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Get-XdrIdentityAlertThreshold

SYNOPSIS

Retrieves alert threshold configuration for Microsoft Defender for Identity.

SYNTAX

Get-XdrIdentityAlertThreshold [-Force] [-ProgressAction <ActionPreference>] [<CommonParameters>]

DESCRIPTION

Gets the alert threshold settings for Microsoft Defender for Identity detections. Alert thresholds determine the sensitivity level (High/Medium/Low) for various security alerts. The function maps internal alert names to user-friendly titles for better readability. This function includes caching support with a 30-minute TTL to reduce API calls.

EXAMPLES

EXAMPLE 1

Get-XdrIdentityAlertThreshold
Retrieves the alert threshold configuration using cached data if available.

EXAMPLE 2

Get-XdrIdentityAlertThreshold -Force
Forces a fresh retrieval of the alert threshold configuration, bypassing the cache.

EXAMPLE 3

$thresholds = Get-XdrIdentityAlertThreshold
$thresholds | Where-Object $_.Threshold -eq "Low"
Retrieves all alerts configured with Low threshold.

EXAMPLE 4

Get-XdrIdentityAlertThreshold | Format-Table AlertTitle, Threshold, AvailableThresholds -AutoSize
Displays alert thresholds in a formatted table.

PARAMETERS

-Force

Bypasses the cache and forces a fresh retrieval from the API.

Type: SwitchParameter
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases:

Required: False
Position: Named
Default value: False
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

-ProgressAction

The ProgressAction parameter is a common parameter, not a cmdlet parameter. For more information, see about_CommonParameters.

Type: ActionPreference
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases: proga

Required: False
Position: Named
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

CommonParameters

This cmdlet supports the common parameters: -Debug, -ErrorAction, -ErrorVariable, -InformationAction, -InformationVariable, -OutVariable, -OutBuffer, -PipelineVariable, -Verbose, -WarningAction, and -WarningVariable. For more information, see about_CommonParameters.

INPUTS

OUTPUTS

Object

Returns an array of alert threshold configurations with friendly names.

Each object contains:

- AlertName: Internal alert identifier

- AlertTitle: User-friendly alert name

- Threshold: Current threshold level (High/Medium/Low)

- AvailableThresholds: Array of available threshold levels for this alert

NOTES