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Monitoring Metrics PublisherAzure built-in role

Enables publishing metrics against Azure resources

Role ID3913510d-42f4-4e42-8a64-420c390055eb
CategoryMonitor
Actions3
Data actions2

Before you assign it

  • It reaches the data, not just the resource. It has 2 data actions, such as reading blobs, secrets or messages.

What it can do

PermissionWhat it allows
Microsoft.Insights/Register/ActionRegister the Microsoft Insights provider
Microsoft.Support/*Every operation under Microsoft.Support
Microsoft.Resources/subscriptions/resourceGroups/readGets or lists resource groups.

Data actions

PermissionWhat it allows
Microsoft.Insights/Metrics/WriteWrite metrics
Microsoft.Insights/Telemetry/WriteWrite telemetry

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 "Monitoring Metrics Publisher" \
  --scope "/subscriptions/<subscription id>/resourceGroups/<resource group>"
powershell3 lines
New-AzRoleAssignment -SignInName "jane.doe@contoso.com" `
  -RoleDefinitionName "Monitoring Metrics Publisher" `
  -Scope "/subscriptions/<subscription id>/resourceGroups/<resource group>"
bicep7 lines
resource assignment 'Microsoft.Authorization/roleAssignments@2022-04-01' = {
  name: guid(resourceGroup().id, principalId, '3913510d-42f4-4e42-8a64-420c390055eb')
  properties: {
    roleDefinitionId: subscriptionResourceId('Microsoft.Authorization/roleDefinitions', '3913510d-42f4-4e42-8a64-420c390055eb')
    principalId: principalId
  }
}

Who already has it?

kql · azure resource graph
authorizationresources
| where type == "microsoft.authorization/roleassignments"
| where tostring(properties.roleDefinitionId) endswith "3913510d-42f4-4e42-8a64-420c390055eb"
| project principalId = tostring(properties.principalId), principalType = tostring(properties.principalType), scope = tostring(properties.scope)

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