DeviceFileEvents

This table is part of Microsoft Defender for Endpoints with Azure Sentinel. This table contains file creation, modification, and other file system events.

Table attributes

Attribute	Value
Resource types	-
Categories	Security
Solutions	SecurityInsights
Basic log	No
Ingestion-time transformation	Yes
Sample Queries	-

Columns

Column	Type	Description
ActionType	string	Type of activity that triggered the event.
AdditionalFields	dynamic	Additional information about the entity or event.
AppGuardContainerId	string	Identifier for the virtualized container used by Application Guard to isolate browser activity.
_BilledSize	real	The record size in bytes
DeviceId	string	Unique identifier for the device in the service.
DeviceName	string	Fully qualified domain name (FQDN) of the device.
FileName	string	Name of the file that the recorded action was applied to.
FileOriginIP	string	IP address where the file was downloaded from.
FileOriginReferrerUrl	string	URL of the web page that links to the downloaded file.
FileOriginUrl	string	URL where the file was downloaded from.
FileSize	long	Size of the file in bytes.
FolderPath	string	Folder containing the file that the recorded action was applied to.
InitiatingProcessAccountDomain	string	Domain of the account that ran the process responsible for the event.
InitiatingProcessAccountName	string	User name of the account that ran the process responsible for the event.
InitiatingProcessAccountObjectId	string	Azure AD object ID of the user account that ran the process responsible for the event.
InitiatingProcessAccountSid	string	Security Identifier (SID) of the account that ran the process responsible for the event.
InitiatingProcessAccountUpn	string	User principal name (UPN) of the account that ran the process responsible for the event.
InitiatingProcessCommandLine	string	Command line used to run the process that initiated the event.
InitiatingProcessCreationTime	datetime	Date and time when the process that initiated the event was started.
InitiatingProcessFileName	string	Name of the process that initiated the event.
InitiatingProcessFileSize	long	Size in bytes of the process (image file) that initiated the event.
InitiatingProcessFolderPath	string	Folder containing the process (image file) that initiated the event.
InitiatingProcessId	long	Process ID (PID) of the process that initiated the event.
InitiatingProcessIntegrityLevel	string	Integrity level of the process that initiated the event. Windows assigns integrity levels to processes based on certain characteristics, such as if they were launched from an internet download. These integrity levels influence permissions to resources.
InitiatingProcessMD5	string	MD5 hash of the process (image file) that initiated the event.
InitiatingProcessParentCreationTime	datetime	Date and time when the parent of the process responsible for the event was started.
InitiatingProcessParentFileName	string	Name of the parent process that spawned the process responsible for the event.
InitiatingProcessParentId	long	Process ID (PID) of the parent process that spawned the process responsible for the event.
InitiatingProcessSHA1	string	SHA-1 hash of the process (image file) that initiated the event.
InitiatingProcessSHA256	string	SHA-256 hash of the process (image file) that initiated the event. This field is usually not populated - use the SHA1 column when available.
InitiatingProcessTokenElevation	string	Token type indicating the presence or absence of User Access Control (UAC) privilege elevation applied to the process that initiated the event.
InitiatingProcessVersionInfoCompanyName	string	Company name from the version information of the process (image file) responsible for the event.
InitiatingProcessVersionInfoFileDescription	string	Description from the version information of the process (image file) responsible for the event.
InitiatingProcessVersionInfoInternalFileName	string	Internal file name from the version information of the process (image file) responsible for the event.
InitiatingProcessVersionInfoOriginalFileName	string	Original file name from the version information of the process (image file) responsible for the event.
InitiatingProcessVersionInfoProductName	string	Product name from the version information of the process (image file) responsible for the event.
InitiatingProcessVersionInfoProductVersion	string	Product version from the version information of the process (image file) responsible for the event.
IsAzureInfoProtectionApplied	bool	Indicates whether the file is encrypted by Azure Information Protection.
_IsBillable	string	Specifies whether ingesting the data is billable. When _IsBillable is false ingestion isn't billed to your Azure account
MachineGroup	string	Machine group of the machine. This group is used by role-based access control to determine access to the machine.
MD5	string	MD5 hash of the file that the recorded action was applied to.
PreviousFileName	string	Original name of the file that was renamed as a result of the action.
PreviousFolderPath	string	Original folder containing the file before the recorded action was applied.
ReportId	long	Event identifier based on a repeating counter. To identify unique events, this column must be used in conjunction with the ComputerName and EventTime columns.
RequestAccountDomain	string	Domain of the account used to remotely initiate the activity.
RequestAccountName	string	User name of account used to remotely initiate the activity.
RequestAccountSid	string	Security Identifier (SID) of the account used to remotely initiate the activity.
RequestProtocol	string	Network protocol, if applicable, used to initiate the activity: Unknown, Local, SMB, or NFS.
RequestSourceIP	string	IPv4 or IPv6 address of the remote device that initiated the activity.
RequestSourcePort	int	Source port on the remote device that initiated the activity.
SensitivityLabel	string	Label applied to an email, file, or other content to classify it for information protection.
SensitivitySubLabel	string	Sublabel applied to an email, file, or other content to classify it for information protection; sensitivity sublabels are grouped under sensitivity labels but are treated independently.
SHA1	string	SHA-1 hash of the file that the recorded action was applied to.
SHA256	string	SHA-256 of the file that the recorded action was applied to.
ShareName	string	Name of shared folder containing the file.
SourceSystem	string	The type of agent the event was collected by. For example, OpsManager for Windows agent, either direct connect or Operations Manager, Linux for all Linux agents, or Azure for Azure Diagnostics
TenantId	string	The Log Analytics workspace ID
TimeGenerated	datetime	Date and time the event was recorded by the MDE agent on the endpoint.
Type	string	The name of the table