M365 Changelog: (Updated) Microsoft Purview – Audit Search Graph API (Preview)

MC679735 – Updated March 15, 2024: Microsoft has updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

Microsoft Graph offers a unified API endpoint for accessing data from multiple Microsoft cloud services in a single response. This feature provides a new Audit Log Query API that enables our customers to create applications to programmatically query and retrieve their organization’s Audit activity logs.

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When this will happen:

Preview: Rollout will begin in early January 2024 (previously mid-December) and is expected to be complete by late February 2024 (previously mid-December).

Worldwide: Rollout will begin in late May 2024 (previously late March) and is expected to complete by mid-June 2024 (previously mid-April).

How this will affect your organization:

Preview: Rollout will begin in late November 2023 (previously mid-October) and is expected to be complete by mid-December 2023 (previously late October).

Standard: Rollout will begin in mid-January 2024 and is expected to complete by late January 2024.

What you need to do to prepare:

To access the new Audit Log Query Graph API, you need to register your application with Microsoft Graph and add the relevant Graph permissions.

Microsoft Purview Audit enables customers to centrally visualize cloud log data generated across their enterprise, thus helping them effectively respond to security events, forensic investigations, internal investigations and compliance obligations. Thousands of user and admin operations performed in dozens of Microsoft 365 services and solutions are captured, recorded and retained in customers unified Microsoft Purview Audit logs. 

Learn more:

• Learn about Microsoft Purview Audit 
• Access to search the Audit log 
• Register your application with Microsoft Graph 

Additional information