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SRE Agent ReaderAzure built-in role

Grants read-only access to all SRE Agent data, including chats, incidents, logs, and configurations. Does not permit interaction with the agent.

Role IDa4b156ac-253f-4a1a-9851-96d62b71b047
CategoryManagement-and-governance
Actions3
Data actions4

Before you assign it

  • It reaches the data, not just the resource. It has 4 data actions, such as reading blobs, secrets or messages.

What it can do

PermissionWhat it allows
Microsoft.Authorization/*/readAny read operation on anything under Microsoft.Authorization
Microsoft.Insights/alertRules/*Every operation under Microsoft.Insights/alertRules
Microsoft.App/agents/readRead SRE Agent properties

Data actions

PermissionWhat it allows
Microsoft.App/agents/threads/readRead all the conversation threads with an SRE Agent
Microsoft.App/agents/graph/readRead resource graph in an SRE agent
Microsoft.App/agents/memory/readRead agent memory in an SRE agent
Microsoft.App/agents/incidentManagement/readRead incident management configurations in an SRE agent

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 "SRE Agent Reader" \
  --scope "/subscriptions/<subscription id>/resourceGroups/<resource group>"
powershell3 lines
New-AzRoleAssignment -SignInName "jane.doe@contoso.com" `
  -RoleDefinitionName "SRE Agent Reader" `
  -Scope "/subscriptions/<subscription id>/resourceGroups/<resource group>"
bicep7 lines
resource assignment 'Microsoft.Authorization/roleAssignments@2022-04-01' = {
  name: guid(resourceGroup().id, principalId, 'a4b156ac-253f-4a1a-9851-96d62b71b047')
  properties: {
    roleDefinitionId: subscriptionResourceId('Microsoft.Authorization/roleDefinitions', 'a4b156ac-253f-4a1a-9851-96d62b71b047')
    principalId: principalId
  }
}

Who already has it?

kql · azure resource graph
authorizationresources
| where type == "microsoft.authorization/roleassignments"
| where tostring(properties.roleDefinitionId) endswith "a4b156ac-253f-4a1a-9851-96d62b71b047"
| project principalId = tostring(properties.principalId), principalType = tostring(properties.principalType), scope = tostring(properties.scope)

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