Query Details

Device Summaryof Device Logons

Query

//Create a summary of each device showing all users who have logged on, separated into normal and local admin logons

//Data connector required for this query - M365 Defender - Device* tables

//Microsoft Sentinel query
DeviceLogonEvents
| where TimeGenerated > ago(30d)
| project DeviceName, ActionType, LogonType, AdditionalFields, InitiatingProcessCommandLine, AccountName, IsLocalAdmin
| where ActionType == "LogonSuccess"
| where LogonType == "Interactive"
| where AdditionalFields.IsLocalLogon == true
| where InitiatingProcessCommandLine == "lsass.exe"
| summarize
    ['Local Admin Count']=dcountif(AccountName,IsLocalAdmin == "true"),
    ['Local Admins']=make_set_if(AccountName, IsLocalAdmin == "true"), 
    ['Standard User Count']=dcountif(AccountName, IsLocalAdmin == "false"),
    ['Standard Users']=make_set_if(AccountName, IsLocalAdmin == "false")
    by DeviceName
| sort by ['Local Admin Count'] desc  

//Advanced Hunting query

//Data connector required for this query - Advanced Hunting license

DeviceLogonEvents
| where Timestamp > ago(30d)
| project DeviceName, ActionType, LogonType, AdditionalFields, InitiatingProcessCommandLine, AccountName, IsLocalAdmin
| where ActionType == "LogonSuccess"
| where LogonType == "Interactive"
| where InitiatingProcessCommandLine == "lsass.exe"
| summarize
    ['Local Admin Count']=dcountif(AccountName,IsLocalAdmin == "true"),
    ['Local Admins']=make_set_if(AccountName, IsLocalAdmin == "true"), 
    ['Standard User Count']=dcountif(AccountName, IsLocalAdmin == "false"),
    ['Standard Users']=make_set_if(AccountName, IsLocalAdmin == "false")
    by DeviceName
| sort by ['Local Admin Count'] desc  

Explanation

This query retrieves logon events for devices in the past 30 days and summarizes the data by device. It separates the users into two categories: local administrators and standard users. The query counts the number of local administrators and standard users for each device and creates a set of their account names. The results are sorted in descending order based on the number of local administrators.

Details

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Matt Zorich

Released: June 17, 2022

Tables

DeviceLogonEvents

Keywords

DeviceLogonEvents,TimeGenerated,DeviceName,ActionType,LogonType,AdditionalFields,InitiatingProcessCommandLine,AccountName,IsLocalAdmin,IsLocalLogon,lsass.exe,'LocalAdminCount','LocalAdmins','StandardUserCount','StandardUsers'

Operators

whereprojectsummarizebysortagodcountifmake_set_if

Actions