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Azure Information Protection AdministratorMicrosoft Entra built-in role

Can manage all aspects of the Azure Information Protection product.

Role ID7495fdc4-34c4-4d15-a289-98788ce399fd
PrivilegedNo
Permissions7

What it can do

PermissionWhat it allows
microsoft.azure.informationProtection/allEntities/allTasksManage all aspects of Azure Information Protection
microsoft.azure.serviceHealth/allEntities/allTasksRead and configure Azure Service Health
microsoft.azure.supportTickets/allEntities/allTasksCreate and manage Azure support tickets
microsoft.directory/authorizationPolicy/standard/readRead standard properties of authorization policy
microsoft.office365.serviceHealth/allEntities/allTasksRead and configure Service Health in the Microsoft 365 admin center
microsoft.office365.supportTickets/allEntities/allTasksCreate and manage Microsoft 365 service requests
microsoft.office365.webPortal/allEntities/standard/readRead basic properties on all resources in the Microsoft 365 admin center

Assign it

The role ID is the same in every tenant, so these work as they are. Make it eligible through PIM:

powershell13 lines
Connect-MgGraph -Scopes "RoleEligibilitySchedule.ReadWrite.Directory"
$user = Get-MgUser -UserId "jane.doe@contoso.com"
New-MgRoleManagementDirectoryRoleEligibilityScheduleRequest -BodyParameter @{
    Action           = "AdminAssign"
    Justification    = "Needs Azure Information Protection Administrator for <reason>"
    RoleDefinitionId = "7495fdc4-34c4-4d15-a289-98788ce399fd"
    DirectoryScopeId = "/"
    PrincipalId      = $user.Id
    ScheduleInfo     = @{
        StartDateTime = (Get-Date).ToUniversalTime().ToString("o")
        Expiration    = @{ Type = "afterDuration"; Duration = "P180D" }
    }
}

Who already has it?

powershell3 lines
Connect-MgGraph -Scopes "RoleManagement.Read.Directory"
Get-MgRoleManagementDirectoryRoleAssignment -Filter "roleDefinitionId eq '7495fdc4-34c4-4d15-a289-98788ce399fd'" -ExpandProperty Principal |
    ForEach-Object { $_.Principal.AdditionalProperties.displayName }

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