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Wednesday, August 13, 2025

Based on Microsoft's documentation for Microsoft Entra ID Protection, the roles that receive "Users at risk detected" alerts by default are: Global Administrator and Security Administrator.

 Based on Microsoft's documentation for **Microsoft Entra ID Protection**, the roles that receive **"Users at risk detected" alerts** by default are:  

**Global Administrator** and **Security Administrator**.  


### Alert Recipients Breakdown:

| Administrator | Role | Receives "Users at risk detected" alerts? |

|---------------|------|-------------------------------------------|

| **Admin1**    | Global Administrator | ✅ **Yes** (default recipient) |

| **Admin2**    | Security Administrator | ✅ **Yes** (default recipient) |

| **Admin3**    | Security Reader | ❌ No (read-only access, no alerts) |

| **Admin4**    | User Administrator | ❌ No (not a default recipient) |


### Key Details:

1. **Default Alert Configuration**:  

   - Alerts are automatically sent to **Global Administrators** and **Security Administrators**.  

   - This is not configurable at the role level; it’s enforced by the service.  

   - [Official Reference](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/active-directory/identity-protection/howto-identity-protection-configure-notifications#configure-notifications).


2. **Customization Options**:  

   - You can **add additional email addresses** (e.g., a SOC team inbox) to receive alerts, but role assignments alone won’t trigger alerts for:  

     - Security Readers  

     - User Administrators  

     - Conditional Access Administrators (not listed here).  


3. **Security Reader & User Administrator Roles**:  

   - **Security Reader**: Can *view* risk reports but won’t receive proactive alerts.  

   - **User Administrator**: Manages users/groups but isn’t included in risk alerting by design.  


### Summary:

Only **Admin1 (Global Administrator)** and **Admin2 (Security Administrator)** will receive "Users at risk detected" alerts.  


> ⚠️ **Note**: To extend alerts to Admin3 or Admin4, manually add their email addresses in:  

> **Entra ID Protection → Notifications → Users at risk detected alerts → Additional email recipients**.

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