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EventGrid Data SenderAzure built-in role

Allows send access to event grid events.

Role IDd5a91429-5739-47e2-a06b-3470a27159e7
CategoryIntegration
Actions6
Data actions1

Before you assign it

  • It reaches the data, not just the resource. It has 1 data action, such as reading blobs, secrets or messages.

What it can do

PermissionWhat it allows
Microsoft.Authorization/*/readAny read operation on anything under Microsoft.Authorization
Microsoft.EventGrid/topics/readRead a topic
Microsoft.EventGrid/domains/readRead a domain
Microsoft.EventGrid/partnerNamespaces/readRead a partner namespace
Microsoft.Resources/subscriptions/resourceGroups/readGets or lists resource groups.
Microsoft.EventGrid/namespaces/readRead a namespace

Data actions

PermissionWhat it allows
Microsoft.EventGrid/events/send/actionSend events to topics

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 "EventGrid Data Sender" \
  --scope "/subscriptions/<subscription id>/resourceGroups/<resource group>"
powershell3 lines
New-AzRoleAssignment -SignInName "jane.doe@contoso.com" `
  -RoleDefinitionName "EventGrid Data Sender" `
  -Scope "/subscriptions/<subscription id>/resourceGroups/<resource group>"
bicep7 lines
resource assignment 'Microsoft.Authorization/roleAssignments@2022-04-01' = {
  name: guid(resourceGroup().id, principalId, 'd5a91429-5739-47e2-a06b-3470a27159e7')
  properties: {
    roleDefinitionId: subscriptionResourceId('Microsoft.Authorization/roleDefinitions', 'd5a91429-5739-47e2-a06b-3470a27159e7')
    principalId: principalId
  }
}

Who already has it?

kql · azure resource graph
authorizationresources
| where type == "microsoft.authorization/roleassignments"
| where tostring(properties.roleDefinitionId) endswith "d5a91429-5739-47e2-a06b-3470a27159e7"
| project principalId = tostring(properties.principalId), principalType = tostring(properties.principalType), scope = tostring(properties.scope)

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