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VMware ESXi - New VM started

Description

'Detects when new VM was started.'
Rule type
Scheduled
Version
1.0.2
Declared status
Available
Query frequency
1h
Query period
1h
Trigger
gt 0

Declared MITRE coverage

Declared sources

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

Connectors

KQL query

Original query, unchanged.

let a_vm = 
VMwareESXi
| where SyslogMessage has ('VmPoweredOnEvent')
| extend DstHostname = extract(@'\[\d+\]\s+\[(.*?)\s+on', 1, SyslogMessage)
| summarize vm_l = makeset(DstHostname)
| extend k=1;
VMwareESXi
| where SyslogMessage has ('VmPoweredOnEvent')
| extend DstHostname = extract(@'\[\d+\]\s+\[(.*?)\s+on', 1, SyslogMessage)
| extend k = 1
| join (a_vm) on k
| where vm_l !has DstHostname
| extend HostCustomEntity = DstHostname

Declared entities

Host

Related content

Links established from declared identifiers and solution manifests.

Source provenance

GitHub

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

Source identifier
0f4a80de-344f-47c0-bc19-cb120c59b6f0
Additional source files 2Solutions/VMWareESXi/Analytic Rules/ESXiNewVM.yamlsource ↗Solutions/VMWareESXi/Data/Solution_VMWareESXi.jsonsolution-membership ↗
GSTEP / CATALOG TRACKING

Added to catalog : 16 Sept 2026 · 05:49 UTC
Last change observed : 16 Sept 2026 · 05:49 UTC

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