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Lifecycle Workflows AdministratorMicrosoft Entra built-in role

Create and manage all aspects of workflows and tasks associated with Lifecycle Workflows in Microsoft Entra ID.

Role ID59d46f88-662b-457b-bceb-5c3809e5908f
PrivilegedYes. Microsoft marks this role as privileged.
Permissions3

Before you assign it

Microsoft labels this a privileged role, so make it eligible through PIM rather than permanent, require phishing-resistant MFA to activate it, and review who has it regularly.

What it can do

PermissionWhat it allows
microsoft.directory/lifecycleWorkflows/workflows/allProperties/allTasksManage all aspects of lifecycle workflows and tasks in Microsoft Entra ID
microsoft.directory/organization/strongAuthentication/readRead strong authentication properties of an organization
microsoft.directory/users/lifeCycleInfo/readRead lifecycle information of users, such as employeeLeaveDateTime

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 Lifecycle Workflows Administrator for <reason>"
    RoleDefinitionId = "59d46f88-662b-457b-bceb-5c3809e5908f"
    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 '59d46f88-662b-457b-bceb-5c3809e5908f'" -ExpandProperty Principal |
    ForEach-Object { $_.Principal.AdditionalProperties.displayName }

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