Update alert (deprecated)

Namespace: microsoft.graph

Important

APIs under the /beta version in Microsoft Graph are subject to change. Use of these APIs in production applications is not supported. To determine whether an API is available in v1.0, use the Version selector.

Note

The legacy alerts API is deprecated and will be removed by April 2026. We recommend that you migrate to the new alerts and incidents API.

Update an editable alert property within any integrated solution to keep alert status and assignments in sync across solutions. This method updates any solution that has a record of the referenced alert ID.

This API is available in the following national cloud deployments.

Global service	US Government L4	US Government L5 (DOD)	China operated by 21Vianet
✅	✅	✅	❌

Permissions

Choose the permission or permissions marked as least privileged for this API. Use a higher privileged permission or permissions only if your app requires it. For details about delegated and application permissions, see Permission types. To learn more about these permissions, see the permissions reference.

Permission type	Least privileged permissions	Higher privileged permissions
Delegated (work or school account)	SecurityEvents.ReadWrite.All	Not available.
Delegated (personal Microsoft account)	Not supported.	Not supported.
Application	SecurityEvents.ReadWrite.All	Not available.

HTTP request

Note: You must include the alert ID as a parameter and vendorInformation containing the provider and vendor with this method.

PATCH /security/alerts/{alert_id}

Request headers

Name	Description
Authorization	Bearer {code}. Required.
Prefer	return=representation. Optional.

Request body

In the request body, supply only the values for properties to update. Existing properties that aren't included in the request body maintain their previous values or are recalculated based on changes to other property values.

The following table specifies the properties that can be updated.

Property	Type	Description
assignedTo	String	Name of the analyst the alert is assigned to for triage, investigation, or remediation.
closedDateTime	DateTimeOffset	Time at which the alert was closed. The Timestamp type represents date and time information using ISO 8601 format and is always in UTC time. For example, midnight UTC on Jan 1, 2014 is `2014-01-01T00:00:00Z`.
comments	String collection	Analyst comments on the alert (for customer alert management). This method can update the comments field with the following values only: `Closed in IPC`, `Closed in MCAS`.
feedback	alertFeedback enum	Analyst feedback on the alert. The possible values are: `unknown`, `truePositive`, `falsePositive`, `benignPositive`.
status	alertStatus enum	Alert life cycle status (stage). The possible values are: `unknown`, `newAlert`, `inProgress`, `resolved`.
tags	String collection	User-definable labels that can be applied to an alert and can serve as filter conditions (for example, "HVA", "SAW").
vendorInformation	securityVendorInformation	Complex type that contains details about the security product/service vendor, provider, and subprovider (for example, `vendor=Microsoft`; `provider=Windows Defender ATP`; `subProvider=AppLocker`). Provider and vendor fields are required.

Response

If successful, this method returns a 204 No Content response code.

If the optional request header is used, the method returns a 200 OK response code and an updated alert object in the response body.

Examples

Example 1: Request without Prefer header

Request

The following example shows a request without the Prefer header.

PATCH https://graph.microsoft.com/beta/security/alerts/{alert_id}
Content-type: application/json

{
  "assignedTo": "String",
  "closedDateTime": "String (timestamp)",
  "comments": ["String"],
  "feedback": "@odata.type: microsoft.graph.alertFeedback",
  "status": "@odata.type: microsoft.graph.alertStatus",
  "tags": ["String"],
  "vendorInformation":
    {
      "provider": "String",
      "vendor": "String"
    }
}


// Code snippets are only available for the latest version. Current version is 5.x

// Dependencies
using Microsoft.Graph.Beta.Models;

var requestBody = new Alert
{
	AssignedTo = "String",
	ClosedDateTime = DateTimeOffset.Parse("String (timestamp)"),
	Comments = new List<string>
	{
		"String",
	},
	Feedback = AlertFeedback.Unknown,
	Status = AlertStatus.Unknown,
	Tags = new List<string>
	{
		"String",
	},
	VendorInformation = new SecurityVendorInformation
	{
		Provider = "String",
		Vendor = "String",
	},
};

// To initialize your graphClient, see https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/sdks/create-client?from=snippets&tabs=csharp
var result = await graphClient.Security.Alerts["{alert-id}"].PatchAsync(requestBody);

Important

Microsoft Graph SDKs use the v1.0 version of the API by default, and do not support all the types, properties, and APIs available in the beta version. For details about accessing the beta API with the SDK, see Use the Microsoft Graph SDKs with the beta API.

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.



// Code snippets are only available for the latest major version. Current major version is $v0.*

// Dependencies
import (
	  "context"
	  "time"
	  msgraphsdk "github.com/microsoftgraph/msgraph-beta-sdk-go"
	  graphmodels "github.com/microsoftgraph/msgraph-beta-sdk-go/models"
	  //other-imports
)

requestBody := graphmodels.NewAlert()
assignedTo := "String"
requestBody.SetAssignedTo(&assignedTo) 
closedDateTime , err := time.Parse(time.RFC3339, "String (timestamp)")
requestBody.SetClosedDateTime(&closedDateTime) 
comments := []string {
	"String",
}
requestBody.SetComments(comments)
feedback := graphmodels.ALERTFEEDBACK_GRAPH_TYPE: MICROSOFT_@ODATA_ALERTFEEDBACK 
requestBody.SetFeedback(&feedback) 
status := graphmodels.ALERTSTATUS_GRAPH_TYPE: MICROSOFT_@ODATA_ALERTSTATUS 
requestBody.SetStatus(&status) 
tags := []string {
	"String",
}
requestBody.SetTags(tags)
vendorInformation := graphmodels.NewSecurityVendorInformation()
provider := "String"
vendorInformation.SetProvider(&provider) 
vendor := "String"
vendorInformation.SetVendor(&vendor) 
requestBody.SetVendorInformation(vendorInformation)

// To initialize your graphClient, see https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/sdks/create-client?from=snippets&tabs=go
alerts, err := graphClient.Security().Alerts().ByAlertId("alert-id").Patch(context.Background(), requestBody, nil)

Important

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.


// Code snippets are only available for the latest version. Current version is 6.x

GraphServiceClient graphClient = new GraphServiceClient(requestAdapter);

Alert alert = new Alert();
alert.setAssignedTo("String");
OffsetDateTime closedDateTime = OffsetDateTime.parse("String (timestamp)");
alert.setClosedDateTime(closedDateTime);
LinkedList<String> comments = new LinkedList<String>();
comments.add("String");
alert.setComments(comments);
alert.setFeedback(AlertFeedback.Unknown);
alert.setStatus(AlertStatus.Unknown);
LinkedList<String> tags = new LinkedList<String>();
tags.add("String");
alert.setTags(tags);
SecurityVendorInformation vendorInformation = new SecurityVendorInformation();
vendorInformation.setProvider("String");
vendorInformation.setVendor("String");
alert.setVendorInformation(vendorInformation);
Alert result = graphClient.security().alerts().byAlertId("{alert-id}").patch(alert);

Important

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.


const options = {
	authProvider,
};

const client = Client.init(options);

const alert = {
  assignedTo: 'String',
  closedDateTime: 'String (timestamp)',
  comments: ['String'],
  feedback: '@odata.type: microsoft.graph.alertFeedback',
  status: '@odata.type: microsoft.graph.alertStatus',
  tags: ['String'],
  vendorInformation: 
    {
      provider: 'String',
      vendor: 'String'
    }
};

await client.api('/security/alerts/{alert_id}')
	.version('beta')
	.update(alert);

Important

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.


<?php
use Microsoft\Graph\Beta\GraphServiceClient;
use Microsoft\Graph\Beta\Generated\Models\Alert;
use Microsoft\Graph\Beta\Generated\Models\AlertFeedback;
use Microsoft\Graph\Beta\Generated\Models\AlertStatus;
use Microsoft\Graph\Beta\Generated\Models\SecurityVendorInformation;


$graphServiceClient = new GraphServiceClient($tokenRequestContext, $scopes);

$requestBody = new Alert();
$requestBody->setAssignedTo('String');
$requestBody->setClosedDateTime(new \DateTime('String (timestamp)'));
$requestBody->setComments(['String', 	]);
$requestBody->setFeedback(new AlertFeedback('alertFeedback'));
$requestBody->setStatus(new AlertStatus('alertStatus'));
$requestBody->setTags(['String', 	]);
$vendorInformation = new SecurityVendorInformation();
$vendorInformation->setProvider('String');
$vendorInformation->setVendor('String');
$requestBody->setVendorInformation($vendorInformation);

$result = $graphServiceClient->security()->alerts()->byAlertId('alert-id')->patch($requestBody)->wait();

Important

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.


Import-Module Microsoft.Graph.Beta.Security

$params = @{
	assignedTo = "String"
	closedDateTime = [System.DateTime]::Parse("String (timestamp)")
	comments = @(
	"String"
)
feedback = "@odata.type: microsoft.graph.alertFeedback"
status = "@odata.type: microsoft.graph.alertStatus"
tags = @(
"String"
)
vendorInformation = @{
provider = "String"
vendor = "String"
}
}

Update-MgBetaSecurityAlert -AlertId $alertId -BodyParameter $params

Important

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.


# Code snippets are only available for the latest version. Current version is 1.x
from msgraph_beta import GraphServiceClient
from msgraph_beta.generated.models.alert import Alert
from msgraph_beta.generated.models.alert_feedback import AlertFeedback
from msgraph_beta.generated.models.alert_status import AlertStatus
from msgraph_beta.generated.models.security_vendor_information import SecurityVendorInformation
# To initialize your graph_client, see https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/sdks/create-client?from=snippets&tabs=python
request_body = Alert(
	assigned_to = "String",
	closed_date_time = "String (timestamp)",
	comments = [
		"String",
	],
	feedback = AlertFeedback.Unknown,
	status = AlertStatus.Unknown,
	tags = [
		"String",
	],
	vendor_information = SecurityVendorInformation(
		provider = "String",
		vendor = "String",
	),
)

result = await graph_client.security.alerts.by_alert_id('alert-id').patch(request_body)

Important

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

Response

The following example shows a successful response.

HTTP/1.1 204 No Content

Example 2: Request with Prefer header

Request

The following example shows a request that includes the Prefer request header.

PATCH https://graph.microsoft.com/beta/security/alerts/{alert_id}
Content-type: application/json
Prefer: return=representation

{
  "assignedTo": "String",
  "closedDateTime": "String (timestamp)",
  "comments": ["String"],
  "feedback": "@odata.type: microsoft.graph.alertFeedback",
  "status": "@odata.type: microsoft.graph.alertStatus",
  "tags": ["String"],
  "vendorInformation":
    {
      "provider": "String",
      "vendor": "String"
    }
}


// Code snippets are only available for the latest version. Current version is 5.x

// Dependencies
using Microsoft.Graph.Beta.Models;

var requestBody = new Alert
{
	AssignedTo = "String",
	ClosedDateTime = DateTimeOffset.Parse("String (timestamp)"),
	Comments = new List<string>
	{
		"String",
	},
	Feedback = AlertFeedback.Unknown,
	Status = AlertStatus.Unknown,
	Tags = new List<string>
	{
		"String",
	},
	VendorInformation = new SecurityVendorInformation
	{
		Provider = "String",
		Vendor = "String",
	},
};

// To initialize your graphClient, see https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/sdks/create-client?from=snippets&tabs=csharp
var result = await graphClient.Security.Alerts["{alert-id}"].PatchAsync(requestBody, (requestConfiguration) =>
{
	requestConfiguration.Headers.Add("Prefer", "return=representation");
});

Important

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.



// Code snippets are only available for the latest major version. Current major version is $v0.*

// Dependencies
import (
	  "context"
	  "time"
	  abstractions "github.com/microsoft/kiota-abstractions-go"
	  msgraphsdk "github.com/microsoftgraph/msgraph-beta-sdk-go"
	  graphmodels "github.com/microsoftgraph/msgraph-beta-sdk-go/models"
	  graphsecurity "github.com/microsoftgraph/msgraph-beta-sdk-go/security"
	  //other-imports
)

headers := abstractions.NewRequestHeaders()
headers.Add("Prefer", "return=representation")

configuration := &graphsecurity.AlertsItemRequestBuilderPatchRequestConfiguration{
	Headers: headers,
}
requestBody := graphmodels.NewAlert()
assignedTo := "String"
requestBody.SetAssignedTo(&assignedTo) 
closedDateTime , err := time.Parse(time.RFC3339, "String (timestamp)")
requestBody.SetClosedDateTime(&closedDateTime) 
comments := []string {
	"String",
}
requestBody.SetComments(comments)
feedback := graphmodels.ALERTFEEDBACK_GRAPH_TYPE: MICROSOFT_@ODATA_ALERTFEEDBACK 
requestBody.SetFeedback(&feedback) 
status := graphmodels.ALERTSTATUS_GRAPH_TYPE: MICROSOFT_@ODATA_ALERTSTATUS 
requestBody.SetStatus(&status) 
tags := []string {
	"String",
}
requestBody.SetTags(tags)
vendorInformation := graphmodels.NewSecurityVendorInformation()
provider := "String"
vendorInformation.SetProvider(&provider) 
vendor := "String"
vendorInformation.SetVendor(&vendor) 
requestBody.SetVendorInformation(vendorInformation)

// To initialize your graphClient, see https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/sdks/create-client?from=snippets&tabs=go
alerts, err := graphClient.Security().Alerts().ByAlertId("alert-id").Patch(context.Background(), requestBody, configuration)

Important

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.


// Code snippets are only available for the latest version. Current version is 6.x

GraphServiceClient graphClient = new GraphServiceClient(requestAdapter);

Alert alert = new Alert();
alert.setAssignedTo("String");
OffsetDateTime closedDateTime = OffsetDateTime.parse("String (timestamp)");
alert.setClosedDateTime(closedDateTime);
LinkedList<String> comments = new LinkedList<String>();
comments.add("String");
alert.setComments(comments);
alert.setFeedback(AlertFeedback.Unknown);
alert.setStatus(AlertStatus.Unknown);
LinkedList<String> tags = new LinkedList<String>();
tags.add("String");
alert.setTags(tags);
SecurityVendorInformation vendorInformation = new SecurityVendorInformation();
vendorInformation.setProvider("String");
vendorInformation.setVendor("String");
alert.setVendorInformation(vendorInformation);
Alert result = graphClient.security().alerts().byAlertId("{alert-id}").patch(alert, requestConfiguration -> {
	requestConfiguration.headers.add("Prefer", "return=representation");
});

Important

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.


const options = {
	authProvider,
};

const client = Client.init(options);

const alert = {
  assignedTo: 'String',
  closedDateTime: 'String (timestamp)',
  comments: ['String'],
  feedback: '@odata.type: microsoft.graph.alertFeedback',
  status: '@odata.type: microsoft.graph.alertStatus',
  tags: ['String'],
  vendorInformation: 
    {
      provider: 'String',
      vendor: 'String'
    }
};

await client.api('/security/alerts/{alert_id}')
	.version('beta')
	.update(alert);

Important

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.


<?php
use Microsoft\Graph\Beta\GraphServiceClient;
use Microsoft\Graph\Beta\Generated\Security\Alerts\Item\AlertItemRequestBuilderPatchRequestConfiguration;
use Microsoft\Graph\Beta\Generated\Models\Alert;
use Microsoft\Graph\Beta\Generated\Models\AlertFeedback;
use Microsoft\Graph\Beta\Generated\Models\AlertStatus;
use Microsoft\Graph\Beta\Generated\Models\SecurityVendorInformation;


$graphServiceClient = new GraphServiceClient($tokenRequestContext, $scopes);

$requestBody = new Alert();
$requestBody->setAssignedTo('String');
$requestBody->setClosedDateTime(new \DateTime('String (timestamp)'));
$requestBody->setComments(['String', 	]);
$requestBody->setFeedback(new AlertFeedback('alertFeedback'));
$requestBody->setStatus(new AlertStatus('alertStatus'));
$requestBody->setTags(['String', 	]);
$vendorInformation = new SecurityVendorInformation();
$vendorInformation->setProvider('String');
$vendorInformation->setVendor('String');
$requestBody->setVendorInformation($vendorInformation);
$requestConfiguration = new AlertItemRequestBuilderPatchRequestConfiguration();
$headers = [
		'Prefer' => 'return=representation',
	];
$requestConfiguration->headers = $headers;


$result = $graphServiceClient->security()->alerts()->byAlertId('alert-id')->patch($requestBody, $requestConfiguration)->wait();

Important

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.


Import-Module Microsoft.Graph.Beta.Security

$params = @{
	assignedTo = "String"
	closedDateTime = [System.DateTime]::Parse("String (timestamp)")
	comments = @(
	"String"
)
feedback = "@odata.type: microsoft.graph.alertFeedback"
status = "@odata.type: microsoft.graph.alertStatus"
tags = @(
"String"
)
vendorInformation = @{
provider = "String"
vendor = "String"
}
}

Update-MgBetaSecurityAlert -AlertId $alertId -BodyParameter $params

Important

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.


# Code snippets are only available for the latest version. Current version is 1.x
from msgraph_beta import GraphServiceClient
from msgraph_beta.generated.security.alerts.item.alert_item_request_builder import AlertItemRequestBuilder
from kiota_abstractions.base_request_configuration import RequestConfiguration
from msgraph_beta.generated.models.alert import Alert
from msgraph_beta.generated.models.alert_feedback import AlertFeedback
from msgraph_beta.generated.models.alert_status import AlertStatus
from msgraph_beta.generated.models.security_vendor_information import SecurityVendorInformation
# To initialize your graph_client, see https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/sdks/create-client?from=snippets&tabs=python
request_body = Alert(
	assigned_to = "String",
	closed_date_time = "String (timestamp)",
	comments = [
		"String",
	],
	feedback = AlertFeedback.Unknown,
	status = AlertStatus.Unknown,
	tags = [
		"String",
	],
	vendor_information = SecurityVendorInformation(
		provider = "String",
		vendor = "String",
	),
)

request_configuration = RequestConfiguration()
request_configuration.headers.add("Prefer", "return=representation")


result = await graph_client.security.alerts.by_alert_id('alert-id').patch(request_body, request_configuration = request_configuration)

Important

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

Response

The following example shows a response when the optional Prefer: return=representation request header is used.

Note: The response object shown here might be shortened for readability.

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-type: application/json

{
  "activityGroupName": "activityGroupName-value",
  "assignedTo": "assignedTo-value",
  "azureSubscriptionId": "azureSubscriptionId-value",
  "azureTenantId": "azureTenantId-value",
  "category": "category-value",
  "closedDateTime": "datetime-value"
}

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Update alert (deprecated)

Permissions

HTTP request

Request headers

Request body

Response

Examples

Example 1: Request without Prefer header

Request

Response

Example 2: Request with Prefer header

Request

Response

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