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Account created or deleted by non-approved user

Description

'Identifies accounts that were created or deleted by a defined list of non-approved user principal names. Add to this list before running the query for accurate results. Ref : https://docs.microsoft.com/azure/active-directory/fundamentals/security-operations-user-accounts'
Rule type
Scheduled
Version
1.1.1
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.

// Add non-approved user principal names or apps to the list below to search for their account creation/deletion activity
// ex: dynamic(["UPN1", "upn123"])
let nonapproved_users = dynamic([]);
let nonapproved_apps = dynamic([]);
AuditLogs
| where OperationName =~ "Add user" or OperationName =~ "Delete user"
| where Result =~ "success"
| extend InitiatingAppName = tostring(InitiatedBy.app.displayName)
| extend InitiatingAppServicePrincipalId = tostring(InitiatedBy.app.servicePrincipalId)
| extend InitiatingUserPrincipalName = tostring(InitiatedBy.user.userPrincipalName)
| extend InitiatingAadUserId = tostring(InitiatedBy.user.id)
| extend InitiatingIpAddress = tostring(iff(isnotempty(InitiatedBy.user.ipAddress), InitiatedBy.user.ipAddress, InitiatedBy.app.ipAddress))
| where InitiatingUserPrincipalName has_any (nonapproved_users) or InitiatingAppName has_any (nonapproved_apps)
| extend InitiatingAccountName = tostring(split(InitiatingUserPrincipalName, "@")[0]), InitiatingAccountUPNSuffix = tostring(split(InitiatingUserPrincipalName, "@")[1])

Declared entities

AccountIP

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
6d63efa6-7c25-4bd4-a486-aa6bf50fde8a
Additional source files 3Solutions/Microsoft Entra ID/Analytic Rules/AccountCreatedDeletedByNonApprovedUser.yamlsource ↗Detections/AuditLogs/AccountCreatedDeletedByNonApprovedUser.yamlmigration-note ↗Solutions/Microsoft Entra ID/Data/Solution_AAD.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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