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MC1183015 — Fix/Update Microsoft Sentinel Account Entity Naming to avoid inconsistent account identification in incidents and alerts

MC1183015Microsoft Defender XDRpreventOrFixIssueUpdated: 19 November 2025

By July 1, 2026, update Microsoft Sentinel analytic rules, automations, workbooks, and queries to use the new account entity naming precedence: UPN prefix → name → display name. Failure to update may cause issues in incidents, alerts, dashboards, and playbooks referencing account names.

Applies to: Microsoft Defender XDR
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