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Management Group ReaderAzure built-in role

Management Group Reader Role

Role IDac63b705-f282-497d-ac71-919bf39d939d
CategoryManagement-and-governance
Actions3
Data actions0

What it can do

PermissionWhat it allows
Microsoft.Management/managementGroups/readList management groups for the authenticated user.
Microsoft.Management/managementGroups/subscriptions/readLists subscription under the given management group.
Microsoft.Authorization/*/readAny read operation on anything under Microsoft.Authorization

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 "Management Group Reader" \
  --scope "/subscriptions/<subscription id>/resourceGroups/<resource group>"
powershell3 lines
New-AzRoleAssignment -SignInName "jane.doe@contoso.com" `
  -RoleDefinitionName "Management Group Reader" `
  -Scope "/subscriptions/<subscription id>/resourceGroups/<resource group>"
bicep7 lines
resource assignment 'Microsoft.Authorization/roleAssignments@2022-04-01' = {
  name: guid(resourceGroup().id, principalId, 'ac63b705-f282-497d-ac71-919bf39d939d')
  properties: {
    roleDefinitionId: subscriptionResourceId('Microsoft.Authorization/roleDefinitions', 'ac63b705-f282-497d-ac71-919bf39d939d')
    principalId: principalId
  }
}

Who already has it?

kql · azure resource graph
authorizationresources
| where type == "microsoft.authorization/roleassignments"
| where tostring(properties.roleDefinitionId) endswith "ac63b705-f282-497d-ac71-919bf39d939d"
| project principalId = tostring(properties.principalId), principalType = tostring(properties.principalType), scope = tostring(properties.scope)

Other management-and-governance roles

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