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Microsoft Defender for Identity

Description

Connect Microsoft Defender for Identity to gain visibility into the events and user analytics. Microsoft Defender for Identity identifies, detects, and helps you investigate advanced threats, compromised identities, and malicious insider actions directed at your organization. Microsoft Defender for Identity enables SecOp analysts and security professionals struggling to detect advanced attacks in hybrid environments to: - Monitor users, entity behavior, and activities with learning-based analytics​ - Protect user identities and credentials stored in Active Directory - Identify and investigate suspicious user activities and advanced attacks throughout the kill chain - Provide clear incident information on a simple timeline for fast triage [Try now >](https://aka.ms/AtpTryNow) [Deploy now >](https://aka.ms/AzureATP_Deploy) For more information, see the [Microsoft Sentinel documentation >](https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/p/?linkid=2220069&wt.mc_id=sentinel_dataconnectordocs_content_cnl_csasci).
Declared status
2
Declared author / publisher
Microsoft

Declared sources

Metadata from the source file. No dependencies inferred from KQL.

Data types

Declared permissions

read and write permissions.
Workspace
Workspace

Connector instructions

Content published in the repository. Refer to the original file for all parameters.

Connect Microsoft Defender for Identity to Microsoft Sentinel
If your tenant is running [Microsoft Defender for Identity](https://aka.ms/Sentinel/MDI/Preview) in Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps, connect here to stream your Microsoft Defender for Identity alerts into Microsoft Sentinel > In order to integrate with Microsoft Defender for Identity alerts, use **global administrator**, or **security administrator** permission.
Microsoft Defender for Identity

Related content

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Source provenance

GitHub

Displayed values come from files in Azure/Azure-Sentinel. They describe the published template, not your workspace configuration.

Source identifier
AzureAdvancedThreatProtection
Additional source files 2Solutions/Microsoft Defender For Identity/Data Connectors/MicrosoftDefenderforIdentity.JSONsource ↗Solutions/Microsoft Defender For Identity/Data/Solution_MicrosoftDefenderforIdentity.jsonsolution-membership ↗
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Added to catalog : 16 Sept 2026 · 05:49 UTC
Last change observed : 16 Sept 2026 · 05:49 UTC

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