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/groups/appRoleAssignments/readOpen history across roles	AI Reader Directory Readers
microsoft.directory/groups/assignLicenseOpen history across roles	Directory Writers Groups Administrator License Administrator User Administrator
microsoft.directory/groups/assignedLabels/updateOpen history across roles	Directory Writers Groups Administrator
microsoft.directory/groups/basic/updateOpen history across roles	Directory Writers Groups Administrator User Administrator
microsoft.directory/groups/classification/updateOpen history across roles	Directory Writers Groups Administrator User Administrator
microsoft.directory/groups/createOpen history across roles	Directory Writers Groups Administrator Partner Tier1 Support Partner Tier2 Support User Administrator
microsoft.directory/groups/deleteOpen history across roles	Groups Administrator Partner Tier1 Support Partner Tier2 Support User Administrator
microsoft.directory/groups/dynamicMembershipRule/updateOpen history across roles	Directory Writers Groups Administrator User Administrator
microsoft.directory/groups/groupType/updateOpen history across roles	Directory Writers Groups Administrator User Administrator
microsoft.directory/groups/hiddenMembers/readOpen history across roles	Agent ID Administrator Exchange Administrator Groups Administrator Intune Administrator SharePoint Administrator SharePoint Advanced Management Administrator Teams Administrator User Administrator Yammer Administrator
microsoft.directory/groups/memberOf/readOpen history across roles	AI Reader Directory Readers
microsoft.directory/groups/members/readOpen history across roles	AI Reader Directory Readers
microsoft.directory/groups/members/updateOpen history across roles	Directory Writers Groups Administrator Identity Governance Administrator Partner Tier1 Support Partner Tier2 Support User Administrator
microsoft.directory/groups/onPremWriteBack/updateOpen history across roles	Directory Writers Groups Administrator User Administrator
microsoft.directory/groups/owners/readOpen history across roles	AI Reader Directory Readers
microsoft.directory/groups/owners/updateOpen history across roles	Directory Writers Groups Administrator Partner Tier1 Support Partner Tier2 Support User Administrator
microsoft.directory/groups/reprocessLicenseAssignmentOpen history across roles	Directory Writers Groups Administrator License Administrator User Administrator
microsoft.directory/groups/restoreOpen history across roles	Groups Administrator Partner Tier1 Support Partner Tier2 Support User Administrator
microsoft.directory/groups/settings/readOpen history across roles	AI Reader Directory Readers
microsoft.directory/groups/settings/updateOpen history across roles	Directory Writers Groups Administrator User Administrator
microsoft.directory/groups/standard/readOpen history across roles	AI Reader Directory Readers
microsoft.directory/groups/visibility/updateOpen history across roles	Directory Writers Groups Administrator User Administrator
microsoft.directory/groupsAssignableToRoles/allProperties/updateOpen history across roles	Global Administrator Privileged Role Administrator
microsoft.directory/groupsAssignableToRoles/assignLicenseOpen history across roles	Global Administrator Privileged Role Administrator
microsoft.directory/groupsAssignableToRoles/createOpen history across roles	Global Administrator Privileged Role Administrator