31-day commitment period finishes. Billing for commitment tiers is on a daily basis.
@@ -36,7 +35,7 @@ To change your pricing tier commitment, select one of the other tiers on the pri
 
 To learn more about how to monitor your costs, see [Manage and monitor costs for Microsoft Sentinel](billing-monitor-costs.md).
 
-For workspaces still using classic pricing tiers, the Microsoft Sentinel pricing tiers don't include Log Analytics charges. For more information, see [Understand the full billing model for Microsoft Sentinel](billing.md#understand-the-full-billing-model-for-microsoft-sentinel).
+For workspaces still using classic pricing tiers, the Microsoft Sentinel pricing tiers don't include Log Analytics charges. For more information, see [Simplified pricing tiers](billing.md#simplified-pricing-tiers).
 
 ## Buy a pre-purchase plan