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App Configuration ReaderAzure built-in role

Grants permission for read operations for App Configuration resources. This role does not grant access to data plane resources such as key-values, snapshots, and feature flags.

Role ID175b81b9-6e0d-490a-85e4-0d422273c10c
CategoryIntegration
Actions5
Data actions0

What it can do

PermissionWhat it allows
Microsoft.AppConfiguration/*/readAny read operation on anything under Microsoft.AppConfiguration
Microsoft.Authorization/*/readAny read operation on anything under Microsoft.Authorization
Microsoft.Insights/alertRules/readRead a classic metric alert
Microsoft.Resources/deployments/readGets or lists deployments.
Microsoft.Resources/subscriptions/resourceGroups/readGets or lists resource groups.

Assign it

Scope it as tightly as you can: a resource or resource group rather than the whole subscription.

azure cli
az role assignment create \
  --assignee "jane.doe@contoso.com" \
  --role "App Configuration Reader" \
  --scope "/subscriptions/<subscription id>/resourceGroups/<resource group>"
powershell3 lines
New-AzRoleAssignment -SignInName "jane.doe@contoso.com" `
  -RoleDefinitionName "App Configuration Reader" `
  -Scope "/subscriptions/<subscription id>/resourceGroups/<resource group>"
bicep7 lines
resource assignment 'Microsoft.Authorization/roleAssignments@2022-04-01' = {
  name: guid(resourceGroup().id, principalId, '175b81b9-6e0d-490a-85e4-0d422273c10c')
  properties: {
    roleDefinitionId: subscriptionResourceId('Microsoft.Authorization/roleDefinitions', '175b81b9-6e0d-490a-85e4-0d422273c10c')
    principalId: principalId
  }
}

Who already has it?

kql · azure resource graph
authorizationresources
| where type == "microsoft.authorization/roleassignments"
| where tostring(properties.roleDefinitionId) endswith "175b81b9-6e0d-490a-85e4-0d422273c10c"
| project principalId = tostring(properties.principalId), principalType = tostring(properties.principalType), scope = tostring(properties.scope)

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