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Get user information API	Retrieve a User entity by key such as user name or domain.	apis, graph api, supported apis, get, user, user information	eADQiWindows 10XVcnh	w10	deploy	library	security	macapara	mjcaparas	medium	dansimp	ITPro	M365-security-compliance	article

Get user information API

Applies to:

• Microsoft Defender Advanced Threat Protection (Microsoft Defender ATP)

Retrieve a User entity by key (user name).

Permissions

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

Permission type	Permission	Permission display name
Application	User.Read.All	'Read all user profiles'

HTTP request

GET /api/users/{id}/

Request headers

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

Request body

Empty

Response

If successful and user exists - 200 OK with user entity in the body. If user does not exist - 404 Not Found.

Example

Request

Here is an example of the request.

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GET https://api.securitycenter.windows.com/api/users/user1
Content-type: application/json

Response

Here is an example of the response.

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-type: application/json
{
    "@odata.context": "https://api.securitycenter.windows.com/api/$metadata#Users/$entity",
    "id": "user1",
    "firstSeen": "2018-08-02T00:00:00Z",
    "lastSeen": "2018-08-04T00:00:00Z",
    "mostPrevalentMachineId": null,
    "leastPrevalentMachineId": null,
    "logonTypes": "Network",
    "logOnMachinesCount": 3,
    "isDomainAdmin": false,
    "isOnlyNetworkUser": null
}