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Places AdministratorMicrosoft Entra built-in role

Manage all aspects of the Microsoft Places service.

Role ID78b0ccd1-afc2-4f92-9116-b41aedd09592
PrivilegedNo
Permissions1

What it can do

PermissionWhat it allows
microsoft.places/allEntities/allProperties/allTasksManage all aspects of the Microsoft Places service

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 Places Administrator for <reason>"
    RoleDefinitionId = "78b0ccd1-afc2-4f92-9116-b41aedd09592"
    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 '78b0ccd1-afc2-4f92-9116-b41aedd09592'" -ExpandProperty Principal |
    ForEach-Object { $_.Principal.AdditionalProperties.displayName }

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