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RegistryEvents

Applies to:

• Microsoft Defender Advanced Threat Protection (Microsoft Defender ATP)

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The RegistryEvents table in the Advanced hunting schema contains information about the creation and modification of registry entries. Use this reference to construct queries that return information from the table.

For information on other tables in the Advanced hunting schema, see the Advanced hunting schema reference.

Column name	Data type	Description
EventTime	datetime	Date and time when the event was recorded
MachineId	string	Unique identifier for the machine in the service
ComputerName	string	Fully qualified domain name (FQDN) of the machine
ActionType	string	Type of activity that triggered the event
RegistryKey	string	Registry key that the recorded action was applied to
RegistryValueType	string	Data type, such as binary or string, of the registry value that the recorded action was applied to
RegistryValueName	string	Name of the registry value that the recorded action was applied to
RegistryValueData	string	Data of the registry value that the recorded action was applied to
PreviousRegistryValueName	string	Original name of the registry value before it was modified
PreviousRegistryValueData	string	Original data of the registry value before it was modified
InitiatingProcessAccountDomain	string	Domain of the account that ran the process responsible for the event
InitiatingProcessAccountName	string	User name of the account that ran the process responsible for the event
InitiatingProcessAccountSid	string	Security Identifier (SID) of the account that ran the process responsible for the event
InitiatingProcessSHA1	string	SHA-1 of the process (image file) that initiated the event
InitiatingProcessMD5	string	MD5 hash of the process (image file) that initiated the event
InitiatingProcessFileName	string	Name of the process that initiated the event
InitiatingProcessId	int	Process ID (PID) of the process that initiated the event
InitiatingProcessCommandLine	string	Command line used to run the process that initiated the event
InitiatingProcessCreationTime	datetime	Date and time when the process that initiated the event was started
InitiatingProcessFolderPath	string	Folder containing the process (image file) that initiated the event
InitiatingProcessParentId	int	Process ID (PID) of the parent process that spawned the process responsible for the event
InitiatingProcessParentFileName	string	Name of the parent process that spawned the process responsible for the event
InitiatingProcessParentCreationTime	datetime	Date and time when the parent of the process responsible for the event was started
InitiatingProcessIntegrityLevel	string	Integrity level of the process that initiated the event. Windows assigns integrity levels to processes based on certain characteristics, such as if they were launched from an internet download. These integrity levels influence permissions to resources
InitiatingProcessTokenElevation	string	Token type indicating the presence or absence of User Access Control (UAC) privilege elevation applied to the process that initiated the event
ReportId	long	Event identifier based on a repeating counter. To identify unique events, this column must be used in conjunction with the ComputerName and EventTime columns
AppGuardContainerId	string	Identifier for the virtualized container used by Application Guard to isolate browser activity

Related topics

• Advanced hunting overview
• Learn the query language
• Understand the schema