AADSecurityDefaults

Parameters

Parameter	Attribute	DataType	Description	Allowed Values
IsSingleInstance	Key	String	Only valid value is 'Yes'.	Yes
DisplayName	Write	String	Display name of the security defaults.
Description	Write	String	Description of the security defaults.
IsEnabled	Write	Boolean	Represents whether or not security defaults are enabled.
Ensure	Write	String	Specify if the Azure AD App should exist or not.	Present, Absent
ApplicationId	Write	String	Id of the Azure Active Directory application to authenticate with.
TenantId	Write	String	Id of the Azure Active Directory tenant used for authentication.
CertificateThumbprint	Write	String	Thumbprint of the Azure Active Directory application's authentication certificate to use for authentication.
ApplicationSecret	Write	PSCredential	Secret of the Azure Active Directory application to authenticate with.
Credential	Write	PSCredential	Credentials of the Azure AD Admin
ManagedIdentity	Write	Boolean	Managed ID being used for authentication.

Description

This resource configures the Security Defaults in Azure Active Directory.

Permissions

Microsoft Graph

To authenticate with the Microsoft Graph API, this resource required the following permissions:

Delegated permissions

• Read

  • Policy.Read.All

• Update

  • Policy.ReadWrite.ConditionalAccess

Application permissions

• Read

  • Policy.Read.All

• Update

  • Policy.ReadWrite.ConditionalAccess

Examples

Example 1

This example is used to test new resources and showcase the usage of new resources being worked on. It is not meant to use as a production baseline.

Configuration Example
{
    param(
        [Parameter(Mandatory = $true)]
        [PSCredential]
        $Credscredential
    )
    Import-DscResource -ModuleName Microsoft365DSC

    node localhost
    {
        AADSecurityDefaults 'Defaults'
        {
            Credential           = $Credscredential;
            Description          = "Security defaults is a set of basic identity security mechanisms recommended by Microsoft. When enabled, these recommendations will be automatically enforced in your organization. Administrators and users will be better protected from common identity related attacks.";
            DisplayName          = "Security Defaults";
            IsEnabled            = $False;
            IsSingleInstance     = "Yes";
        }
    }
}