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Office Apps AdministratorMicrosoft Entra built-in role

Can manage Office apps cloud services, including policy and settings management, and manage the ability to select, unselect and publish 'what's new' feature content to end-user's devices.

Role ID2b745bdf-0803-4d80-aa65-822c4493daac
PrivilegedNo
Permissions7

What it can do

PermissionWhat it allows
microsoft.azure.serviceHealth/allEntities/allTasksRead and configure Azure Service Health
microsoft.azure.supportTickets/allEntities/allTasksCreate and manage Azure support tickets
microsoft.office365.messageCenter/messages/readRead messages in Message Center in the Microsoft 365 admin center, excluding security messages
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.userCommunication/allEntities/allTasksRead and update what's new messages visibility
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 Office Apps Administrator for <reason>"
    RoleDefinitionId = "2b745bdf-0803-4d80-aa65-822c4493daac"
    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 '2b745bdf-0803-4d80-aa65-822c4493daac'" -ExpandProperty Principal |
    ForEach-Object { $_.Principal.AdditionalProperties.displayName }

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