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Organizational Data Source AdministratorMicrosoft Entra built-in role

Set up and manage the ingestion of organizational data into Microsoft 365.

Role ID9d70768a-0cbc-4b4c-aea3-2e124b2477f4
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.microsoft365.organizationalData/allEntities/allProperties/allTasksManage all aspects of organizational data in Microsoft 365
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.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 Organizational Data Source Administrator for <reason>"
    RoleDefinitionId = "9d70768a-0cbc-4b4c-aea3-2e124b2477f4"
    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 '9d70768a-0cbc-4b4c-aea3-2e124b2477f4'" -ExpandProperty Principal |
    ForEach-Object { $_.Principal.AdditionalProperties.displayName }

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