Microsoft Defender

Microsoft Defender Alerts API

Manage security alerts generated by Microsoft Defender for Endpoint. Alerts represent detected threats, suspicious activities, and security events on endpoints.

GitHub OpenAPI
Business capability
Threat Detection & Response Management BC-620.30

Operations 19

GET /alerts Microsoft Defender List alerts #
GET /alerts/{alertId} Microsoft Defender Get alert by ID #
PATCH /alerts/{alertId} Microsoft Defender Update alert #
GET /machines/{machineId}/alerts Microsoft Defender List alerts for a machine #
GET /subscriptions/{subscriptionId}/providers/Microsoft.Security/alerts Alerts list #
GET /subscriptions/{subscriptionId}/providers/Microsoft.Security/locations/{ascLocation}/alerts Alerts list subscription level by region #
GET /subscriptions/{subscriptionId}/providers/Microsoft.Security/locations/{ascLocation}/alerts/{alertName} Alerts get subscription level #
POST /subscriptions/{subscriptionId}/providers/Microsoft.Security/locations/{ascLocation}/alerts/{alertName}/activate Alerts update subscription level state to activate #
POST /subscriptions/{subscriptionId}/providers/Microsoft.Security/locations/{ascLocation}/alerts/{alertName}/dismiss Alerts update subscription level state to dismiss #
POST /subscriptions/{subscriptionId}/providers/Microsoft.Security/locations/{ascLocation}/alerts/{alertName}/inProgress Alerts update subscription level state to in progress #
POST /subscriptions/{subscriptionId}/providers/Microsoft.Security/locations/{ascLocation}/alerts/{alertName}/resolve Alerts update subscription level state to resolve #
POST /subscriptions/{subscriptionId}/providers/Microsoft.Security/locations/{ascLocation}/alerts/default/simulate Alerts simulate #
GET /subscriptions/{subscriptionId}/resourceGroups/{resourceGroupName}/providers/Microsoft.Security/alerts Alerts list by resource group #
GET /subscriptions/{subscriptionId}/resourceGroups/{resourceGroupName}/providers/Microsoft.Security/locations/{ascLocation}/alerts Alerts list resource group level by region #
GET /subscriptions/{subscriptionId}/resourceGroups/{resourceGroupName}/providers/Microsoft.Security/locations/{ascLocation}/alerts/{alertName} Alerts get resource group level #
POST /subscriptions/{subscriptionId}/resourceGroups/{resourceGroupName}/providers/Microsoft.Security/locations/{ascLocation}/alerts/{alertName}/activate Alerts update resource group level state to activate #
POST /subscriptions/{subscriptionId}/resourceGroups/{resourceGroupName}/providers/Microsoft.Security/locations/{ascLocation}/alerts/{alertName}/dismiss Alerts update resource group level state to dismiss #
POST /subscriptions/{subscriptionId}/resourceGroups/{resourceGroupName}/providers/Microsoft.Security/locations/{ascLocation}/alerts/{alertName}/inProgress Alerts update resource group level state to in progress #
POST /subscriptions/{subscriptionId}/resourceGroups/{resourceGroupName}/providers/Microsoft.Security/locations/{ascLocation}/alerts/{alertName}/resolve Alerts update resource group level state to resolve #

Documentation

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Documentation
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/defender-endpoint/api/apis-intro
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Authentication
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/defender-endpoint/api/exposed-apis-create-app-webapp
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APIReference
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/defender-endpoint/api/exposed-apis-list
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Documentation
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/api/resources/security-api-overview

Specifications

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

Code Examples

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CodeExamples
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/api/resources/security-api-overview#common-use-cases

Schemas & Data

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JSONSchema
https://artifacts.apis.io/microsoft-defender/json-schema/microsoft-defender-alert-schema.json

Other Resources

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JSONLD
https://artifacts.apis.io/microsoft-defender/json-ld/microsoft-defender-context.jsonld
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ReleaseNotes
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/defender-endpoint/api/api-release-notes
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Management APIs
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/defender-endpoint/api/management-apis
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Alerts API
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/defender-endpoint/api/get-alerts
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Vulnerabilities API
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/defender-endpoint/api/get-all-vulnerabilities
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Security Recommendations API
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/defender-endpoint/api/get-security-recommendations
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SDKs
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/sdks/sdks-overview

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OpenAPI Specification

microsoft-defender-alerts-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑ 
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Microsoft Defender Alerts API
  x-refined-note:
  - x-api-id differs across the merged source definitions and was not carried
  - x-source-repo differs across the merged source definitions and was not carried
  version: '1.0'
  description: 'Operations tagged Alerts across 2 of this provider''s published API definitions: microsoft-defender-for-endpoint-api-openapi.yml, microsoft-defender-for-cloud-openapi.yml. Each path carries the servers of the definition it was published in.'
servers:
- url: https://api.security.microsoft.com/api
  description: Global production endpoint
- url: https://us.api.security.microsoft.com/api
  description: United States regional endpoint
- url: https://eu.api.security.microsoft.com/api
  description: Europe regional endpoint
- url: https://uk.api.security.microsoft.com/api
  description: United Kingdom regional endpoint
- url: https://au.api.security.microsoft.com/api
  description: Australia regional endpoint
- url: https://management.azure.com
tags:


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# Full source: https://artifacts.apis.io/microsoft-defender/openapi/microsoft-defender-alerts-api-openapi.yml