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Storage Account ContributorAzure built-in role

Lets you manage storage accounts, including accessing storage account keys which provide full access to storage account data.

Role ID17d1049b-9a84-46fb-8f53-869881c3d3ab
CategoryStorage
Actions9
Data actions0

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.Insights/diagnosticSettings/*Every operation under Microsoft.Insights/diagnosticSettings
Microsoft.Network/virtualNetworks/subnets/joinViaServiceEndpoint/actionJoins resource such as storage account or SQL database to a subnet. Not alertable.
Microsoft.ResourceHealth/availabilityStatuses/readGets the availability statuses for all resources in the specified scope
Microsoft.Resources/deployments/*Every operation under Microsoft.Resources/deployments
Microsoft.Resources/subscriptions/resourceGroups/readGets or lists resource groups.
Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts/*Every operation under Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts
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 "Storage Account Contributor" \
  --scope "/subscriptions/<subscription id>/resourceGroups/<resource group>"
powershell3 lines
New-AzRoleAssignment -SignInName "jane.doe@contoso.com" `
  -RoleDefinitionName "Storage Account Contributor" `
  -Scope "/subscriptions/<subscription id>/resourceGroups/<resource group>"
bicep7 lines
resource assignment 'Microsoft.Authorization/roleAssignments@2022-04-01' = {
  name: guid(resourceGroup().id, principalId, '17d1049b-9a84-46fb-8f53-869881c3d3ab')
  properties: {
    roleDefinitionId: subscriptionResourceId('Microsoft.Authorization/roleDefinitions', '17d1049b-9a84-46fb-8f53-869881c3d3ab')
    principalId: principalId
  }
}

Who already has it?

kql · azure resource graph
authorizationresources
| where type == "microsoft.authorization/roleassignments"
| where tostring(properties.roleDefinitionId) endswith "17d1049b-9a84-46fb-8f53-869881c3d3ab"
| project principalId = tostring(properties.principalId), principalType = tostring(properties.principalType), scope = tostring(properties.scope)

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