Azure built-in roles for Privileged

This article lists the Azure built-in roles in the Privileged category.

Contributor

Grants full access to manage all resources, but does not allow you to assign roles in Azure RBAC, manage assignments in Azure Blueprints, or share image galleries.

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{
  "assignableScopes": [
    "/"
  ],
  "description": "Grants full access to manage all resources, but does not allow you to assign roles in Azure RBAC, manage assignments in Azure Blueprints, or share image galleries.",
  "id": "/providers/Microsoft.Authorization/roleDefinitions/b24988ac-6180-42a0-ab88-20f7382dd24c",
  "name": "b24988ac-6180-42a0-ab88-20f7382dd24c",
  "permissions": [
    {
      "actions": [
        "*"
      ],
      "notActions": [
        "Microsoft.Authorization/*/Delete",
        "Microsoft.Authorization/*/Write",
        "Microsoft.Authorization/elevateAccess/Action",
        "Microsoft.Blueprint/blueprintAssignments/write",
        "Microsoft.Blueprint/blueprintAssignments/delete",
        "Microsoft.Compute/galleries/share/action",
        "Microsoft.Purview/consents/write",
        "Microsoft.Purview/consents/delete",
        "Microsoft.Resources/deploymentStacks/manageDenySetting/action",
        "Microsoft.Subscription/cancel/action",
        "Microsoft.Subscription/enable/action"
      ],
      "dataActions": [],
      "notDataActions": []
    }
  ],
  "roleName": "Contributor",
  "roleType": "BuiltInRole",
  "type": "Microsoft.Authorization/roleDefinitions"
}

Owner

Grants full access to manage all resources, including the ability to assign roles in Azure RBAC.

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{
  "assignableScopes": [
    "/"
  ],
  "description": "Grants full access to manage all resources, including the ability to assign roles in Azure RBAC.",
  "id": "/providers/Microsoft.Authorization/roleDefinitions/8e3af657-a8ff-443c-a75c-2fe8c4bcb635",
  "name": "8e3af657-a8ff-443c-a75c-2fe8c4bcb635",
  "permissions": [
    {
      "actions": [
        "*"
      ],
      "notActions": [],
      "dataActions": [],
      "notDataActions": []
    }
  ],
  "roleName": "Owner",
  "roleType": "BuiltInRole",
  "type": "Microsoft.Authorization/roleDefinitions"
}

Azure File Sync Administrator

This role provides full access to manage all Azure File Sync (Storage Sync Service) resources, including the ability to assign roles in Azure RBAC.

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{
  "assignableScopes": [
    "/"
  ],
  "description": "This role provides full access to manage all Azure File Sync (Storage Sync Service) resources, including the ability to assign roles in Azure RBAC.",
  "id": "/providers/Microsoft.Authorization/roleDefinitions/92b92042-07d9-4307-87f7-36a593fc5850",
  "name": "92b92042-07d9-4307-87f7-36a593fc5850",
  "permissions": [
    {
      "actions": [
        "Microsoft.StorageSync/register/action",
        "Microsoft.StorageSync/unregister/action",
        "Microsoft.StorageSync/locations/*",
        "Microsoft.StorageSync/deployments/preflight/action",
        "Microsoft.StorageSync/storageSyncServices/*",
        "Microsoft.StorageSync/operations/read",
        "Microsoft.Insights/AlertRules/*",
        "Microsoft.Resources/deployments/*",
        "Microsoft.Resources/subscriptions/resourceGroups/read",
        "Microsoft.Support/*",
        "Microsoft.Authorization/roleAssignments/write",
        "Microsoft.Authorization/roleAssignments/read",
        "Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts/read",
        "Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts/fileServices/read",
        "Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts/fileServices/shares/read"
      ],
      "notActions": [],
      "dataActions": [],
      "notDataActions": []
    }
  ],
  "roleName": "Azure File Sync Administrator",
  "roleType": "BuiltInRole",
  "type": "Microsoft.Authorization/roleDefinitions"
}

Reservations Administrator

Lets one read and manage all the reservations in a tenant

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{
  "assignableScopes": [
    "/providers/Microsoft.Capacity"
  ],
  "description": "Lets one read and manage all the reservations in a tenant",
  "id": "/providers/Microsoft.Authorization/roleDefinitions/a8889054-8d42-49c9-bc1c-52486c10e7cd",
  "name": "a8889054-8d42-49c9-bc1c-52486c10e7cd",
  "permissions": [
    {
      "actions": [
        "Microsoft.Capacity/*/read",
        "Microsoft.Capacity/*/action",
        "Microsoft.Capacity/*/write",
        "Microsoft.Authorization/roleAssignments/read",
        "Microsoft.Authorization/roleDefinitions/read",
        "Microsoft.Authorization/roleAssignments/write",
        "Microsoft.Authorization/roleAssignments/delete"
      ],
      "notActions": [],
      "dataActions": [],
      "notDataActions": []
    }
  ],
  "roleName": "Reservations Administrator",
  "roleType": "BuiltInRole",
  "type": "Microsoft.Authorization/roleDefinitions"
}

Role Based Access Control Administrator

Manage access to Azure resources by assigning roles using Azure RBAC. This role does not allow you to manage access using other ways, such as Azure Policy.

{
  "assignableScopes": [
    "/"
  ],
  "description": "Manage access to Azure resources by assigning roles using Azure RBAC. This role does not allow you to manage access using other ways, such as Azure Policy.",
  "id": "/providers/Microsoft.Authorization/roleDefinitions/f58310d9-a9f6-439a-9e8d-f62e7b41a168",
  "name": "f58310d9-a9f6-439a-9e8d-f62e7b41a168",
  "permissions": [
    {
      "actions": [
        "Microsoft.Authorization/roleAssignments/write",
        "Microsoft.Authorization/roleAssignments/delete",
        "*/read",
        "Microsoft.Support/*"
      ],
      "notActions": [],
      "dataActions": [],
      "notDataActions": []
    }
  ],
  "roleName": "Role Based Access Control Administrator",
  "roleType": "BuiltInRole",
  "type": "Microsoft.Authorization/roleDefinitions"
}

User Access Administrator

Lets you manage user access to Azure resources.

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{
  "assignableScopes": [
    "/"
  ],
  "description": "Lets you manage user access to Azure resources.",
  "id": "/providers/Microsoft.Authorization/roleDefinitions/18d7d88d-d35e-4fb5-a5c3-7773c20a72d9",
  "name": "18d7d88d-d35e-4fb5-a5c3-7773c20a72d9",
  "permissions": [
    {
      "actions": [
        "*/read",
        "Microsoft.Authorization/*",
        "Microsoft.Support/*"
      ],
      "notActions": [],
      "dataActions": [],
      "notDataActions": []
    }
  ],
  "roleName": "User Access Administrator",
  "roleType": "BuiltInRole",
  "type": "Microsoft.Authorization/roleDefinitions"
}

Next steps

• Assign Azure roles using the Azure portal