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Microsoft Entra ID UserAgent OS Missmatch

Description

This query extracts the operating system from the UserAgent header and compares this to the DeviceDetail information present in Microsoft Entra ID.
Rule type
Scheduled
Version
1.0.2
Declared status
Available
Query frequency
1d
Query period
1d
Trigger
gt 0

Declared MITRE coverage

Declared sources

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

Connectors

Data types

KQL query

Original query, unchanged.

let timeframe = 1d;
let ExtractOSFromUA=(ua:string) {
    case(
        ua has "Windows NT 6.0", "Windows Vista/Windows Server 2008",
        ua has "Windows NT 6.1", "Windows 7/Windows Server 2008R2",
        ua has "Windows NT 6.1", "Windows 7/Windows Server 2008",
        ua has "Windows NT 6.2", "Windows 8/Windows Server 2012",
        ua has "Windows NT 6.3", "Windows 8.1/Windows Server 2012R2",
        ua has "Windows NT 10.0", "Windows 10",
        ua has "Windows NT 11.0", "Windows 11",
        ua has "Windows Phone", "WindowsPhone",
        ua has "Android", "Android",
        ua has "iPhone;", "IOS",
        ua has "iPad;", "IOS",
        ua has "Polycom/", "Polycom",
        ua has "Darwin/", "MacOS",
        ua has "Mac OS X", "MacOS",
        ua has "macOS", "MacOS",
        ua has "ubuntu", "Linux",
        ua has "Linux", "Linux",
        ua has "curl", "CLI",
        ua has "python", "CLI",
        "Unknown"
    )
};
// Query to obtain 'simplified' user agents in a given timespan.
union withsource=tbl_name AADNonInteractiveUserSignInLogs, SigninLogs
| where TimeGenerated >= ago(timeframe)
| extend UserAgentOS=tolower(ExtractOSFromUA(UserAgent))
| where not(isempty(UserAgent))
| where not(isempty(AppId))
| where ResultType == 0
| extend DeviceOS=tolower(DeviceDetail_dynamic.operatingSystem)
| where not(isempty(DeviceOS))
| where not(UserAgentOS == "unknown")
// Look for matches both ways, since sometimes the browser OS is more specific and sometimes the DeviceOS is more specific.
| where not(UserAgentOS contains DeviceOS) and not(DeviceOS contains UserAgentOS)
| where not(DeviceOS == "ios" and UserAgentOS == "macos") // This can happen for 'request desktop site'
| where not(DeviceOS == "android" and UserAgentOS == "linux") // Android and Linux sometimes confused
| summarize count(), arg_min(TimeGenerated,*) by DeviceOS, UserAgentOS, UserPrincipalName
// Begin allow-list.
// End allow-list.

Declared entities

Account

Related content

Links established from declared identifiers and solution manifests.

Source provenance

GitHub

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Source identifier
6a638d80-f6b2-473b-9087-3cac78a84b40
Additional source files 2Solutions/FalconFriday/Analytic Rules/AzureADUserAgentOSmissmatch.yamlsource ↗Solutions/FalconFriday/Data/Solution_FalconFriday.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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