Manage Microsoft Sentinel analytics rules programmatically via the REST API

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Verified steps

  1. Authenticate with Entra ID using a service principal and obtain a token for the Azure management audience (management.azure.com).
  2. List existing alert rules with GET https://management.azure.com/subscriptions/{subscriptionId}/resourceGroups/{resourceGroupName}/providers/Microsoft.OperationalInsights/workspaces/{workspaceName}/providers/Microsoft.SecurityInsights/alertRules?api-version=2025-09-01.
  3. Create or update a scheduled analytics rule with PUT to the same base path appended with /{ruleId}, supplying a JSON body with kind, displayName, query, queryFrequency, queryPeriod, triggerOperator, triggerThreshold, severity, and tactics fields.
  4. Enable or disable a rule by PATCHing the enabled property on the rule object.
  5. Export rules to ARM JSON for GitOps: retrieve each rule via GET, strip read-only fields, and store the body as a parameterized ARM template in version control.

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