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Get Security Baselines Assessment Configurations leads 283 Defender updates

8 January 2026 recorded 1 new, 281 updated, 1 removed Microsoft Defender documentation changes. The most active areas were Endpoint, Defender XDR, Office 365.

This period briefing was assembled from the tracked Microsoft Learn and Message Center changes.

283 updates

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Custom Detection Rules

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-xdr/custom-detection-rules.md.

180

Get All Vulnerabilities

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-endpoint/api/get-all-vulnerabilities.md.

Get vulnerability by ID

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-endpoint/api/get-vulnerability-by-id.md.

Get All Vulnerabilities

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-endpoint/api/get-all-vulnerabilities.md.

Get Vulnerability By Id

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-endpoint/api/get-vulnerability-by-id.md.

Get vulnerability by ID

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-endpoint/api/get-vulnerability-by-id.md.

List all recommendations

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-endpoint/api/get-all-recommendations.md.

Get Software

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-endpoint/api/get-software.md.

List library files

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-endpoint/api/list-library-files.md.

Batch update alerts

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-endpoint/api/batch-update-alerts.md.

Update machine

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-endpoint/api/update-machine-method.md.

Get scan agent by ID

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-endpoint/api/Get-agent-details.md.

Get all scan agents

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-endpoint/api/get-all-scan-agents.md.

Get device secure score

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-endpoint/api/get-device-secure-score.md.

Get File Information

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-endpoint/api/get-file-information.md.

Get installed software

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-endpoint/api/get-installed-software.md.

Get Investigation Object

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-endpoint/api/get-investigation-object.md.

Get recommendation by ID

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-endpoint/api/get-recommendation-by-id.md.

Get scan definitions

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-endpoint/api/get-all-scan-definitions.md.

Get software by ID

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-endpoint/api/get-software-by-id.md.

Delete Ti Indicator By Id

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-endpoint/api/delete-ti-indicator-by-id.md.

Score resource type

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-endpoint/api/score.md.

Add A New Scan Definition

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-endpoint/api/add-a-new-scan-definition.md.

Linux Whatsnew

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-endpoint/linux-whatsnew.md.

List devices by software

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-endpoint/api/get-machines-by-software.md.

Get Domain Related Alerts

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-endpoint/api/get-domain-related-alerts.md.

Device Discovery Faq

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-endpoint/device-discovery-faq.md.

Get Alerts

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-endpoint/api/get-alerts.md.

Linux Whatsnew

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-endpoint/linux-whatsnew.md.

Batch Delete Indicators

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-endpoint/api/batch-delete-ti-indicators.md.

Get Live Response Result

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-endpoint/api/get-live-response-result.md.

Get live response results

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-endpoint/api/get-live-response-result.md.

Get Machineaction Object

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-endpoint/api/get-machineaction-object.md.

Run Live Response

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-endpoint/api/run-live-response.md.

Cancel Machine Action

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-endpoint/api/cancel-machine-action.md.

Delete Ti Indicator By Id

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-endpoint/api/delete-ti-indicator-by-id.md.

Exposed Apis List

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-endpoint/api/exposed-apis-list.md.

File resource type

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-endpoint/api/files.md.

Get All Recommendations

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-endpoint/api/get-all-recommendations.md.

Get All Scan Agents

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-endpoint/api/get-all-scan-agents.md.

Get All Scan Definitions

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-endpoint/api/get-all-scan-definitions.md.

Get Device Secure Score

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-endpoint/api/get-device-secure-score.md.

Get Installed Software

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-endpoint/api/get-installed-software.md.

Get Machine Log On Users

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-endpoint/api/get-machine-log-on-users.md.

Get Machines By Software

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-endpoint/api/get-machines-by-software.md.

Get Missing Kbs Machine

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-endpoint/api/get-missing-kbs-machine.md.

Get Missing Kbs Software

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-endpoint/api/get-missing-kbs-software.md.

Get Recommendation By Id

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-endpoint/api/get-recommendation-by-id.md.

Get Vuln By Software

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-endpoint/api/get-vuln-by-software.md.

Import Ti Indicators

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-endpoint/api/import-ti-indicators.md.

Isolate Machine

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-endpoint/api/isolate-machine.md.

Post Ti Indicator

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-endpoint/api/post-ti-indicator.md.

Restrict Code Execution

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-endpoint/api/restrict-code-execution.md.

Unrestrict Code Execution

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-endpoint/api/unrestrict-code-execution.md.

Alerts

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-endpoint/api/alerts.md.

Batch Update Alerts

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-endpoint/api/batch-update-alerts.md.

Find Machines By Ip

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-endpoint/api/find-machines-by-ip.md.

Find Machines By Tag

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-endpoint/api/find-machines-by-tag.md.

Get Domain Related Alerts

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-endpoint/api/get-domain-related-alerts.md.

Get File Related Alerts

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-endpoint/api/get-file-related-alerts.md.

Get File Related Machines

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-endpoint/api/get-file-related-machines.md.

Get installed software

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-endpoint/api/get-installed-software.md.

Get Investigation Object

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-endpoint/api/get-investigation-object.md.

Get Ip Related Alerts

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-endpoint/api/get-ip-related-alerts.md.

Get live response results

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-endpoint/api/get-live-response-result.md.

Get Package Sas Uri

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-endpoint/api/get-package-sas-uri.md.

Get software by ID

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-endpoint/api/get-software-by-id.md.

Get User Related Alerts

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-endpoint/api/get-user-related-alerts.md.

Get User Related Machines

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-endpoint/api/get-user-related-machines.md.

List devices by software

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-endpoint/api/get-machines-by-software.md.

List library files

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-endpoint/api/list-library-files.md.

Machine resource type

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-endpoint/api/machine.md.

Machine resource type

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-endpoint/api/machine.md.

Score resource type

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-endpoint/api/score.md.

Update Machine Method

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-endpoint/api/update-machine-method.md.

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List machines API

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-endpoint/api/get-machines.md.

List alerts API

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-endpoint/api/get-alerts.md.

List MachineActions API

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-endpoint/api/get-machineactions-collection.md.

Run Advanced Query Api

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-endpoint/api/run-advanced-query-api.md.

List Indicators API

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-endpoint/api/get-ti-indicators-collection.md.

Run antivirus scan API

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-endpoint/api/run-av-scan.md.

Find devices by tag API

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-endpoint/api/find-machines-by-tag.md.

Get IP statistics API

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-endpoint/api/get-ip-statistics.md.

Set device value API

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-endpoint/api/set-device-value.md.

Isolate machine API

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-endpoint/api/isolate-machine.md.

List Investigations API

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-endpoint/api/get-investigation-collection.md.

Start Investigation API

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-endpoint/api/initiate-autoir-investigation.md.

Get file statistics API

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-endpoint/api/get-file-statistics.md.

Get package SAS URI API

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-endpoint/api/get-package-sas-uri.md.

Get machine by ID API

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-endpoint/api/get-machine-by-id.md.

Get machineAction API

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-endpoint/api/get-machineaction-object.md.

Raw Data Streaming API

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-endpoint/api/raw-data-export.md.

Offboard machine API

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-endpoint/api/offboard-machine-api.md.

API Explorer

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-endpoint/api/api-explorer.md.

Api Power Bi

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-endpoint/api/api-power-bi.md.

Run Advanced Query Api

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-endpoint/api/run-advanced-query-api.md.

Run Advanced Query Api

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-endpoint/api/run-advanced-query-api.md.

Import Indicators API

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-endpoint/api/import-ti-indicators.md.

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Create alert API

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-endpoint/api/create-alert-by-reference.md.

Update alert

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-endpoint/api/update-alert.md.

Create Alert By Reference

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-endpoint/api/create-alert-by-reference.md.

Get Alert Related Ip Info

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-endpoint/api/get-alert-related-ip-info.md.

Alert resource type

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-endpoint/api/alerts.md.

Update Alert

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-endpoint/api/update-alert.md.

10

Get exposure score

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-endpoint/api/get-exposure-score.md.

Get exposure score

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-endpoint/api/get-exposure-score.md.

Get recommendation by ID

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-endpoint/api/get-recommendation-by-id.md.

6

Advanced hunting API

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-endpoint/api/run-advanced-query-api.md.

1

Stop And Quarantine File

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-endpoint/api/stop-and-quarantine-file.md.

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Protect Zendesk

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-for-cloud-apps/protect-zendesk.md.

Protect Okta

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-for-cloud-apps/protect-okta.md.

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