Deployment services to help Microsoft 365 E5, E7 and Microsoft Defender Suite customers build the foundation for an agentic SOC
NEW YORK, Sept. 23, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — BlueVoyant, a leading cybersecurity company, today announced its Microsoft Defender XDR ISOC Deployment Service, one of the first deployment solutions in the market built to help enterprises adopt the newly announced Integrated Security Operations Center (ISOC) in Microsoft Defender. ISOC in Microsoft Defender brings security information and event management (SIEM) and extended detection and response (XDR) together in the Defender portal, providing a shared foundation of signals, context and controls for security teams and AI agents.
“The pattern we see most often is a gap between the security technology customers own and what they can actually put to work,” said Micah Heaton, Executive Director, Microsoft Product and Innovation Strategy at BlueVoyant. “ISOC helps close that gap by bringing security data, context and response workflows together in Microsoft Defender. The economics matter too. Cost pressure should not decide which evidence an analyst gets to see. Our role is to help customers assess readiness, activate the capabilities that matter and put them to work through deployment and managed services. That gives customers a practical foundation for adopting agents with the right context and controls.”
Preparing Customers for the Agentic Era of Security Operations
Built on BlueVoyant’s long-standing expertise as a premier Microsoft Security partner, the new Microsoft Defender XDR ISOC Deployment Service expands BlueVoyant’s solution to cover the full scope of ISOC readiness.
Customers and prospects can begin with BlueVoyant’s ISOC Readiness Assessment, which is a no-cost engagement to prepare for ISOC deployment. The program provides a starting point to discuss the organization’s environment and prepare for scoped ISOC deployment support, which includes:
- Defender deployment and configuration across Endpoint, Identity, Office 365, Cloud Apps and Entra ID Identity Protection
- Walkthroughs of ISOC custom detections, workbooks, automation, and user and entity behavior analytics (UEBA)
- Use-case engineering to develop and refine detection rules, workbooks and automations
BlueVoyant’s depth across the full Microsoft security stack – Microsoft Sentinel, Microsoft Defender, Microsoft Entra and Microsoft Purview – positions the company to guide customers through every phase of Microsoft’s rollout.
“ISOC in Microsoft Defender represents an important evolution in how organizations defend against modern threats,” said Naseem Tuffaha, Corporate Vice President, Customer Value Creation at Microsoft. “Our security partners like BlueVoyant play a critical role in helping customers bring these capabilities together, operationalize them in their environments, and turn Microsoft’s security innovation into meaningful outcomes. ISOC is built for agentic security, and the combination of technology and operational experience will be essential to helping customers realize its full value.”
“We’re proud to be one of the first Microsoft partners to help customers deploy Microsoft’s new integrated security operations center,” said John Hernandez, CEO at BlueVoyant. “ISOC gives customers an opportunity to improve how they run security operations and prepare for teams and AI agents to work from shared data and context. Customers need a practical path from deployment to day-to-day operations, which is exactly where BlueVoyant’s expertise comes in – we don’t just help stand it up, we help run it.”
Availability
BlueVoyant’s Microsoft Defender XDR ISOC Deployment Service is available now, with implementation aligned to customer eligibility, agreed scope and Microsoft’s phased rollout.
Current customers and prospects can request the no-cost ISOC Readiness Assessment Security Diagnostic here or register for an upcoming webinar, Defend Like a Pro on September 29 at 2 P.M. ET, to learn more about preparing for ISOC in Microsoft Defender.
About BlueVoyant
BlueVoyant defends organizations against cyber threats across any attack surface. BlueVoyant AI, our Agentic SecOps Platform, pairs a decade of frontline expertise with intelligent automation to help security teams detect, investigate and respond faster and more consistently. Our integrated capabilities span Managed Detection and Response (MDR), Third-Party Risk Management (TPRM) and Digital Risk Protection (DRP). A premier Microsoft Security partner, BlueVoyant supports more than 2,500 customer deployments in Microsoft-native environments worldwide. Learn more at bluevoyant.com.
BlueVoyant Press Contact:
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