List alerts

Namespace: microsoft.graph

Important

APIs under the /beta version in Microsoft Graph are subject to change. Use of these APIs in production applications is not supported. To determine whether an API is available in v1.0, use the Version selector.

Get a list of the unifiedRoleManagementAlert objects and their properties.

This API is available in the following national cloud deployments.

Global service US Government L4 US Government L5 (DOD) China operated by 21Vianet

Permissions

Choose the permission or permissions marked as least privileged for this API. Use a higher privileged permission or permissions only if your app requires it. For details about delegated and application permissions, see Permission types. To learn more about these permissions, see the permissions reference.

Permission type Least privileged permissions Higher privileged permissions
Delegated (work or school account) RoleManagementAlert.Read.Directory RoleManagementAlert.ReadWrite.Directory
Delegated (personal Microsoft account) Not supported. Not supported.
Application RoleManagementAlert.Read.Directory RoleManagementAlert.ReadWrite.Directory

In delegated scenarios with work or school accounts, the signed-in user must be assigned a supported Microsoft Entra role or a custom role with a supported role permission. The following least privileged roles are supported for this operation.

  • Privileged Role Administrator
  • Global Reader
  • Security Administrator
  • Security Reader

HTTP request

GET /identityGovernance/roleManagementAlerts/alerts?$filter=scopeId eq 'scopeId' and scopeType eq 'scopeType'

Optional query parameters

This method supports the $select, $filter, and $expand OData query parameters to help customize the response. For general information, see OData query parameters.

Request headers

Name Description
Authorization Bearer {token}. Required. Learn more about authentication and authorization.

Request body

Don't supply a request body for this method.

Response

If successful, this method returns a 200 OK response code and a collection of unifiedRoleManagementAlert objects in the response body.

Examples

Example 1: Get all alerts and expand the relationships

Request

The following example shows a request.

GET https://graph.microsoft.com/beta/identityGovernance/roleManagementAlerts/alerts?$filter=scopeId eq '/' and scopeType eq 'DirectoryRole'&$expand=alertDefinition,alertConfiguration,alertIncidents

Response

The following example shows the response.

Note: The response object shown here might be shortened for readability.

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type: application/json

{
    "@odata.context": "https://graph.microsoft.com/beta/$metadata#identityGovernance/roleManagementAlerts/alerts(alertDefinition(),alertConfiguration(),alertIncidents())",
    "value": [
        {
            "id": "DirectoryRole_19356be4-7e93-4ed6-a7c6-0ae28454d125_TooManyGlobalAdminsAssignedToTenantAlert",
            "alertDefinitionId": "DirectoryRole_19356be4-7e93-4ed6-a7c6-0ae28454d125_TooManyGlobalAdminsAssignedToTenantAlert",
            "scopeId": "/",
            "scopeType": "DirectoryRole",
            "incidentCount": 2,
            "isActive": true,
            "lastModifiedDateTime": "2023-05-27T19:16:09.643Z",
            "lastScannedDateTime": "2023-06-11T23:01:35.21Z",
            "alertDefinition": {
                "id": "DirectoryRole_19356be4-7e93-4ed6-a7c6-0ae28454d125_TooManyGlobalAdminsAssignedToTenantAlert",
                "displayName": "There are too many global administrators",
                "scopeType": "DirectoryRole",
                "scopeId": "/",
                "description": "The percentage of global administrators is high, relative to other privileged roles. It is recommended to use least privileged roles, with just enough privileges to perform the required tasks.",
                "severityLevel": "low",
                "securityImpact": "Global administrator is the highest privileged role. If a Global Administrator is compromised, the attacker gains access to all of their permissions, which puts your whole system at risk.",
                "mitigationSteps": "·Review the users in the list and remove any that do not absolutely need the Global Administrator role.·Assign lower privileged roles to these users instead.",
                "howToPrevent": "Assign users the least privileged role they need.",
                "isRemediatable": true,
                "isConfigurable": true
            },
            "alertConfiguration": {
                "@odata.type": "#microsoft.graph.tooManyGlobalAdminsAssignedToTenantAlertConfiguration",
                "id": "DirectoryRole_19356be4-7e93-4ed6-a7c6-0ae28454d125_TooManyGlobalAdminsAssignedToTenantAlert",
                "alertDefinitionId": "DirectoryRole_19356be4-7e93-4ed6-a7c6-0ae28454d125_TooManyGlobalAdminsAssignedToTenantAlert",
                "scopeType": "DirectoryRole",
                "scopeId": "/",
                "isEnabled": true,
                "globalAdminCountThreshold": 2,
                "percentageOfGlobalAdminsOutOfRolesThreshold": 4
            },
            "alertIncidents@odata.context": "https://graph.microsoft.com/beta/$metadata#identityGovernance/roleManagementAlerts/alerts('DirectoryRole_19356be4-7e93-4ed6-a7c6-0ae28454d125_TooManyGlobalAdminsAssignedToTenantAlert')/alertIncidents",
            "alertIncidents": [
                {
                    "@odata.type": "#microsoft.graph.tooManyGlobalAdminsAssignedToTenantAlertIncident",
                    "id": "f5417b06-cdae-417f-9589-a334104206cf",
                    "assigneeId": "f5417b06-cdae-417f-9589-a334104206cf",
                    "assigneeDisplayName": "testUser1",
                    "assigneeUserPrincipalName": "testuser1@contoso.com"
                },
                {
                    "@odata.type": "#microsoft.graph.tooManyGlobalAdminsAssignedToTenantAlertIncident",
                    "id": "861e0b20-1e9f-4ca9-bcd1-ddc22c5d7320",
                    "assigneeId": "861e0b20-1e9f-4ca9-bcd1-ddc22c5d7320",
                    "assigneeDisplayName": "testUser2",
                    "assigneeUserPrincipalName": "testuser2@contoso.com"
                }
            ]
        }
    ]
}

Example 2: Get all alerts where the alert configuration is disabled and expand all the relationships

Request

GET https://graph.microsoft.com/beta/identityGovernance/roleManagementAlerts/alerts?$filter=scopeId eq '/' and scopeType eq 'DirectoryRole' and alertConfiguration/isEnabled eq false&$expand=*

Response

{
    "@odata.context": "https://graph.microsoft.com/beta/$metadata#identityGovernance/roleManagementAlerts/alerts(alertConfiguration(),alertDefinition(),alertIncidents())",
    "value": [
        {
            "id": "DirectoryRole_38d49456-54d4-455d-a8d6-c383c71e0a6d_SequentialActivationRenewalsAlert",
            "alertDefinitionId": "DirectoryRole_38d49456-54d4-455d-a8d6-c383c71e0a6d_SequentialActivationRenewalsAlert",
            "scopeId": "/",
            "scopeType": "DirectoryRole",
            "incidentCount": 0,
            "isActive": false,
            "lastModifiedDateTime": "0001-01-01T08:00:00Z",
            "lastScannedDateTime": "2023-06-19T16:30:55.887Z",
            "alertConfiguration": {
                "@odata.type": "#microsoft.graph.sequentialActivationRenewalsAlertConfiguration",
                "id": "DirectoryRole_38d49456-54d4-455d-a8d6-c383c71e0a6d_SequentialActivationRenewalsAlert",
                "alertDefinitionId": "DirectoryRole_38d49456-54d4-455d-a8d6-c383c71e0a6d_SequentialActivationRenewalsAlert",
                "scopeType": "DirectoryRole",
                "scopeId": "/",
                "isEnabled": false,
                "timeIntervalBetweenActivations": "PT10S",
                "sequentialActivationCounterThreshold": 3
            },
            "alertDefinition": {
                "id": "DirectoryRole_38d49456-54d4-455d-a8d6-c383c71e0a6d_SequentialActivationRenewalsAlert",
                "displayName": "Roles are being activated too frequently",
                "scopeType": "DirectoryRole",
                "scopeId": "/",
                "description": "{0} multiple activations for a privileged role were made by the same user",
                "severityLevel": "medium",
                "securityImpact": "Multiple activations to the same privileged role by the same user is a sign of an attack.",
                "mitigationSteps": "Review the users in the list and ensure that the activation duration for their privileged role is set long enough for them to perform their tasks.",
                "howToPrevent": "·Ensure that the activation duration for privileged roles is set long enough for users to perform their tasks.·Require multi-factor authentication for privileged roles that have accounts shared by multiple administrators.",
                "isRemediatable": false,
                "isConfigurable": true
            },
            "alertIncidents@odata.context": "https://graph.microsoft.com/beta/$metadata#identityGovernance/roleManagementAlerts/alerts('DirectoryRole_38d49456-54d4-455d-a8d6-c383c71e0a6d_SequentialActivationRenewalsAlert')/alertIncidents",
            "alertIncidents": []
        }
    ]
}