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Get alert related machine information API

API description

Retrieves Device related to a specific alert.

Limitations

  • You can query on alerts last updated according to your configured retention period.
  • Rate limitations for this API are 100 calls per minute and 1500 calls per hour.

Permissions

When obtaining a token using user credentials:

  • The user needs to have at least the following role permission: 'View Data'. For more information, see Create and manage roles.

  • The user needs to have access to the device associated with the alert, based on device group settings. For more information, see Create and manage device groups.

One of the following permissions is required to call this API. To learn more, including how to choose permissions, see Use Microsoft Defender for Endpoint APIs

Permission type Permission Permission display name
Application Machine.Read.All 'Read all machine information'
Application Machine.ReadWrite.All 'Read and write all machine information'
Delegated (work or school account) Machine.Read 'Read machine information'
Delegated (work or school account) Machine.ReadWrite 'Read and write machine information'

HTTP request

GET /api/alerts/{id}/machine

Request headers

Name Type Description
Authorization String Bearer {token}. Required.

Request body

Empty

Response

If successful and alert and device exist - 200 OK. If alert not found or device not found - 404 Not Found.

Example

Request example

Here's an example of the request.

GET https://api.security.microsoft.com/api/alerts/636688558380765161_2136280442/machine

Response example

Here's an example of the response.

{
    "id": "1e5bc9d7e413ddd7902c2932e418702b84d0cc07",
    "computerDnsName": "mymachine1.contoso.com",
    "firstSeen": "2018-08-02T14:55:03.7791856Z",
    "lastSeen": "2021-01-25T07:27:36.052313Z",
    "osPlatform": "Windows10" "Windows11",
    "osProcessor": "x64",
    "version": "1901",
    "lastIpAddress": "10.166.113.46",
    "lastExternalIpAddress": "167.220.203.175",
    "osBuild": 19042,
    "healthStatus": "Active",
    "deviceValue": "Normal",
    "rbacGroupName": "The-A-Team",
    "riskScore": "Low",
    "exposureLevel": "Low",
    "aadDeviceId": "fd2e4d29-7072-4195-aaa5-1af139b78028",
    "machineTags": [
        "Tag1",
        "Tag2"
    ],
    "ipAddresses": [
        {
            "ipAddress": "10.166.113.47",
            "macAddress": "8CEC4B897E73",
            "operationalStatus": "Up"
        },
        {
            "ipAddress": "2a01:110:68:4:59e4:3916:3b3e:4f96",
            "macAddress": "8CEC4B897E73",
            "operationalStatus": "Up"
        }
    ]
}