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Device Timeline - Defender 365 - 'Print' events
Hello I really see much value with the P2 feature of Timeline. I have visibility into pretty much all functions on the desktop. The one event I'm not seeing are Print events. Basically, I'm lo...
- Though this thing can be managed by intune but You can use the PnP event to find the USB printer used in the organization:
//find the USB Printer VID/PID
DeviceEvents
| where ActionType == "PnpDeviceConnected"
| extend parsed=parse_json(AdditionalFields)
| extend DeviceDescription = tostring(parsed.DeviceDescription)
| extend PrinterDeviceId = tostring(parsed.DeviceId)
| extend VID_PID_Array = split(split(PrinterDeviceId, "\\")[1], "&")
| extend VID_PID = replace_string(strcat(VID_PID_Array[0], '/', VID_PID_Array[1]), 'VID_', '')
| extend VID_PID = replace_string(VID_PID, 'PID_', '')
| extend ClassId = tostring(parsed.ClassId)
| extend VendorIds = tostring(parsed.VendorIds)
| where DeviceDescription == 'USB Printing Support'
| project Timestamp , DeviceId, DeviceName, ActionType, DeviceDescription, VID_PID, ClassId, PrinterDeviceId, VendorIds, parsed
| order by Timestamp desc
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Though this thing can be managed by intune but You can use the PnP event to find the USB printer used in the organization:
//find the USB Printer VID/PID
DeviceEvents
| where ActionType == "PnpDeviceConnected"
| extend parsed=parse_json(AdditionalFields)
| extend DeviceDescription = tostring(parsed.DeviceDescription)
| extend PrinterDeviceId = tostring(parsed.DeviceId)
| extend VID_PID_Array = split(split(PrinterDeviceId, "\\")[1], "&")
| extend VID_PID = replace_string(strcat(VID_PID_Array[0], '/', VID_PID_Array[1]), 'VID_', '')
| extend VID_PID = replace_string(VID_PID, 'PID_', '')
| extend ClassId = tostring(parsed.ClassId)
| extend VendorIds = tostring(parsed.VendorIds)
| where DeviceDescription == 'USB Printing Support'
| project Timestamp , DeviceId, DeviceName, ActionType, DeviceDescription, VID_PID, ClassId, PrinterDeviceId, VendorIds, parsed
| order by Timestamp desc
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//find the USB Printer VID/PID
DeviceEvents
| where ActionType == "PnpDeviceConnected"
| extend parsed=parse_json(AdditionalFields)
| extend DeviceDescription = tostring(parsed.DeviceDescription)
| extend PrinterDeviceId = tostring(parsed.DeviceId)
| extend VID_PID_Array = split(split(PrinterDeviceId, "\\")[1], "&")
| extend VID_PID = replace_string(strcat(VID_PID_Array[0], '/', VID_PID_Array[1]), 'VID_', '')
| extend VID_PID = replace_string(VID_PID, 'PID_', '')
| extend ClassId = tostring(parsed.ClassId)
| extend VendorIds = tostring(parsed.VendorIds)
| where DeviceDescription == 'USB Printing Support'
| project Timestamp , DeviceId, DeviceName, ActionType, DeviceDescription, VID_PID, ClassId, PrinterDeviceId, VendorIds, parsed
| order by Timestamp desc
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- Accurate answer. Thank you sabbir . this one should marked as best answer
