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Monitoring ReaderAzure built-in role

Can read all monitoring data.

Role ID43d0d8ad-25c7-4714-9337-8ba259a9fe05
CategoryMonitor
Actions3
Data actions0

What it can do

PermissionWhat it allows
*/readEvery operation matching */read
Microsoft.OperationalInsights/workspaces/search/actionExecutes a search query
Microsoft.Support/*Every operation under Microsoft.Support

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 Reader" \
  --scope "/subscriptions/<subscription id>/resourceGroups/<resource group>"
powershell3 lines
New-AzRoleAssignment -SignInName "jane.doe@contoso.com" `
  -RoleDefinitionName "Monitoring Reader" `
  -Scope "/subscriptions/<subscription id>/resourceGroups/<resource group>"
bicep7 lines
resource assignment 'Microsoft.Authorization/roleAssignments@2022-04-01' = {
  name: guid(resourceGroup().id, principalId, '43d0d8ad-25c7-4714-9337-8ba259a9fe05')
  properties: {
    roleDefinitionId: subscriptionResourceId('Microsoft.Authorization/roleDefinitions', '43d0d8ad-25c7-4714-9337-8ba259a9fe05')
    principalId: principalId
  }
}

Who already has it?

kql · azure resource graph
authorizationresources
| where type == "microsoft.authorization/roleassignments"
| where tostring(properties.roleDefinitionId) endswith "43d0d8ad-25c7-4714-9337-8ba259a9fe05"
| project principalId = tostring(properties.principalId), principalType = tostring(properties.principalType), scope = tostring(properties.scope)

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