Microsoft Defender

Microsoft Defender Advanced Threat Protection API

The AdvancedThreatProtection API from Microsoft Defender — 1 operation(s) for advancedthreatprotection.

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Operations 2

GET /{resourceId}/providers/Microsoft.Security/advancedThreatProtectionSettings/{settingName} Advanced threat protection get #
PUT /{resourceId}/providers/Microsoft.Security/advancedThreatProtectionSettings/{settingName} Advanced threat protection create #

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https://artifacts.apis.io/microsoft-defender/openapi/microsoft-defender-advancedthreatprotection-api-openapi.yml

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OpenAPI Specification

microsoft-defender-advancedthreatprotection-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑ 
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Microsoft Defender for Cloud REST API (Microsoft.Security)…
  version: stable-composite
  description: Composite of the latest stable Microsoft.Security resource-manager swagger files published by Microsoft in Azure/azure-rest-api-specs. Each path keeps its own api-version via x-source.
  x-source-repo: https://github.com/Azure/azure-rest-api-specs/tree/main/specification/security/resource-manager/Microsoft.Security/Security
servers:
- url: https://management.azure.com
security:
- azure_auth:
  - user_impersonation
tags:
- name: AdvancedThreatProtection
paths:
  /{resourceId}/providers/Microsoft.Security/advancedThreatProtectionSettings/{settingName}:
    get:
      operationId: AdvancedThreatProtection_Get
      tags:
      - AdvancedThreatProtection
      description: Gets the Advanced Threat Protection settings for the specified resource.
      parameters:
      - $ref: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Azure/azure-rest-api-specs/main/specification/common-types/resource-management/v5/types.json#/parameters/ApiVersionParameter
      - name: resourceId
        in: path
        description: The fully qualified Azure Resource manager identifier of the resource.
        required: true
        x-ms-skip-url-encoding: true
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: settingName
        in: path
        description: Advanced Threat Protection setting name.
        required: true
        x-ms-enum:
          name: AdvancedThreatProtectionSettingName
          modelAsString: false
        schema:
          type: string
          enum:
          - current
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Azure operation completed successfully.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/AdvancedThreatProtectionSetting'
        default:
          description: An unexpected error response.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Common.CloudError'
      x-ms-examples:
        Gets the Advanced Threat Protection settings for the specified resource.:
          $ref: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Azure/azure-rest-api-specs/main/specification/security/resource-manager/Microsoft.Security/Security/stable/2019-01-01/examples/AdvancedThreatProtection/GetAdvancedThreatProtectionSettings_example.json
      x-source: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Azure/azure-rest-api-specs/main/specification/security/resource-manager/Microsoft.Security/Security/stable/2019-01-01/advancedThreatProtectionSettings.json
      summary: Advanced threat protection get
      x-summary-source: derived
    put:
      operationId: AdvancedThreatProtection_Create
      tags:
      - AdvancedThreatProtection
      description: Creates or updates the Advanced Threat Protection settings on a specified resource.
      parameters:
      - $ref: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Azure/azure-rest-api-specs/main/specification/common-types/resource-management/v5/types.json#/parameters/ApiVersionParameter
      - name: resourceId
        in: path
        description: The fully qualified Azure Resource manager identifier of the resource.
        required: true
        x-ms-skip-url-encoding: true
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: settingName
        in: path
        description: Advanced Threat Protection setting name.
        required: true
        x-ms-enum:
          name: AdvancedThreatProtectionSettingName
          modelAsString: false
        schema:
          type: string
          enum:
          - current
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Azure operation completed successfully.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/AdvancedThreatProtectionSetting'
        default:
          description: An unexpected error response.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Common.CloudError'
      x-ms-examples:
        Creates or updates the Advanced Threat Protection settings on a specified resource.:
          $ref: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Azure/azure-rest-api-specs/main/specification/security/resource-manager/Microsoft.Security/Security/stable/2019-01-01/examples/AdvancedThreatProtection/PutAdvancedThreatProtectionSettings_example.json
      x-source: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Azure/azure-rest-api-specs/main/specification/security/resource-manager/Microsoft.Security/Security/stable/2019-01-01/advancedThreatProtectionSettings.json
      requestBody:
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/AdvancedThreatProtectionSetting'
        description: Advanced Threat Protection Settings
        required: true
      summary: Advanced threat protection create
      x-summary-source: derived
components:
  schemas:
    AdvancedThreatProtectionSetting:
      type: object
      description: The Advanced Threat Protection resource.
      properties:
        properties:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/AdvancedThreatProtectionProperties'
          description: The Advanced Threat Protection settings.
          x-ms-client-flatten: true
      allOf:
      - $ref: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Azure/azure-rest-api-specs/main/specification/common-types/resource-management/v5/types.json#/definitions/ProxyResource
    Common.CloudErrorBody:
      type: object
      description: The error detail.
      properties:
        code:
          type: string
          description: The error code.
          readOnly: true
        message:
          type: string
          description: The error message.
          readOnly: true
        target:
          type: string
          description: The error target.
          readOnly: true
        details:
          type: array
          description: The error details.
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Common.CloudErrorBody'
          readOnly: true
          x-ms-identifiers: []
        additionalInfo:
          type: array
          description: The error additional info.
          items:
            $ref: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Azure/azure-rest-api-specs/main/specification/common-types/resource-management/v5/types.json#/definitions/ErrorAdditionalInfo
          readOnly: true
          x-ms-identifiers: []
      x-ms-external: true
    Common.CloudError:
      type: object
      description: Common error response for all Azure Resource Manager APIs to return error details for failed operations. (This also follows the OData error response format.).
      properties:
        error:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/Common.CloudErrorBody'
          description: The error object.
          x-ms-client-flatten: true
      x-ms-external: true
    AdvancedThreatProtectionProperties:
      type: object
      description: The Advanced Threat Protection settings.
      properties:
        isEnabled:
          type: boolean
          description: Indicates whether Advanced Threat Protection is enabled.
  securitySchemes:
    azure_auth:
      type: oauth2
      flows:
        implicit:
          scopes:
            user_impersonation: impersonate your user account
          authorizationUrl: https://login.microsoftonline.com/common/oauth2/authorize
      description: Azure Active Directory OAuth2 Flow.