Get security recommendations
Applies to:
- Microsoft Defender for Endpoint Plan 1
- Microsoft Defender for Endpoint
- Microsoft Defender Vulnerability Management
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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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Retrieves a collection of security recommendations related to a given device ID.
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
Permission type | Permission | Permission display name |
---|---|---|
Application | SecurityRecommendation.Read.All | 'Read Threat and Vulnerability Management security recommendation information' |
Delegated (work or school account) | SecurityRecommendation.Read | 'Read Threat and Vulnerability Management security recommendation information' |
HTTP request
GET /api/machines/{machineId}/recommendations
Request headers
Name | Type | Description |
---|---|---|
Authorization | String | Bearer {token}. Required. |
Request body
Empty
Response
If successful, this method returns 200 OK with the security recommendations in the body.
Example
Request example
Here is an example of the request.
GET https://api.securitycenter.microsoft.com/api/machines/ac233fa6208e1579620bf44207c4006ed7cc4501/recommendations
Response example
Here is an example of the response.
{
"@odata.context": "https://api.securitycenter.microsoft.com/api/$metadata#Recommendations",
"value": [
{
"id": "va-_-git-scm-_-git",
"productName": "git",
"recommendationName": "Update Git to version 2.24.1.2",
"weaknesses": 3,
"vendor": "git-scm",
"recommendedVersion": "2.24.1.2",
"recommendationCategory": "Application",
"subCategory": "",
"severityScore": 0,
"publicExploit": false,
"activeAlert": false,
"associatedThreats": [],
"remediationType": "Update",
"status": "Active",
"configScoreImpact": 0,
"exposureImpact": 0,
"totalMachineCount": 0,
"exposedMachinesCount": 1,
"nonProductivityImpactedAssets": 0,
"relatedComponent": "Git"
},
...
}
Related topics
- Microsoft Defender Vulnerability Management
- Defender Vulnerability Management security recommendation
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