// roles/azure · security

Security Manager (Legacy)Azure built-in role

This is a legacy role. Please use Security Administrator instead

Role ID	`e3d13bf0-dd5a-482e-ba6b-9b8433878d10`
Category	Security
Actions	10
Data actions	0

What it can do

Permission	What it allows
`Microsoft.Authorization/*/read`	Any read operation on anything under Microsoft.Authorization
`Microsoft.ClassicCompute/*/read`	Any read operation on anything under Microsoft.ClassicCompute
`Microsoft.ClassicCompute/virtualMachines/*/write`	Any write operation on anything under Microsoft.ClassicCompute/virtualMachines
`Microsoft.ClassicNetwork/*/read`	Any read operation on anything under Microsoft.ClassicNetwork
`Microsoft.Insights/alertRules/*`	Every operation under Microsoft.Insights/alertRules
`Microsoft.ResourceHealth/availabilityStatuses/read`	Gets the availability statuses for all resources in the specified scope
`Microsoft.Resources/deployments/*`	Every operation under Microsoft.Resources/deployments
`Microsoft.Resources/subscriptions/resourceGroups/read`	Gets or lists resource groups.
`Microsoft.Security/*`	Every operation under Microsoft.Security
`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 "Security Manager (Legacy)" \
  --scope "/subscriptions/<subscription id>/resourceGroups/<resource group>"

powershell3 lines

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3New-AzRoleAssignment -SignInName "jane.doe@contoso.com" `
  -RoleDefinitionName "Security Manager (Legacy)" `
  -Scope "/subscriptions/<subscription id>/resourceGroups/<resource group>"

bicep7 lines

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7resource assignment 'Microsoft.Authorization/roleAssignments@2022-04-01' = {
  name: guid(resourceGroup().id, principalId, 'e3d13bf0-dd5a-482e-ba6b-9b8433878d10')
  properties: {
    roleDefinitionId: subscriptionResourceId('Microsoft.Authorization/roleDefinitions', 'e3d13bf0-dd5a-482e-ba6b-9b8433878d10')
    principalId: principalId
  }
}

Who already has it?

kql · azure resource graph

authorizationresources
| where type == "microsoft.authorization/roleassignments"
| where tostring(properties.roleDefinitionId) endswith "e3d13bf0-dd5a-482e-ba6b-9b8433878d10"
| project principalId = tostring(properties.principalId), principalType = tostring(properties.principalType), scope = tostring(properties.scope)

Other security roles

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Key Vault Crypto Service Release User · 1 permission
Security Assessment Contributor · 1 permission
Attestation Reader · 2 permissions
Key Vault Secrets User · 2 permissions
Attestation Contributor · 3 permissions
Locks Contributor · 3 permissions
Key Vault Certificate User · 4 permissions

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Sources

Microsoft Learn: Azure built-in roles