Data Source: Azure Active Directory Update user

Created: 2024-05-22

Last Updated: 2026-10-14

ID: 5495c90a-047c-4b8e-b2fe-1db6282d3872

Author: Patrick Bareiss, Splunk

Description

Logs an event when a user account is updated in Azure Active Directory.

Details

Property	Value
Source	`Azure AD`
Sourcetype	`azure:monitor:aad`
Separator	operationName

Name ▲▼	Technique ▲▼	Type ▲▼
Azure AD Guest User Type Changed To Member	Cloud Accounts, Account Manipulation, Cloud Accounts	TTP
Azure AD User ImmutableId Attribute Updated	Account Manipulation	TTP
Azure AD User Enabled And Password Reset	Account Manipulation	TTP
Azure AD New MFA Method Registered	Device Registration	TTP

Supported Apps

Splunk Add-on for Microsoft Cloud Services (version 6.3.3)

Event Fields

+ Fields

  <span class="pill kill-chain">_time</span>
  
  <span class="pill kill-chain">action</span>
  
  <span class="pill kill-chain">additional_details</span>
  
  <span class="pill kill-chain">additional_details_name</span>
  
  <span class="pill kill-chain">additional_details_value</span>
  
  <span class="pill kill-chain">callerIpAddress</span>
  
  <span class="pill kill-chain">category</span>
  
  <span class="pill kill-chain">change_type</span>
  
  <span class="pill kill-chain">command</span>
  
  <span class="pill kill-chain">correlationId</span>
  
  <span class="pill kill-chain">dataset_name</span>
  
  <span class="pill kill-chain">date_hour</span>
  
  <span class="pill kill-chain">date_mday</span>
  
  <span class="pill kill-chain">date_minute</span>
  
  <span class="pill kill-chain">date_month</span>
  
  <span class="pill kill-chain">date_second</span>
  
  <span class="pill kill-chain">date_wday</span>
  
  <span class="pill kill-chain">date_year</span>
  
  <span class="pill kill-chain">date_zone</span>
  
  <span class="pill kill-chain">dest</span>
  
  <span class="pill kill-chain">dest_type</span>
  
  <span class="pill kill-chain">durationMs</span>
  
  <span class="pill kill-chain">dvc</span>
  
  <span class="pill kill-chain">eventtype</span>
  
  <span class="pill kill-chain">host</span>
  
  <span class="pill kill-chain">id</span>
  
  <span class="pill kill-chain">index</span>
  
  <span class="pill kill-chain">Level</span>
  
  <span class="pill kill-chain">linecount</span>
  
  <span class="pill kill-chain">object</span>
  
  <span class="pill kill-chain">object_attrs</span>
  
  <span class="pill kill-chain">object_category</span>
  
  <span class="pill kill-chain">object_id</span>
  
  <span class="pill kill-chain">operationName</span>
  
  <span class="pill kill-chain">operationVersion</span>
  
  <span class="pill kill-chain">path_from_resourceId</span>
  
  <span class="pill kill-chain">properties.activityDateTime</span>
  
  <span class="pill kill-chain">properties.activityDisplayName</span>
  
  <span class="pill kill-chain">properties.additionalDetails{}.key</span>
  
  <span class="pill kill-chain">properties.additionalDetails{}.value</span>
  
  <span class="pill kill-chain">properties.category</span>
  
  <span class="pill kill-chain">properties.correlationId</span>
  
  <span class="pill kill-chain">properties.id</span>
  
  <span class="pill kill-chain">properties.initiatedBy.user.displayName</span>
  
  <span class="pill kill-chain">properties.initiatedBy.user.id</span>
  
  <span class="pill kill-chain">properties.initiatedBy.user.ipAddress</span>
  
  <span class="pill kill-chain">properties.initiatedBy.user.userPrincipalName</span>
  
  <span class="pill kill-chain">properties.loggedByService</span>
  
  <span class="pill kill-chain">properties.operationType</span>
  
  <span class="pill kill-chain">properties.result</span>
  
  <span class="pill kill-chain">properties.resultReason</span>
  
  <span class="pill kill-chain">properties.targetResources{}.displayName</span>
  
  <span class="pill kill-chain">properties.targetResources{}.id</span>
  
  <span class="pill kill-chain">properties.targetResources{}.modifiedProperties{}.displayName</span>
  
  <span class="pill kill-chain">properties.targetResources{}.modifiedProperties{}.newValue</span>
  
  <span class="pill kill-chain">properties.targetResources{}.modifiedProperties{}.oldValue</span>
  
  <span class="pill kill-chain">properties.targetResources{}.type</span>
  
  <span class="pill kill-chain">properties.targetResources{}.userPrincipalName</span>
  
  <span class="pill kill-chain">properties.userAgent</span>
  
  <span class="pill kill-chain">punct</span>
  
  <span class="pill kill-chain">resourceId</span>
  
  <span class="pill kill-chain">result</span>
  
  <span class="pill kill-chain">result_id</span>
  
  <span class="pill kill-chain">resultSignature</span>
  
  <span class="pill kill-chain">signature</span>
  
  <span class="pill kill-chain">source</span>
  
  <span class="pill kill-chain">sourcetype</span>
  
  <span class="pill kill-chain">splunk_server</span>
  
  <span class="pill kill-chain">src</span>
  
  <span class="pill kill-chain">src_ip</span>
  
  <span class="pill kill-chain">src_user_type</span>
  
  <span class="pill kill-chain">status</span>
  
  <span class="pill kill-chain">tag</span>
  
  <span class="pill kill-chain">tag::eventtype</span>
  
  <span class="pill kill-chain">tenantId</span>
  
  <span class="pill kill-chain">time</span>
  
  <span class="pill kill-chain">timeendpos</span>
  
  <span class="pill kill-chain">timestartpos</span>
  
  <span class="pill kill-chain">user</span>
  
  <span class="pill kill-chain">user_name</span>
  
  <span class="pill kill-chain">user_type</span>
  
  <span class="pill kill-chain">vendor_account</span>
  
  <span class="pill kill-chain">vendor_product</span>
  
</div>

Example Log

1{"time": "2023-08-01T17:58:34.8298290Z", "resourceId": "/tenants/fc69e276-e9e8-4af9-9002-1e410d77244e/providers/Microsoft.aadiam", "operationName": "Update user", "operationVersion": "1.0", "category": "AuditLogs", "tenantId": "fc69e276-e9e8-4af9-9002-1e410d77244e", "resultSignature": "None", "durationMs": 0, "callerIpAddress": "35.155.135.6", "correlationId": "973d9d53-c492-4244-b8d4-ffd054a2a01c", "Level": 4, "properties": {"id": "Directory_973d9d53-c492-4244-b8d4-ffd054a2a01c_TVZMN_14464116", "category": "UserManagement", "correlationId": "973d9d53-c492-4244-b8d4-ffd054a2a01c", "result": "success", "resultReason": "", "activityDisplayName": "Update user", "activityDateTime": "2023-08-01T17:58:34.829829+00:00", "loggedByService": "Core Directory", "operationType": "Update", "userAgent": null, "initiatedBy": {"user": {"id": "728989f4-eb3d-45c2-8741-2f2af4e485ce", "displayName": null, "userPrincipalName": "hereiamr@splunkresearch.com", "ipAddress": "35.155.135.6", "roles": []}}, "targetResources": [{"id": "f416526a-17ee-4129-8ca9-f5ee55f69f34", "displayName": null, "type": "User", "userPrincipalName": "hereiam360_gmail.com#EXT#@strtadminsplunkresearch.onmicrosoft.com", "modifiedProperties": [{"displayName": "SourceAnchor", "oldValue": "[]", "newValue": "[\"anystring\"]"}, {"displayName": "Included Updated Properties", "oldValue": null, "newValue": "\"SourceAnchor\""}, {"displayName": "TargetId.UserType", "oldValue": null, "newValue": "\"Guest\""}], "administrativeUnits": []}], "additionalDetails": [{"key": "UserType", "value": "Guest"}]}}

Required Output Fields

dest
user
src
vendor_account
vendor_product

Source: GitHub | Version: 4