ExposureGraphNodes

Applies to:

• Microsoft Defender XDR
• Microsoft Security Exposure Management (public preview)

Important

Some information relates to prereleased product which may be substantially modified before it's commercially released. Microsoft makes no warranties, express or implied, with respect to the information provided here.

The ExposureGraphNodes table in the advanced hunting schema contains organizational entities and their properties. These include entities like devices, identities, user groups, and cloud assets such as virtual machines (VMs), storage, and containers. Each node corresponds to an individual entity and encapsulates information about its characteristics, attributes, and security related insights within the organizational structure. Use this reference to construct queries that return information from this table.

For information on other tables in the advanced hunting schema, see the advanced hunting reference.

Column name	Data type	Description
NodeId	string	Unique node identifier
NodeLabel	string	Node label
NodeName	string	Node display name
Categories	dynamic	Categories of the node in JSON format
NodeProperties	dynamic	Properties of the node, including insights related to the resource, such as whether the resource is exposed to the internet, or vulnerable to remote code execution. Values are JSON formatted raw data (unstructured).
EntityIds	dynamic	All known node identifiers in JSON format

Related articles

• Advanced hunting overview
• Learn the query language
• Use shared queries
• Query the enterprise exposure graph
• Understand the schema
• Apply query best practices

Tip

Do you want to learn more? Engage with the Microsoft Security community in our Tech Community: Microsoft Defender XDR Tech Community.