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Azure Batch Data ContributorAzure built-in role

Grants permissions to manage Batch pools and jobs but not to modify accounts.

Role ID6aaa78f1-f7de-44ca-8722-c64a23943cae
CategoryCompute
Actions11
Data actions2

Before you assign it

  • It reaches the data, not just the resource. It has 2 data actions, such as reading blobs, secrets or messages.

What it can do

PermissionWhat it allows
Microsoft.Authorization/*/readAny read operation on anything under Microsoft.Authorization
Microsoft.Batch/batchAccounts/readLists Batch accounts or gets the properties of a Batch account
Microsoft.Batch/batchAccounts/applications/*Every operation under Microsoft.Batch/batchAccounts/applications
Microsoft.Batch/batchAccounts/certificates/*Every operation under Microsoft.Batch/batchAccounts/certificates
Microsoft.Batch/batchAccounts/certificateOperationResults/*Every operation under Microsoft.Batch/batchAccounts/certificateOperationResults
Microsoft.Batch/batchAccounts/pools/*Every operation under Microsoft.Batch/batchAccounts/pools
Microsoft.Batch/batchAccounts/poolOperationResults/*Every operation under Microsoft.Batch/batchAccounts/poolOperationResults
Microsoft.Batch/locations/*/readAny read operation on anything under Microsoft.Batch/locations
Microsoft.Insights/alertRules/*Every operation under Microsoft.Insights/alertRules
Microsoft.Resources/deployments/*Every operation under Microsoft.Resources/deployments
Microsoft.Resources/subscriptions/resourceGroups/readGets or lists resource groups.

Data actions

PermissionWhat it allows
Microsoft.Batch/batchAccounts/jobSchedules/*Every operation under Microsoft.Batch/batchAccounts/jobSchedules
Microsoft.Batch/batchAccounts/jobs/*Every operation under Microsoft.Batch/batchAccounts/jobs

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 "Azure Batch Data Contributor" \
  --scope "/subscriptions/<subscription id>/resourceGroups/<resource group>"
powershell3 lines
New-AzRoleAssignment -SignInName "jane.doe@contoso.com" `
  -RoleDefinitionName "Azure Batch Data Contributor" `
  -Scope "/subscriptions/<subscription id>/resourceGroups/<resource group>"
bicep7 lines
resource assignment 'Microsoft.Authorization/roleAssignments@2022-04-01' = {
  name: guid(resourceGroup().id, principalId, '6aaa78f1-f7de-44ca-8722-c64a23943cae')
  properties: {
    roleDefinitionId: subscriptionResourceId('Microsoft.Authorization/roleDefinitions', '6aaa78f1-f7de-44ca-8722-c64a23943cae')
    principalId: principalId
  }
}

Who already has it?

kql · azure resource graph
authorizationresources
| where type == "microsoft.authorization/roleassignments"
| where tostring(properties.roleDefinitionId) endswith "6aaa78f1-f7de-44ca-8722-c64a23943cae"
| project principalId = tostring(properties.principalId), principalType = tostring(properties.principalType), scope = tostring(properties.scope)

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