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title: Getting Started with Datadog
description: Datadog, the leading service for cloud-scale monitoring.
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# azure_security_contact{% #azure_security_contact %}

## `alert_notifications`{% #alert_notifications %}

**Type**: `STRUCT` **Provider name**: `properties.alertNotifications` **Description**: Defines whether to send email notifications about new security alerts 

- `minimal_severity`**Type**: `STRING`**Provider name**: `minimalSeverity`**Description**: Defines the minimal alert severity which will be sent as email notifications
- `state`**Type**: `STRING`**Provider name**: `state`**Description**: Defines if email notifications will be sent about new security alerts

## `emails`{% #emails %}

**Type**: `STRING` **Provider name**: `properties.emails` **Description**: List of email addresses which will get notifications from Microsoft Defender for Cloud by the configurations defined in this security contact. 

## `id`{% #id %}

**Type**: `STRING` **Provider name**: `id` **Description**: Resource Id 

## `location`{% #location %}

**Type**: `STRING` 

## `name`{% #name %}

**Type**: `STRING` **Provider name**: `name` **Description**: Resource name 

## `notifications_by_role`{% #notifications_by_role %}

**Type**: `STRUCT` **Provider name**: `properties.notificationsByRole` **Description**: Defines whether to send email notifications from Microsoft Defender for Cloud to persons with specific RBAC roles on the subscription. 

- `roles`**Type**: `UNORDERED_LIST_STRING`**Provider name**: `roles`**Description**: Defines which RBAC roles will get email notifications from Microsoft Defender for Cloud. List of allowed RBAC roles:
- `state`**Type**: `STRING`**Provider name**: `state`**Description**: Defines whether to send email notifications from AMicrosoft Defender for Cloud to persons with specific RBAC roles on the subscription.

## `phone`{% #phone %}

**Type**: `STRING` **Provider name**: `properties.phone` **Description**: The security contact's phone number 

## `resource_group`{% #resource_group %}

**Type**: `STRING` 

## `subscription_id`{% #subscription_id %}

**Type**: `STRING` 

## `subscription_name`{% #subscription_name %}

**Type**: `STRING` 

## `tags`{% #tags %}

**Type**: `UNORDERED_LIST_STRING` 

## `type`{% #type %}

**Type**: `STRING` **Provider name**: `type` **Description**: Resource type