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Defender Kubernetes API AccessAzure built-in role

Grants Microsoft Defender for Cloud access to Azure Kubernetes Services

Role IDd5a2ae44-610b-4500-93be-660a0c5f5ca6
CategoryContainers
Actions11
Data actions0

What it can do

PermissionWhat it allows
Microsoft.ContainerService/managedClusters/trustedAccessRoleBindings/writeCreate or update trusted access role bindings for managed cluster
Microsoft.ContainerService/managedClusters/trustedAccessRoleBindings/readGet trusted access role bindings for managed cluster
Microsoft.ContainerService/managedClusters/trustedAccessRoleBindings/deleteDelete trusted access role bindings for managed cluster
Microsoft.ContainerService/managedClusters/readGet a managed cluster
Microsoft.Features/features/readGets the features of a subscription.
Microsoft.Features/providers/features/readGets the feature of a subscription in a given resource provider.
Microsoft.Features/providers/features/register/actionRegisters the feature for a subscription in a given resource provider.
Microsoft.Security/pricings/securityoperators/readGets the security operators for the scope
Microsoft.Security/securityOperators/readGets the securityoperators for the scope
Microsoft.Authorization/policyAssignments/readGet information about a policy assignment.
Microsoft.Authorization/policySetDefinitions/readGet information about a policy set definition.

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 "Defender Kubernetes API Access" \
  --scope "/subscriptions/<subscription id>/resourceGroups/<resource group>"
powershell3 lines
New-AzRoleAssignment -SignInName "jane.doe@contoso.com" `
  -RoleDefinitionName "Defender Kubernetes API Access" `
  -Scope "/subscriptions/<subscription id>/resourceGroups/<resource group>"
bicep7 lines
resource assignment 'Microsoft.Authorization/roleAssignments@2022-04-01' = {
  name: guid(resourceGroup().id, principalId, 'd5a2ae44-610b-4500-93be-660a0c5f5ca6')
  properties: {
    roleDefinitionId: subscriptionResourceId('Microsoft.Authorization/roleDefinitions', 'd5a2ae44-610b-4500-93be-660a0c5f5ca6')
    principalId: principalId
  }
}

Who already has it?

kql · azure resource graph
authorizationresources
| where type == "microsoft.authorization/roleassignments"
| where tostring(properties.roleDefinitionId) endswith "d5a2ae44-610b-4500-93be-660a0c5f5ca6"
| project principalId = tostring(properties.principalId), principalType = tostring(properties.principalType), scope = tostring(properties.scope)

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