Microsoft Entra roles

Find built-in roles, understand their documented resource actions, and follow changes to the public reference.

Source and coverage · 136 documented roles

Baseline 22 Oct 2026. Changes compare accepted reference reads, not tenant assignments or effective access. Full collection limits

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Roles by documented action

657 matching action patterns

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Action	Roles listing this action
microsoft.directory/groupSettings/allProperties/readOpen history across roles	Global Reader
microsoft.directory/groupSettings/basic/updateOpen history across roles	Directory Writers
microsoft.directory/groupSettings/createOpen history across roles	Directory Writers
microsoft.directory/groupSettings/deleteOpen history across roles	Directory Writers
microsoft.directory/groupSettings/standard/readOpen history across roles	AI Reader Directory Readers Microsoft Entra Joined Device Local Administrator
microsoft.directory/groups.security/assignedLabels/updateOpen history across roles	Intune Administrator Windows 365 Administrator
microsoft.directory/groups.security/basic/updateOpen history across roles	Intune Administrator Knowledge Administrator Knowledge Manager Windows 365 Administrator
microsoft.directory/groups.security/classification/updateOpen history across roles	Intune Administrator Windows 365 Administrator
microsoft.directory/groups.security/createOpen history across roles	Intune Administrator Knowledge Administrator Knowledge Manager Windows 365 Administrator
microsoft.directory/groups.security/createAsOwnerOpen history across roles	Knowledge Administrator Knowledge Manager
microsoft.directory/groups.security/deleteOpen history across roles	Intune Administrator Knowledge Administrator Knowledge Manager Windows 365 Administrator
microsoft.directory/groups.security/dynamicMembershipRule/updateOpen history across roles	Intune Administrator Windows 365 Administrator
microsoft.directory/groups.security/members/updateOpen history across roles	Intune Administrator Knowledge Administrator Knowledge Manager Windows 365 Administrator
microsoft.directory/groups.security/owners/updateOpen history across roles	Intune Administrator Knowledge Administrator Knowledge Manager Windows 365 Administrator
microsoft.directory/groups.security/visibility/updateOpen history across roles	Intune Administrator Windows 365 Administrator
microsoft.directory/groups.unified/assignedLabels/updateOpen history across roles	Exchange Administrator Partner Tier1 Support Partner Tier2 Support SharePoint Administrator SharePoint Advanced Management Administrator Teams Administrator User Administrator Yammer Administrator
microsoft.directory/groups.unified/basic/updateOpen history across roles	Exchange Administrator SharePoint Administrator SharePoint Advanced Management Administrator Teams Administrator Yammer Administrator
microsoft.directory/groups.unified/createOpen history across roles	Exchange Administrator SharePoint Administrator SharePoint Advanced Management Administrator Teams Administrator Yammer Administrator
microsoft.directory/groups.unified/createAsOwnerOpen history across roles	Agent ID Administrator
microsoft.directory/groups.unified/deleteOpen history across roles	Exchange Administrator SharePoint Administrator SharePoint Advanced Management Administrator Teams Administrator Yammer Administrator
microsoft.directory/groups.unified/members/updateOpen history across roles	Exchange Administrator SharePoint Administrator SharePoint Advanced Management Administrator Teams Administrator Yammer Administrator
microsoft.directory/groups.unified/owners/updateOpen history across roles	Exchange Administrator SharePoint Administrator SharePoint Advanced Management Administrator Teams Administrator Yammer Administrator
microsoft.directory/groups.unified/restoreOpen history across roles	Exchange Administrator SharePoint Administrator SharePoint Advanced Management Administrator Teams Administrator Yammer Administrator
microsoft.directory/groups/allProperties/allTasksOpen history across roles	Global Administrator
microsoft.directory/groups/allProperties/readOpen history across roles	Global Reader