Power Platform - Account added to privileged Microsoft Entra roles

Status: available
Severity: low
Time window: 1d
Source: github.com/Azure/Azure-Sentinel

Identifies changes to privileged directory roles impacting Power Platform: - Dynamics 365 Admins - Power Platform Admins - Fabric Admins

MITRE ATT&CK coverage

Tactic	Techniques
Privilege Escalation	`T1068` Exploitation for Privilege Escalation, `T1078` Valid Accounts, `T1548` Abuse Elevation Control Mechanism

Event coverage

Provider	Event	Title
Entra-AuditLogs	_catch_all	Entra ID audit event (any operation)

Rules detecting the same action

Other rules on this platform that filter on the same API call or operation.

Admin promotion after Role Management Application Permission Grant (Kusto)
Bulk Changes to Privileged Account Permissions (Kusto)
Changes to PIM Settings (Kusto)
Detect PIM Alert Disabling activity (Kusto)
Multiple admin membership removals from newly created admin. (Kusto)
New External User Granted Admin Role (Kusto)
NRT Privileged Role Assigned Outside PIM (Kusto)
NRT User added to Microsoft Entra ID Privileged Groups (Kusto)

Rule body kusto

id: 71d829d6-eb50-4a17-8a64-655fae8d71e1
kind: Scheduled
name: Power Platform - Account added to privileged Microsoft Entra roles
description: |
  Identifies changes to privileged directory roles impacting Power Platform:
  - Dynamics 365 Admins
  - Power Platform Admins
  - Fabric Admins
severity: Low
status: Available
requiredDataConnectors:
  - connectorId: AzureActiveDirectory
    dataTypes:
      - AuditLogs
queryFrequency: 1h
queryPeriod: 1d
triggerOperator: gt
triggerThreshold: 0
tactics:
  - PrivilegeEscalation
relevantTechniques:
  - T1078
  - T1068
  - T1548
query: |
  // 44367163-eba1-44c3-98af-f5787879f96a = Dynamics 365 Administrator
  // 11648597-926c-4cf3-9c36-bcebb0ba8dcc = Power Platform Administrator
  // a9ea8996-122f-4c74-9520-8edcd192826c = Fabric Administrator
  let query_frequency = 1h;
  let role_template_ids = dynamic(["44367163-eba1-44c3-98af-f5787879f96a", "11648597-926c-4cf3-9c36-bcebb0ba8dcc", "a9ea8996-122f-4c74-9520-8edcd192826c"]);
  let monitored_activities = dynamic(["Assign", "AssignGrantedRole", "AssignPermanentGrantedRole", "AssignPermanentEligibleRole", "RoleElevatedOutsidePimAlert"]);
  AuditLogs
  | where TimeGenerated >= ago(query_frequency)
  | where Category == "RoleManagement"
      and TargetResources has_any (role_template_ids)
      and AADOperationType in (monitored_activities)
      and Identity != "MS-PIM" and Identity != "MS-PIM-Fairfax"
  | extend
      UserPrincipalName = tostring(parse_json(tostring(InitiatedBy.user)).userPrincipalName),
      AadUserId = tostring(parse_json(tostring(InitiatedBy.user)).id),
      IPAddress = tostring(parse_json(tostring(InitiatedBy.user)).ipAddress),
      RoleName = tostring(TargetResources[0].displayName),
      UserAdded = tostring(TargetResources[2].userPrincipalName)
  | extend
      RoleName = iif(isempty(RoleName), tostring(parse_json(tostring(TargetResources[0].modifiedProperties))[1].newValue), RoleName),
      UserAdded = iif(isempty(UserAdded), tostring(parse_json(tostring(TargetResources[0].userPrincipalName))), UserAdded),
      CloudAppId = int(32780),
      AccountName = tostring(split(UserPrincipalName, '@')[0]),
      UPNSuffix = tostring(split(UserPrincipalName, '@')[1])
  | project
      TimeGenerated,
      Identity,
      UserPrincipalName,
      AadUserId,
      RoleName,
      OperationName,
      UserAdded,
      TargetResources,
      CloudAppId,
      AccountName,
      UPNSuffix
eventGroupingSettings:
  aggregationKind: SingleAlert
entityMappings:
  - entityType: CloudApplication
    fieldMappings:
      - identifier: AppId
        columnName: CloudAppId
  - entityType: Account
    fieldMappings:
      - identifier: Name
        columnName: AccountName
      - identifier: UPNSuffix
        columnName: UPNSuffix
alertDetailsOverride:
  alertDisplayNameFormat: Power Platform - Account added to privileged role {{RoleName}}
  alertDescriptionFormat: 'A user {{UserAdded}} was added to one of the Power Platform
    administrative roles: {{{RoleName}}'
version: 3.2.1

Stages and Predicates

Parameters

let query_frequency = 1h;
let role_template_ids = dynamic(["44367163-eba1-44c3-98af-f5787879f96a", "11648597-926c-4cf3-9c36-bcebb0ba8dcc", "a9ea8996-122f-4c74-9520-8edcd192826c"]);
let monitored_activities = dynamic(["Assign", "AssignGrantedRole", "AssignPermanentGrantedRole", "AssignPermanentEligibleRole", "RoleElevatedOutsidePimAlert"]);

Stage 1: `source`

AuditLogs

Stage 2: `where`

| where TimeGenerated >= ago(query_frequency)

Stage 3: `where`

| where Category == "RoleManagement"
    and TargetResources has_any (role_template_ids)
    and AADOperationType in (monitored_activities)
    and Identity != "MS-PIM" and Identity != "MS-PIM-Fairfax"

Stage 4: `extend`

| extend
    UserPrincipalName = tostring(parse_json(tostring(InitiatedBy.user)).userPrincipalName),
    AadUserId = tostring(parse_json(tostring(InitiatedBy.user)).id),
    IPAddress = tostring(parse_json(tostring(InitiatedBy.user)).ipAddress),
    RoleName = tostring(TargetResources[0].displayName),
    UserAdded = tostring(TargetResources[2].userPrincipalName)

Stage 5: `extend`

| extend
    RoleName = iif(isempty(RoleName), tostring(parse_json(tostring(TargetResources[0].modifiedProperties))[1].newValue), RoleName),
    UserAdded = iif(isempty(UserAdded), tostring(parse_json(tostring(TargetResources[0].userPrincipalName))), UserAdded),
    CloudAppId = int(32780),
    AccountName = tostring(split(UserPrincipalName, '@')[0]),
    UPNSuffix = tostring(split(UserPrincipalName, '@')[1])

Stage 6: `project`

| project
    TimeGenerated,
    Identity,
    UserPrincipalName,
    AadUserId,
    RoleName,
    OperationName,
    UserAdded,
    TargetResources,
    CloudAppId,
    AccountName,
    UPNSuffix

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
`AADOperationType`	in	`Assign` transforms: `cased` `AssignGrantedRole` transforms: `cased` `AssignPermanentEligibleRole` transforms: `cased` `AssignPermanentGrantedRole` transforms: `cased` `RoleElevatedOutsidePimAlert` transforms: `cased`
`Category`	eq	`RoleManagement` transforms: `cased`
`Identity`	ne	`MS-PIM` transforms: `cased` `MS-PIM-Fairfax` transforms: `cased`
`TargetResources`	match	`11648597-926c-4cf3-9c36-bcebb0ba8dcc` `44367163-eba1-44c3-98af-f5787879f96a` `a9ea8996-122f-4c74-9520-8edcd192826c`

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
`AadUserId`	`project`
`AccountName`	`project`
`CloudAppId`	`project`
`Identity`	`project`
`OperationName`	`project`
`RoleName`	`project`
`TargetResources`	`project`
`TimeGenerated`	`project`
`UPNSuffix`	`project`
`UserAdded`	`project`
`UserPrincipalName`	`project`

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`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)

Power Platform - Account added to privileged Microsoft Entra roles

MITRE ATT&CK coverage

Event coverage

Rules detecting the same action

Rule body kusto

Stages and Predicates

Parameters

Stage 1: `source`

Stage 2: `where`

Stage 3: `where`

Stage 4: `extend`

Stage 5: `extend`

Stage 6: `project`

Indicators

Output fields

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Power Platform - Account added to privileged Microsoft Entra roles

MITRE ATT&CK coverage

Event coverage

Rules detecting the same action

Rule body kusto

Stages and Predicates

Parameters

Stage 1: source

Stage 2: where

Stage 3: where

Stage 4: extend

Stage 5: extend

Stage 6: project

Indicators

Output fields

Stage 1: `source`

Stage 2: `where`

Stage 3: `where`

Stage 4: `extend`

Stage 5: `extend`

Stage 6: `project`