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OwnerAzure built-in role

Grants full access to manage all resources, including the ability to assign roles in Azure RBAC.

Role ID8e3af657-a8ff-443c-a75c-2fe8c4bcb635
CategoryPrivileged
Actions1
Data actions0

Before you assign it

  • Full control. It includes *, so it can do almost anything to resources in scope.
  • It can give access to others. It allows Microsoft.Authorization/roleAssignments/write, so treat it as a privileged role and assign it through PIM where you can.

What it can do

PermissionWhat it allows
*Every operation on every resource type

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 "Owner" \
  --scope "/subscriptions/<subscription id>/resourceGroups/<resource group>"
powershell3 lines
New-AzRoleAssignment -SignInName "jane.doe@contoso.com" `
  -RoleDefinitionName "Owner" `
  -Scope "/subscriptions/<subscription id>/resourceGroups/<resource group>"
bicep7 lines
resource assignment 'Microsoft.Authorization/roleAssignments@2022-04-01' = {
  name: guid(resourceGroup().id, principalId, '8e3af657-a8ff-443c-a75c-2fe8c4bcb635')
  properties: {
    roleDefinitionId: subscriptionResourceId('Microsoft.Authorization/roleDefinitions', '8e3af657-a8ff-443c-a75c-2fe8c4bcb635')
    principalId: principalId
  }
}

Who already has it?

kql · azure resource graph
authorizationresources
| where type == "microsoft.authorization/roleassignments"
| where tostring(properties.roleDefinitionId) endswith "8e3af657-a8ff-443c-a75c-2fe8c4bcb635"
| project principalId = tostring(properties.principalId), principalType = tostring(properties.principalType), scope = tostring(properties.scope)

Other privileged roles

Find the smallest role for a task →

Sources