# Microsoft Defender for Cloud REST API

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/microsoft-defender-for-cloud/rest-api/  
**Provider:** Microsoft Defender for Cloud — https://apis.io/providers/microsoft-defender-for-cloud/  
**Base URL:** https://management.azure.com  
**Documentation:** https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/defenderforcloud/

Microsoft Defender for Cloud REST API is one of 5 APIs that [Microsoft Defender for Cloud](https://apis.io/providers/microsoft-defender-for-cloud/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network. Tagged areas include Cloud Security, CSPM, CWPP, Azure Resource Manager, and Threat Protection. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes API documentation.

Azure Resource Manager REST API for managing Defender for Cloud assessments, alerts, recommendations, secure score, regulatory compliance, pricing/plans, security contacts, and connectors for multi-cloud environments. Authentication is via Azure AD OAuth 2.0 bearer tokens against the management.azure.com endpoint with api-version query parameters.

## Machine-readable artifacts (5)

- **Documentation** — https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/defenderforcloud/
- **Operation Groups** — https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/defenderforcloud-composite/operation-groups
- **OpenAPI Specifications** — https://github.com/Azure/azure-rest-api-specs/tree/main/specification/security
- **Azure SDK** — https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/developer/
- **APIsJSON** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/microsoft-defender-for-cloud/refs/heads/main/apis.yml

## Other Microsoft Defender for Cloud APIs (4)

- [Microsoft Defender for Cloud Alerts API](https://apis.io/apis/microsoft-defender-for-cloud/microsoft-defender-for-cloud-alerts-api/)
- [Microsoft Defender for Cloud Assessments API](https://apis.io/apis/microsoft-defender-for-cloud/microsoft-defender-for-cloud-assessments-api/)
- [Microsoft Defender for Cloud Pricings API](https://apis.io/apis/microsoft-defender-for-cloud/microsoft-defender-for-cloud-pricings-api/)
- [Microsoft Defender for Cloud SecureScores API](https://apis.io/apis/microsoft-defender-for-cloud/microsoft-defender-for-cloud-securescores-api/)

## Tags

Cloud Security, CSPM, CWPP, Azure Resource Manager, Threat Protection

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