Get machine by ID API

Applies to:

• Microsoft Defender for Endpoint Plan 1
• Microsoft Defender for Endpoint Plan 2

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Note

If you are a US Government customer, please use the URIs listed in Microsoft Defender for Endpoint for US Government customers.

Tip

For better performance, you can use server closer to your geo location:

• api-us.securitycenter.microsoft.com
• api-eu.securitycenter.microsoft.com
• api-uk.securitycenter.microsoft.com
• api-au.securitycenter.microsoft.com

API description

Retrieves specific Machine by its device ID or computer name.

Limitations

1. You can get devices last seen according to your configured retention policy.
2. Rate limitations for this API are 100 calls per minute and 1500 calls per hour.

Permissions

One of the following permissions is required to call this API. To learn more, including how to choose permissions, see Use Microsoft Defender for Endpoint APIs

Permission type	Permission	Permission display name
Application	Machine.Read.All	'Read all machine profiles'
Application	Machine.ReadWrite.All	'Read and write all machine information'
Delegated (work or school account)	Machine.Read	'Read machine information'
Delegated (work or school account)	Machine.ReadWrite	'Read and write machine information'

Note

When obtaining a token using user credentials:

• The user needs to have at least the following role permission: 'View Data' (See Create and manage roles for more information)
• The user needs to have access to the device, based on device group settings (See Create and manage device groups for more information)

Device group creation is supported in Defender for Endpoint Plan 1 and Plan 2.

HTTP request

GET /api/machines/{id}

Request headers

Name	Type	Description
Authorization	String	Bearer {token}. Required.

Request body

Empty

Response

If successful and device exists - 200 OK with the machine entity in the body. If machine with the specified ID wasn't found - 404 Not Found.

Example

Request example

Here's an example of the request.

GET https://api.security.microsoft.com/api/machines/1e5bc9d7e413ddd7902c2932e418702b84d0cc07

Response example

Here's an example of the response.

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-type: application/json
{
    "@odata.context": "https://api.security.microsoft.com/api/$metadata#Machine",
    "id": "1e5bc9d7e413ddd7902c2932e418702b84d0cc07",
    "computerDnsName": "mymachine1.contoso.com",
    "firstSeen": "2018-08-02T14:55:03.7791856Z",
    "lastSeen": "2018-08-02T14:55:03.7791856Z",
    "osPlatform": "Windows10" "Windows11",
    "version": "1709",
    "osProcessor": "x64",
    "lastIpAddress": "172.17.230.209",
    "lastExternalIpAddress": "167.220.196.71",
    "osBuild": 18209,
    "healthStatus": "Active",
    "rbacGroupId": 140,
    "rbacGroupName": "The-A-Team",
    "riskScore": "Low",
    "exposureLevel": "Medium",
    "isAadJoined": true,
    "aadDeviceId": "80fe8ff8-2624-418e-9591-41f0491218f9",
    "machineTags": [ "test tag 1", "test tag 2" ]
}

Tip

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