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New CloudShell User

Description

'Identifies when a user creates an Azure CloudShell for the first time. Monitor this activity to ensure only the expected users are using CloudShell.'
Rule type
Scheduled
Version
2.0.3
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 match_window = 3m;
AzureActivity
| where ResourceGroup has "cloud-shell"
| where (OperationNameValue =~ "Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts/listKeys/action")
| where ActivityStatusValue =~ "Success"
| extend TimeKey = bin(TimeGenerated, match_window), AzureIP = CallerIpAddress
| join kind = inner
(AzureActivity
| where ResourceGroup has "cloud-shell"
| where (OperationNameValue =~ "Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts/write")
| extend TimeKey = bin(TimeGenerated, match_window), UserIP = CallerIpAddress
) on Caller, TimeKey
| summarize count() by TimeKey, Caller, ResourceGroup, SubscriptionId, TenantId, AzureIP, UserIP, HTTPRequest, Type, Properties, CategoryValue, OperationList = strcat(OperationNameValue, ' , ', OperationNameValue1)
| extend Name = tostring(split(Caller,'@',0)[0]), UPNSuffix = tostring(split(Caller,'@',1)[0])

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
6d7214d9-4a28-44df-aafb-0910b9e6ae3e
Additional source files 3Solutions/Azure Activity/Analytic Rules/New-CloudShell-User.yamlsource ↗Detections/AzureActivity/New-CloudShell-User.yamlmigration-note ↗Solutions/Azure Activity/Data/Solution_AzureActivity.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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