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Note

If you are a US Government customer, please use the URIs listed in Microsoft Defender for Endpoint for US Government customers.

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Retrieve a list of device references that has this software installed.

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 Software.Read.All 'Read Threat and Vulnerability Management Software information'
Delegated (work or school account) Software.Read 'Read Threat and Vulnerability Management Software information'

HTTP request

GET /api/Software/{Id}/machineReferences

Request headers

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

Request body

Empty

Response

If successful, this method returns 200 OK and a list of devices with the software installed in the body.

Example

Request example

Here is an example of the request.

GET https://api.securitycenter.microsoft.com/api/Software/microsoft-_-edge/machineReferences

Response example

Here is an example of the response.


{
    "@odata.context": "https://api.securitycenter.microsoft.com/api/$metadata#MachineReferences",
    "value": [
        {
            "id": "7c7e1896fa39efb0a32a2cf421d837af1b9bf762",
            "computerDnsName": "dave_desktop",
            "osPlatform": "Windows10" "Windows11",
            "rbacGroupName": "GroupTwo"
        },
        {
            "id": "7d5cc2e7c305e4a0a290392abf6707f9888fda0d",
            "computerDnsName": "jane_PC",
            "osPlatform": "Windows10" "Windows11",
            "rbacGroupName": "GroupTwo"
        }
        ...
    ]
}

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