Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps
Cloud and workloadsDiscovered app filters and queries | Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps
In brief
The article now describes using basic and advanced filters on the Discovered apps page, including filtering by risk score, category, compliance, and usage. App-tag wording and document metadata were also updated.
What Defender admins need to know
Administrators can use the revised guidance to narrow discovered-app results and apply tags; no configuration change is required.
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Documentation change
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Filter and query discovered apps in Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps
When you have a large number of discovered apps, you'll find it useful to filter and query them. You can use basic and advanced filters on the Discovered apps page in the Microsoft Defender Portal to narrow results by risk score, app category, compliance, usage, and other criteria. You can also save custom queries or use suggested queries to quickly identify apps that need attention. This article describes what filters are available and how to query your discovered apps.
Discovered app filters
- To apply an app tag, in the Discovered apps tab, select the three dots at the far right of the app name. Select the app tag to apply.
Discovered app queries
@@ -1,17 +1,17 @@ --- title: Discovered app filters and queries | Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps description: This article provides a list of Defender for Cloud Apps discovered app filters and queries and explains how to work with them.-ms.date: 06/16/2026+ms.date: 07/03/2026 ms.topic: how-to ms.reviewer: Mravela ai-usage: ai-assisted-ms.custom: msecd-doc-authoring-1014+ms.custom: msecd-doc-authoring-1016 --- # Filter and query discovered apps in Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps -When you have a large number of discovered apps, you'll find it useful to filter and query them. This article describes what filters are available and how to query your discovered apps.+When you have a large number of discovered apps, you'll find it useful to filter and query them. You can use basic and advanced filters on the **Discovered apps** page in the Microsoft Defender Portal to narrow results by risk score, app category, compliance, usage, and other criteria. You can also save custom queries or use suggested queries to quickly identify apps that need attention. This article describes what filters are available and how to query your discovered apps. ## Discovered app filters @@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ To create a custom app tag: 3. To apply an app tag, in the **Discovered apps** tab, select the three dots at the far right of the app name. Select the app tag to apply. > [!NOTE]->You can also create a new app tag directly in the **Discovered apps** table by selecting **Create app tag** after selecting the three dots to the right of any selected app. When you create the tag from the discovered app, you can apply it to the app. You can also access the **App tags** screen by selecting the **Manage tags** link in the corner.+>You can also create a new app tag directly in the **Discovered apps** table by selecting **Create app tag** after selecting the three dots to the right of any selected app. When you create the tag from the discovered app, you can apply the tag to the app. You can also access the **App tags** screen by selecting the **Manage tags** link in the corner. >  ## Discovered app queries