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Billing ReaderAzure built-in role

Allows read access to billing data

Role IDfa23ad8b-c56e-40d8-ac0c-ce449e1d2c64
CategoryManagement-and-governance
Actions7
Data actions0

What it can do

PermissionWhat it allows
Microsoft.Authorization/*/readAny read operation on anything under Microsoft.Authorization
Microsoft.Billing/*/readAny read operation on anything under Microsoft.Billing
Microsoft.Commerce/*/readAny read operation on anything under Microsoft.Commerce
Microsoft.Consumption/*/readAny read operation on anything under Microsoft.Consumption
Microsoft.Management/managementGroups/readList management groups for the authenticated user.
Microsoft.CostManagement/*/readAny read operation on anything under Microsoft.CostManagement
Microsoft.Support/*Every operation under Microsoft.Support

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 "Billing Reader" \
  --scope "/subscriptions/<subscription id>/resourceGroups/<resource group>"
powershell3 lines
New-AzRoleAssignment -SignInName "jane.doe@contoso.com" `
  -RoleDefinitionName "Billing Reader" `
  -Scope "/subscriptions/<subscription id>/resourceGroups/<resource group>"
bicep7 lines
resource assignment 'Microsoft.Authorization/roleAssignments@2022-04-01' = {
  name: guid(resourceGroup().id, principalId, 'fa23ad8b-c56e-40d8-ac0c-ce449e1d2c64')
  properties: {
    roleDefinitionId: subscriptionResourceId('Microsoft.Authorization/roleDefinitions', 'fa23ad8b-c56e-40d8-ac0c-ce449e1d2c64')
    principalId: principalId
  }
}

Who already has it?

kql · azure resource graph
authorizationresources
| where type == "microsoft.authorization/roleassignments"
| where tostring(properties.roleDefinitionId) endswith "fa23ad8b-c56e-40d8-ac0c-ce449e1d2c64"
| project principalId = tostring(properties.principalId), principalType = tostring(properties.principalType), scope = tostring(properties.scope)

Other management-and-governance roles

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Sources