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Data Lake Analytics DeveloperAzure built-in role

Lets you submit, monitor, and manage your own jobs but not create or delete Data Lake Analytics accounts.

Role ID47b7735b-770e-4598-a7da-8b91488b4c88
CategoryStorage
Actions8 (minus 14 NotActions)
Data actions0

What it can do

PermissionWhat it allows
Microsoft.Authorization/*/readAny read operation on anything under Microsoft.Authorization
Microsoft.BigAnalytics/accounts/*Every operation under Microsoft.BigAnalytics/accounts
Microsoft.DataLakeAnalytics/accounts/*Every operation under Microsoft.DataLakeAnalytics/accounts
Microsoft.Insights/alertRules/*Every operation under Microsoft.Insights/alertRules
Microsoft.ResourceHealth/availabilityStatuses/readGets the availability statuses for all resources in the specified scope
Microsoft.Resources/deployments/*Every operation under Microsoft.Resources/deployments
Microsoft.Resources/subscriptions/resourceGroups/readGets or lists resource groups.
Microsoft.Support/*Every operation under Microsoft.Support

Can't do

These are taken away from the actions above.

PermissionWhat it allows
Microsoft.BigAnalytics/accounts/Delete
Microsoft.BigAnalytics/accounts/TakeOwnership/action
Microsoft.BigAnalytics/accounts/Write
Microsoft.DataLakeAnalytics/accounts/DeleteDelete a DataLakeAnalytics account.
Microsoft.DataLakeAnalytics/accounts/TakeOwnership/actionGrant permissions to cancel jobs submitted by other users.
Microsoft.DataLakeAnalytics/accounts/WriteCreate or update a DataLakeAnalytics account.
Microsoft.DataLakeAnalytics/accounts/dataLakeStoreAccounts/WriteCreate or update a linked DataLakeStore account of a DataLakeAnalytics account.
Microsoft.DataLakeAnalytics/accounts/dataLakeStoreAccounts/DeleteUnlink a DataLakeStore account from a DataLakeAnalytics account.
Microsoft.DataLakeAnalytics/accounts/storageAccounts/WriteCreate or update a linked Storage account of a DataLakeAnalytics account.
Microsoft.DataLakeAnalytics/accounts/storageAccounts/DeleteUnlink a Storage account from a DataLakeAnalytics account.
Microsoft.DataLakeAnalytics/accounts/firewallRules/WriteCreate or update a firewall rule.
Microsoft.DataLakeAnalytics/accounts/firewallRules/DeleteDelete a firewall rule.
Microsoft.DataLakeAnalytics/accounts/computePolicies/WriteCreate or update a compute policy.
Microsoft.DataLakeAnalytics/accounts/computePolicies/DeleteDelete a compute policy.

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 "Data Lake Analytics Developer" \
  --scope "/subscriptions/<subscription id>/resourceGroups/<resource group>"
powershell3 lines
New-AzRoleAssignment -SignInName "jane.doe@contoso.com" `
  -RoleDefinitionName "Data Lake Analytics Developer" `
  -Scope "/subscriptions/<subscription id>/resourceGroups/<resource group>"
bicep7 lines
resource assignment 'Microsoft.Authorization/roleAssignments@2022-04-01' = {
  name: guid(resourceGroup().id, principalId, '47b7735b-770e-4598-a7da-8b91488b4c88')
  properties: {
    roleDefinitionId: subscriptionResourceId('Microsoft.Authorization/roleDefinitions', '47b7735b-770e-4598-a7da-8b91488b4c88')
    principalId: principalId
  }
}

Who already has it?

kql · azure resource graph
authorizationresources
| where type == "microsoft.authorization/roleassignments"
| where tostring(properties.roleDefinitionId) endswith "47b7735b-770e-4598-a7da-8b91488b4c88"
| project principalId = tostring(properties.principalId), principalType = tostring(properties.principalType), scope = tostring(properties.scope)

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