Microsoft Defender EASM
GeneralUse contact asset filters in Microsoft Defender EASM
In brief
The page title and wording were refined, including clarification that manually entered filter values may be case-sensitive. Documentation metadata was also updated.
What Defender admins need to know
Administrators get clearer guidance when searching for specific contacts; no action is indicated.
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Documentation change
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ContactUse contact asset filters in Microsoft Defender EASM
TheseThe following filters specifically apply to contact assets. Use thesethe contact-asset filters when searching for a specific contact.
Freeform filters
The following filters require that the user manually enters the value with which they want to search. This list is organized by the number of applicable operators for each filter, then alphabetically. Many of thesethe manually entered values are case-sensitive.
| Filter name | Description | Value format | Applicable operators |
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@@ -5,17 +5,19 @@ description: This article outlines the filter functionality available in Microso author: danielledennis ms.author: dandennis ms.service: defender-easm-ms.date: 12/14/2022+ms.date: 07/02/2026 ms.topic: how-to+ai-usage: ai-assisted+ms.custom: msecd-doc-authoring-1016 --- -# Contact asset filters+# Use contact asset filters in Microsoft Defender EASM -These filters specifically apply to contact assets. Use these filters when searching for a specific contact. +The following filters specifically apply to contact assets. Use the contact-asset filters when searching for a specific contact. ## Freeform filters -The following filters require that the user manually enters the value with which they want to search. This list is organized by the number of applicable operators for each filter, then alphabetically. Many of these values are case-sensitive.+The following filters require that the user manually enters the value with which they want to search. This list is organized by the number of applicable operators for each filter, then alphabetically. Many of the manually entered values are case-sensitive. | Filter name | Description | Value format | Applicable operators | |--------------------|-------------------------------------------------|---------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|