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Key Vault AdministratorAzure built-in role

Perform all data plane operations on a key vault and all objects in it, including certificates, keys, and secrets. Cannot manage key vault resources or manage role assignments. Only works for key vaults that use the 'Azure role-based access control' permission model.

Role ID00482a5a-887f-4fb3-b363-3b7fe8e74483
CategorySecurity
Actions10
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.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.Support/*Every operation under Microsoft.Support
Microsoft.KeyVault/checkNameAvailability/readChecks that a key vault name is valid and is not in use
Microsoft.KeyVault/deletedVaults/readView the properties of soft deleted key vaults
Microsoft.KeyVault/locations/*/readAny read operation on anything under Microsoft.KeyVault/locations
Microsoft.KeyVault/vaults/*/readAny read operation on anything under Microsoft.KeyVault/vaults
Microsoft.KeyVault/operations/readLists operations available on Microsoft.KeyVault resource provider

Data actions

PermissionWhat it allows
Microsoft.KeyVault/vaults/*Every operation under Microsoft.KeyVault/vaults

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 "Key Vault Administrator" \
  --scope "/subscriptions/<subscription id>/resourceGroups/<resource group>"
powershell3 lines
New-AzRoleAssignment -SignInName "jane.doe@contoso.com" `
  -RoleDefinitionName "Key Vault Administrator" `
  -Scope "/subscriptions/<subscription id>/resourceGroups/<resource group>"
bicep7 lines
resource assignment 'Microsoft.Authorization/roleAssignments@2022-04-01' = {
  name: guid(resourceGroup().id, principalId, '00482a5a-887f-4fb3-b363-3b7fe8e74483')
  properties: {
    roleDefinitionId: subscriptionResourceId('Microsoft.Authorization/roleDefinitions', '00482a5a-887f-4fb3-b363-3b7fe8e74483')
    principalId: principalId
  }
}

Who already has it?

kql · azure resource graph
authorizationresources
| where type == "microsoft.authorization/roleassignments"
| where tostring(properties.roleDefinitionId) endswith "00482a5a-887f-4fb3-b363-3b7fe8e74483"
| project principalId = tostring(properties.principalId), principalType = tostring(properties.principalType), scope = tostring(properties.scope)

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