Quickstart: Access Microsoft Entra logs with the Microsoft Graph API

With the information in the Microsoft Entra sign-in logs, you can figure out what happened if a sign-in of a user failed. This quickstart shows you how to access the sign-in log using the Microsoft Graph API.

Prerequisites

To complete the scenario in this quickstart, you need:

• Access to a Microsoft Entra tenant: If you don't have access to a Microsoft Entra tenant, see Create your Azure free account today.
• A test account called Isabella Simonsen: If you don't know how to create a test account, see Add cloud-based users.
• Access to the Microsoft Graph API: If you haven't configured access yet, see How to configure the prerequisites for the reporting API.

Perform a failed sign-in

Tip

Steps in this article may vary slightly based on the portal you start from.

The goal of this step is to create a record of a failed sign-in in the Microsoft Entra sign-in log.

1. Sign in to the Microsoft Entra admin center as Isabella Simonsen using an incorrect password.

2. Wait for 5 minutes to ensure that you can find a record of the sign-in in the sign-in log.

Find the failed sign-in

This section provides the steps to locate the failed sign-in attempt using the Microsoft Graph API.

1. Navigate to Microsoft Graph Explorer.

2. Follow the prompts to authenticate into your tenant.

   

3. In the HTTP verb drop-down list, select GET.

4. In the API version drop-down list, select beta.

5. In the Request query address bar, type https://graph.microsoft.com/beta/auditLogs/signIns?$top=100&$filter=userDisplayName eq 'Isabella Simonsen'

6. Select Run query.

Review the outcome of your query.

Clean up resources

When no longer needed, delete the test user. If you don't know how to delete a Microsoft Entra user, see Delete users from Microsoft Entra ID.

Next steps

Integrate Microsoft Entra activity logs with Azure Monitor logs