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List devices by recommendation

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Retrieves a list of devices associated with the security recommendation.

Permissions

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 for details.

Permission type Permission Permission display name
Application SecurityRecommendation.Read.All 'Read Threat and Vulnerability Management security recommendation information'
Delegated (work or school account) SecurityRecommendation.Read 'Read Threat and Vulnerability Management security recommendation information'

HTTP request

GET /api/recommendations/{id}/machineReferences

Request headers

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

Request body

Empty

Response

If successful, this method returns 200 OK with the list of devices associated with the security recommendation.

Example

Request example

Here is an example of the request.

GET https://api.securitycenter.microsoft.com/api/recommendations/va-_-google-_-chrome/machineReferences

Response example

Here is an example of the response.

{
    "@odata.context": "https://api.securitycenter.microsoft.com/api/$metadata#MachineReferences",
    "value": [
        {
            "id": "e058770379bc199a9c179ce52a23e16fd44fd2ee",
            "computerDnsName": "niw_pc",
            "osPlatform": "Windows10" "Windows11",
            "rbacGroupName": "GroupTwo"
        }
        ...
    ]
}

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