Microsoft Entra roles

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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/permissionGrantPolicies/basic/updateOpen history across roles	Global Administrator
microsoft.directory/permissionGrantPolicies/createOpen history across roles	Global Administrator Privileged Role Administrator
microsoft.directory/permissionGrantPolicies/deleteOpen history across roles	Global Administrator Privileged Role Administrator
microsoft.directory/permissionGrantPolicies/standard/readOpen history across roles	Global Administrator Global Reader Teams Administrator
microsoft.directory/policies/allProperties/allTasksOpen history across roles	Global Administrator
microsoft.directory/policies/allProperties/readOpen history across roles	Global Reader
microsoft.directory/policies/basic/updateOpen history across roles	Security Administrator
microsoft.directory/policies/createOpen history across roles	Security Administrator
microsoft.directory/policies/deleteOpen history across roles	Security Administrator
microsoft.directory/policies/owners/readOpen history across roles	Security Reader
microsoft.directory/policies/owners/updateOpen history across roles	Security Administrator
microsoft.directory/policies/policyAppliedTo/readOpen history across roles	Security Reader
microsoft.directory/policies/standard/readOpen history across roles	Agent ID Administrator Security Reader User Administrator
microsoft.directory/policies/tenantDefault/updateOpen history across roles	Security Administrator
microsoft.directory/privilegedIdentityManagement/allProperties/allTasksOpen history across roles	Privileged Role Administrator
microsoft.directory/privilegedIdentityManagement/allProperties/readOpen history across roles	Global Administrator Global Reader Security Administrator Security Operator Security Reader
microsoft.directory/provisioningLogs/allProperties/readOpen history across roles	Application Administrator Cloud Application Administrator Global Administrator Global Reader Hybrid Identity Administrator Reports Reader Security Administrator Security Operator Security Reader
microsoft.directory/resourceNamespaces/resourceActions/authenticationContext/updateOpen history across roles	Conditional Access Administrator Global Administrator Security Administrator
microsoft.directory/roleAssignments/allProperties/allTasksOpen history across roles	Global Administrator Partner Tier2 Support Privileged Role Administrator
microsoft.directory/roleAssignments/allProperties/readOpen history across roles	Global Reader
microsoft.directory/roleAssignments/standard/readOpen history across roles	AI Reader Directory Readers
microsoft.directory/roleDefinitions/allProperties/allTasksOpen history across roles	Global Administrator Partner Tier2 Support Privileged Role Administrator
microsoft.directory/roleDefinitions/allProperties/readOpen history across roles	Global Reader
microsoft.directory/roleDefinitions/standard/readOpen history across roles	AI Reader Directory Readers
microsoft.directory/scopedRoleMemberships/allProperties/allTasksOpen history across roles	Global Administrator Partner Tier2 Support Privileged Role Administrator