Microsoft Defender

Microsoft Defender Operations API

The Operations API from Microsoft Defender — 1 operation(s) for operations.

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Operations 1

GET /providers/Microsoft.Security/operations Operations list #

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OpenAPI Specification

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: Operations
paths:
  /providers/Microsoft.Security/operations:
    get:
      x-ms-examples:
        List the operations for the Microsoft.Security (Microsoft Defender for Cloud) resource provider:
          $ref: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Azure/azure-rest-api-specs/main/specification/security/resource-manager/Microsoft.Security/Security/stable/2025-06-01/examples/Operations/ListOperations_example.json
      tags:
      - Operations
      description: Exposes all available operations for discovery purposes.
      operationId: Operations_List
      parameters:
      - $ref: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Azure/azure-rest-api-specs/main/specification/common-types/resource-management/v6/types.json#/parameters/ApiVersionParameter
      responses:
        '200':
          description: OK
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Azure/azure-rest-api-specs/main/specification/common-types/resource-management/v6/types.json#/definitions/OperationListResult
        default:
          description: Error response describing why the operation failed.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Azure/azure-rest-api-specs/main/specification/common-types/resource-management/v6/types.json#/definitions/ErrorResponse
      x-ms-pageable:
        nextLinkName: nextLink
      x-source: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Azure/azure-rest-api-specs/main/specification/security/resource-manager/Microsoft.Security/Security/stable/2025-06-01/operations.json
      summary: Operations list
      x-summary-source: derived
components:
  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.