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Azure IoT Operations AdministratorAzure built-in role

View, create, edit and delete AIO resources. Manage all resources, including instance and its downstream resources.

Role ID5bc02df6-6cd5-43fe-ad3d-4c93cf56cc16
CategoryInternet-of-things
Actions13
Data actions0

What it can do

PermissionWhat it allows
Microsoft.IoTOperations/*Every operation under Microsoft.IoTOperations
Microsoft.Authorization/*/readAny read operation on anything under Microsoft.Authorization
Microsoft.DeviceRegistry/Assets/*Every operation under Microsoft.DeviceRegistry/Assets
Microsoft.DeviceRegistry/AssetEndpointProfiles/*Every operation under Microsoft.DeviceRegistry/AssetEndpointProfiles
Microsoft.DeviceRegistry/Namespaces/Assets/*Every operation under Microsoft.DeviceRegistry/Namespaces/Assets
Microsoft.DeviceRegistry/Namespaces/Devices/*Every operation under Microsoft.DeviceRegistry/Namespaces/Devices
Microsoft.DeviceRegistry/Namespaces/DiscoveredAssets/*Every operation under Microsoft.DeviceRegistry/Namespaces/DiscoveredAssets
Microsoft.DeviceRegistry/Namespaces/DiscoveredDevices/*Every operation under Microsoft.DeviceRegistry/Namespaces/DiscoveredDevices
Microsoft.DeviceRegistry/SchemaRegistries/*Every operation under Microsoft.DeviceRegistry/SchemaRegistries
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.
Microsoft.Edge/sites/readGet a Site

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 IoT Operations Administrator" \
  --scope "/subscriptions/<subscription id>/resourceGroups/<resource group>"
powershell3 lines
New-AzRoleAssignment -SignInName "jane.doe@contoso.com" `
  -RoleDefinitionName "Azure IoT Operations Administrator" `
  -Scope "/subscriptions/<subscription id>/resourceGroups/<resource group>"
bicep7 lines
resource assignment 'Microsoft.Authorization/roleAssignments@2022-04-01' = {
  name: guid(resourceGroup().id, principalId, '5bc02df6-6cd5-43fe-ad3d-4c93cf56cc16')
  properties: {
    roleDefinitionId: subscriptionResourceId('Microsoft.Authorization/roleDefinitions', '5bc02df6-6cd5-43fe-ad3d-4c93cf56cc16')
    principalId: principalId
  }
}

Who already has it?

kql · azure resource graph
authorizationresources
| where type == "microsoft.authorization/roleassignments"
| where tostring(properties.roleDefinitionId) endswith "5bc02df6-6cd5-43fe-ad3d-4c93cf56cc16"
| project principalId = tostring(properties.principalId), principalType = tostring(properties.principalType), scope = tostring(properties.scope)

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