Hunt devices supporting MDE Containment

Group by: Containment
Author: Robbe Van den Daele
Source: github.com/HybridBrothers/Hunting-Queries-Detection-Rules

This hunting query can help you finding which Defender for Endpoint enrolled devices support device containment. This is being done by looking at the client version and estimated time the version was available.

References

Rule body yaml

// Paste your query here
// Gets the onboarded windows devices and checks containment support nuances
let onboardedWindows = DeviceInfo
| where OnboardingStatus == "Onboarded" and OSPlatform contains "Windows"
| distinct DeviceId, DeviceName, ClientVersion, OSPlatform
| parse ClientVersion with Major:int "." Minor:int "." Build:int "." Revision:int
// Reference: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/defender-endpoint/windows-whatsnew
| extend Date = case(
    Minor >= 8760, "July-2024", 
    Minor >= 8750, "May-2024",
    Minor >= 8735, "Feb-2024",
    Minor >= 8672, "Dec-2023",
    Minor >= 8560, "Sept-2023",
    Minor > 8295, "May-2023",
    Minor == 8295 and Revision >= 1023, "May-2023",
    Minor == 8295 and Revision between (1019 .. 1023), "Jan/Feb-2023",
    Minor > 8210, "Dec-2022", 
    Minor == 8210 and Build >= 22621 and Revision >= 1016, "Dec-2022", 
    Minor == 8210 and not(Build >= 22621 and Revision >= 1016), "Aug-2022", 
    "< Aug-2022"
)
// Containment without AH Audit supported from Nov-2022
// Containment with AH Audit supported from Mar-2023
| extend Containment = case(
    Minor >= 8295, "Supported with AH Audit",
    (Minor == 8210 and Build >= 22621 and Revision >= 1016) or Minor > 8210, "Supported without AH Audit",
    "Unsupported"
);
// Gets onboarded non-windows devices, since containment is not supported here
let onboardedNonWindows = DeviceInfo
| where OnboardingStatus == "Onboarded" and OSPlatform !contains "Windows"
| distinct DeviceId, DeviceName, ClientVersion, OSPlatform
| extend Containment = "Unsupported";
// Get not-onboarded Servers
let notOnboardedServers = DeviceInfo
| where OnboardingStatus != "Onboarded" and DeviceType == "Server"
| distinct DeviceId, DeviceName, ClientVersion, OSPlatform
| extend Containment = "Unsupported";
// Union all and show diagram
union onboardedNonWindows, onboardedWindows, notOnboardedServers
| summarize count() by Containment
| render piechart

Stages and Predicates

Let binding: `onboardedWindows`

let onboardedWindows = DeviceInfo
| where OnboardingStatus == "Onboarded" and OSPlatform contains "Windows"
| distinct DeviceId, DeviceName, ClientVersion, OSPlatform
| parse ClientVersion with Major:int "." Minor:int "." Build:int "." Revision:int
| extend Date = case(
    Minor >= 8760, "July-2024", 
    Minor >= 8750, "May-2024",
    Minor >= 8735, "Feb-2024",
    Minor >= 8672, "Dec-2023",
    Minor >= 8560, "Sept-2023",
    Minor > 8295, "May-2023",
    Minor == 8295 and Revision >= 1023, "May-2023",
    Minor == 8295 and Revision between (1019 .. 1023), "Jan/Feb-2023",
    Minor > 8210, "Dec-2022", 
    Minor == 8210 and Build >= 22621 and Revision >= 1016, "Dec-2022", 
    Minor == 8210 and not(Build >= 22621 and Revision >= 1016), "Aug-2022", 
    "< Aug-2022"
)
| extend Containment = case(
    Minor >= 8295, "Supported with AH Audit",
    (Minor == 8210 and Build >= 22621 and Revision >= 1016) or Minor > 8210, "Supported without AH Audit",
    "Unsupported"
);

Let binding: `onboardedNonWindows`

let onboardedNonWindows = DeviceInfo
| where OnboardingStatus == "Onboarded" and OSPlatform !contains "Windows"
| distinct DeviceId, DeviceName, ClientVersion, OSPlatform
| extend Containment = "Unsupported";

Let binding: `notOnboardedServers`

let notOnboardedServers = DeviceInfo
| where OnboardingStatus != "Onboarded" and DeviceType == "Server"
| distinct DeviceId, DeviceName, ClientVersion, OSPlatform
| extend Containment = "Unsupported";

union (3 sources)

Each leg below queries one source; the rule matches if any leg does. Sources: onboardedNonWindows, onboardedWindows, notOnboardedServers

Leg 1: `onboardedNonWindows`

Leg 2: `onboardedWindows`

Leg 3: `notOnboardedServers`

Applied to the combined result

| summarize count() by Containment | render piechart

Exclusions

Top-level NOT(...) conjuncts: predicates this rule actively suppresses.

Field	Kind	Excluded values
`OSPlatform`	contains	`Windows`

Indicators

Each row is a field, operator, and value that the rule matches. The corpus column counts how many other rules in the catalog look for the same combination: high numbers point to widely-used, community-vetted indicators. Blank or 1 shows that the indicator is specific to this rule.

Field	Kind	Values
`DeviceType`	eq	`Server` transforms: `cased`
`OSPlatform`	contains	`Windows`
`OnboardingStatus`	eq	`Onboarded` transforms: `cased`
`OnboardingStatus`	ne	`Onboarded` transforms: `cased`

Output fields

Fields the rule emits when it matches. Chronicle authors list these in the outcome block; they appear on the detection and $risk_score drives alerting. Sentinel / Defender XDR rules build them up through project / summarize / extend stages. Sentinel maps these into alert fields via entityMappings and customDetails; Defender XDR custom detections surface them as alert fields directly.

Field	Source
`Containment`	`summarize`

`j` / `k`	Scroll down / up
`d` / `u`	Half-page down / up
`gg` / `G`	Top / bottom
`h` / `l`	History back / forward
`f`	Follow link (`Shift` = new tab)
`/`	Focus search
`?`	Toggle this help
`↑` / `↓`	Navigate search results
`Enter`	Open highlighted result
`Esc`	Close results / dialog

`type:`	`events` / `rules` / `providers`
`vendor:`	`sigma` / `elastic` / `splunk` / `kusto` / `chronicle` (vendor name alone also works: `sigma:`, `kql:`, `secops:`…)
`tactic:`	TA-id, slug, or name: `credential_access`, `TA0006`
`technique:`	technique or sub-technique ID: `T1003`, `T1003.001` (alias `tech:`)
`severity:`	`critical` / `high` / `medium` / `low` / `informational` (alias `sev:`)
`risk_score`	Numeric comparison on the Elastic risk score (0 to 100): `risk_score>50`, `risk_score<=20`, `risk_score=99` (alias `risk`; Elastic rules only)
`stages:`	Rules with exactly N pipeline stages
`correlation:`	`single_event` / `sequence` / `alternatives` / `alternatives_cross_log` / `all_required` / `correlated`
`with:`	Co-occurrence event-id; stacks (`with:4624 with:4769`) to require all, while a comma list in one occurrence (`with:4624,4769`) is an either-or group. Implies multi-event
`like:`	Structural neighbors of a rule slug (equivalents + subsumption stricter / broader): `like:comsvcs_lsass_memory_dump-splunk-sysmon`
`groupby:`	Entity-grouping substring match against `group_by_keys`: `groupby:user`, `groupby:host`
`uses:`	Rules whose predicate tree touches the field (any kind, any value): `uses:CommandLine`
`excludes:`	Rules with top-level `not()` clauses on the field (FP whitelists): `excludes:ParentImage`
`field:` / `value:`	Predicate search; narrows rule cards to those with a matching leaf and drives the indicator tier. Unquoted = substring, wildcards allowed (`value:mimikatz`)
`indicator:`	Shorthand for `field:F value:V`: `indicator:Image=*\powershell.exe`
`kind:`	Filter by predicate kind. Narrows rule cards to those carrying a matching predicate leaf (`vendor:elastic kind:cidr_match`) and drives the indicator tier: `contains` / `starts_with` / `ends_with` / `regex` / `cidr` / `eq` / `in` … (operator aliases `op:`/`match:`)
`has:` / `no:`	`sample`, `field`, `notes`, `refs`, `trace`, `thirdparty`, `rule`, `pattern`, `timewindow`, `threshold`, `newterms`, `sigma`/`elastic`/`splunk`/`kusto`/`chronicle`
`-op:val`	Exclude matches; works on most operators but not `type:`/`like:`/`has:`/`no:` (use `no:<flag>` to exclude a rule flag): `tactic:execution -vendor:splunk`. Standalone `-kind:`/`-field:`/`-value:` drop every rule carrying a matching predicate leaf (`type:rules -kind:is_null`)
`field:"…"` / `value:"…"`	Quoted value = anchored exact match (also allows spaces): `value:"net user"`
`a,b`	Comma = OR inside one operator (`vendor:sigma,elastic`, `severity:high,critical`); repeating a facet merges the same way. `field:`/`value:` never split (literal commas)
`vendors:` / `stage:`	Singular and plural spellings fold to the canonical operator and value: `tactics:` = `tactic:`, `type:event` = `type:events`, `correlation:sequences` = `correlation:sequence`, `has:thresholds` = `has:threshold`
`"quoted phrase"`	Exact-match a multi-word phrase (free text)

Hunt devices supporting MDE Containment

References

Rule body yaml

Stages and Predicates

Let binding: `onboardedWindows`

Let binding: `onboardedNonWindows`

Let binding: `notOnboardedServers`

union (3 sources)

Leg 1: `onboardedNonWindows`

Leg 2: `onboardedWindows`

Leg 3: `notOnboardedServers`

Applied to the combined result

Exclusions

Indicators

Output fields

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Hunt devices supporting MDE Containment

References

Rule body yaml

Stages and Predicates

Let binding: onboardedWindows

Let binding: onboardedNonWindows

Let binding: notOnboardedServers

union (3 sources)

Leg 1: onboardedNonWindows

Leg 2: onboardedWindows

Leg 3: notOnboardedServers

Applied to the combined result

Exclusions

Indicators

Output fields

Let binding: `onboardedWindows`

Let binding: `onboardedNonWindows`

Let binding: `notOnboardedServers`

Leg 1: `onboardedNonWindows`

Leg 2: `onboardedWindows`

Leg 3: `notOnboardedServers`