List software by recommendation

Applies to:

• Microsoft Defender for Endpoint Plan 2

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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.

Tip

For better performance, you can use server closer to your geo location:

• api-us.securitycenter.microsoft.com
• api-eu.securitycenter.microsoft.com
• api-uk.securitycenter.microsoft.com
• api-au.securitycenter.microsoft.com

Important

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Retrieves a security recommendation related to a specific software.

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)	SecurityRecommendation.Read	'Read Threat and Vulnerability Management security recommendation information'

HTTP request

GET /api/recommendations/{id}/software

Request headers

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

Request body

Empty

Response

If successful, this method returns 200 OK with the software associated with the security recommendations in the body.

Example

Request example

Here is an example of the request.

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

Response example

Here is an example of the response.

{
    "@odata.context": "https://api.securitycenter.microsoft.com/api/$metadata#Analytics.Contracts.PublicAPI.PublicProductDto",
    "id": "google-_-chrome",
    "name": "chrome",
    "vendor": "google",
    "weaknesses": 38,
    "publicExploit": false,
    "activeAlert": false,
    "exposedMachines": 5,
    "impactScore": 3.94418621
}

Related topics

• Microsoft Defender Vulnerability Management
• Defender Vulnerability Management security recommendation

Tip

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