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Azure Digital Twins Data ReaderAzure built-in role

Read-only role for Digital Twins data-plane properties

Role IDd57506d4-4c8d-48b1-8587-93c323f6a5a3
CategoryInternet-of-things
Actions0
Data actions8

Before you assign it

  • It reaches the data, not just the resource. It has 8 data actions, such as reading blobs, secrets or messages.

What it can do

No control-plane actions.

Data actions

PermissionWhat it allows
Microsoft.DigitalTwins/digitaltwins/readRead any Digital Twin
Microsoft.DigitalTwins/digitaltwins/relationships/readRead any Digital Twin Relationship
Microsoft.DigitalTwins/eventroutes/readRead any Event Route
Microsoft.DigitalTwins/jobs/import/readRead any Bulk Import Job
Microsoft.DigitalTwins/jobs/imports/readRead any Bulk Import Job
Microsoft.DigitalTwins/jobs/deletions/readRead any Bulk Delete Job
Microsoft.DigitalTwins/models/readRead any Model
Microsoft.DigitalTwins/query/actionQuery any Digital Twins Graph

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 Digital Twins Data Reader" \
  --scope "/subscriptions/<subscription id>/resourceGroups/<resource group>"
powershell3 lines
New-AzRoleAssignment -SignInName "jane.doe@contoso.com" `
  -RoleDefinitionName "Azure Digital Twins Data Reader" `
  -Scope "/subscriptions/<subscription id>/resourceGroups/<resource group>"
bicep7 lines
resource assignment 'Microsoft.Authorization/roleAssignments@2022-04-01' = {
  name: guid(resourceGroup().id, principalId, 'd57506d4-4c8d-48b1-8587-93c323f6a5a3')
  properties: {
    roleDefinitionId: subscriptionResourceId('Microsoft.Authorization/roleDefinitions', 'd57506d4-4c8d-48b1-8587-93c323f6a5a3')
    principalId: principalId
  }
}

Who already has it?

kql · azure resource graph
authorizationresources
| where type == "microsoft.authorization/roleassignments"
| where tostring(properties.roleDefinitionId) endswith "d57506d4-4c8d-48b1-8587-93c323f6a5a3"
| project principalId = tostring(properties.principalId), principalType = tostring(properties.principalType), scope = tostring(properties.scope)

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