Create roleDefinitions

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10/27/2023

Namespace: microsoft.graph

Important

APIs under the /beta version in Microsoft Graph are subject to change. Use of these APIs in production applications is not supported. To determine whether an API is available in v1.0, use the Version selector.

Create a new unifiedRoleDefinition object for an RBAC provider. This feature requires a Microsoft Entra ID P1 or P2 license.

The following RBAC providers are currently supported:

Cloud PC
device management (Intune)
directory (Microsoft Entra ID)

This API is available in the following national cloud deployments.

Global service	US Government L4	US Government L5 (DOD)	China operated by 21Vianet
✅	✅	✅	✅

Permissions

The following tables show the least privileged permission or permissions required to call this API on each supported resource type. Follow best practices to request least privileged permissions. For details about delegated and application permissions, see Permission types. To learn more about these permissions, see the permissions reference.

For a Cloud PC provider

Permission type	Least privileged permissions	Higher privileged permissions
Delegated (work or school account)	DeviceManagementRBAC.ReadWrite.All	CloudPC.ReadWrite.All, Directory.ReadWrite.All, RoleManagement.ReadWrite.CloudPC, RoleManagement.ReadWrite.Directory
Delegated (personal Microsoft account)	Not supported.	Not supported.
Application	DeviceManagementRBAC.ReadWrite.All	CloudPC.ReadWrite.All, Directory.ReadWrite.All, RoleManagement.ReadWrite.CloudPC, RoleManagement.ReadWrite.Directory

For a device management (Intune) provider

Permission type	Least privileged permissions	Higher privileged permissions
Delegated (work or school account)	RoleManagement.ReadWrite.Directory	Directory.ReadWrite.All
Delegated (personal Microsoft account)	Not supported.	Not supported.
Application	RoleManagement.ReadWrite.Directory	Directory.ReadWrite.All

For a directory (Microsoft Entra ID) provider

Permission type	Least privileged permissions	Higher privileged permissions
Delegated (work or school account)	DeviceManagementRBAC.ReadWrite.All	CloudPC.ReadWrite.All, Directory.ReadWrite.All, RoleManagement.ReadWrite.CloudPC, RoleManagement.ReadWrite.Directory
Delegated (personal Microsoft account)	Not supported.	Not supported.
Application	DeviceManagementRBAC.ReadWrite.All	CloudPC.ReadWrite.All, Directory.ReadWrite.All, RoleManagement.ReadWrite.CloudPC, RoleManagement.ReadWrite.Directory

Important

In delegated scenarios with work or school accounts, the signed-in user must be assigned a supported Microsoft Entra role or a custom role with a supported role permission. Privileged Role Administrator is the least privileged role supported for this operation.

HTTP request

To create a role definition for a device management provider:

POST /roleManagement/deviceManagement/roleDefinitions

To create a role definition for a directory provider:

POST /roleManagement/directory/roleDefinitions

To create a role definition for a Cloud PC provider:

POST /roleManagement/cloudPc/roleDefinitions

Request headers

Name	Description
Authorization	Bearer {token}. Required. Learn more about authentication and authorization.

Request body

In the request body, supply a JSON representation of unifiedRoleDefinition object.

The following table shows the properties that are required when you create a roleDefinition.

Parameter	Type	Description
displayName	string	The display name for the role definition.
isEnabled	Boolean	Flag indicating if the role is enabled for assignment. If false the role is not available for assignment.
rolePermissions	unifiedRolePermission collection	List of permissions included in the role.

Response

If successful, this method returns 201 Created response code and a new unifiedRoleDefinition object in the response body.

Example 1：Create a custom role for a directory provider

Request

POST https://graph.microsoft.com/beta/roleManagement/directory/roleDefinitions
Content-type: application/json

{
  "description": "Update basic properties of application registrations",
  "displayName": "Application Registration Support Administrator",
  "rolePermissions":
    [
        {
            "allowedResourceActions": 
            [
                "microsoft.directory/applications/basic/read"
            ]
        }
    ],
    "isEnabled" : "true"
}


// Code snippets are only available for the latest version. Current version is 5.x

// Dependencies
using Microsoft.Graph.Beta.Models;

var requestBody = new UnifiedRoleDefinition
{
	Description = "Update basic properties of application registrations",
	DisplayName = "Application Registration Support Administrator",
	RolePermissions = new List<UnifiedRolePermission>
	{
		new UnifiedRolePermission
		{
			AllowedResourceActions = new List<string>
			{
				"microsoft.directory/applications/basic/read",
			},
		},
	},
	IsEnabled = true,
};

// To initialize your graphClient, see https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/sdks/create-client?from=snippets&tabs=csharp
var result = await graphClient.RoleManagement.Directory.RoleDefinitions.PostAsync(requestBody);

Important

Microsoft Graph SDKs use the v1.0 version of the API by default, and do not support all the types, properties, and APIs available in the beta version. For details about accessing the beta API with the SDK, see Use the Microsoft Graph SDKs with the beta API.

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.



mgc-beta role-management directory role-definitions create --body '{\
  "description": "Update basic properties of application registrations",\
  "displayName": "Application Registration Support Administrator",\
  "rolePermissions":\
    [\
        {\
            "allowedResourceActions": \
            [\
                "microsoft.directory/applications/basic/read"\
            ]\
        }\
    ],\
    "isEnabled" : "true"\
}\
'

Important

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.



// Code snippets are only available for the latest major version. Current major version is $v0.*

// Dependencies
import (
	  "context"
	  msgraphsdk "github.com/microsoftgraph/msgraph-beta-sdk-go"
	  graphmodels "github.com/microsoftgraph/msgraph-beta-sdk-go/models"
	  //other-imports
)

requestBody := graphmodels.NewUnifiedRoleDefinition()
description := "Update basic properties of application registrations"
requestBody.SetDescription(&description) 
displayName := "Application Registration Support Administrator"
requestBody.SetDisplayName(&displayName) 


unifiedRolePermission := graphmodels.NewUnifiedRolePermission()
allowedResourceActions := []string {
	"microsoft.directory/applications/basic/read",
}
unifiedRolePermission.SetAllowedResourceActions(allowedResourceActions)

rolePermissions := []graphmodels.UnifiedRolePermissionable {
	unifiedRolePermission,
}
requestBody.SetRolePermissions(rolePermissions)
isEnabled := true
requestBody.SetIsEnabled(&isEnabled) 

// To initialize your graphClient, see https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/sdks/create-client?from=snippets&tabs=go
roleDefinitions, err := graphClient.RoleManagement().Directory().RoleDefinitions().Post(context.Background(), requestBody, nil)

Important

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.


// Code snippets are only available for the latest version. Current version is 6.x

GraphServiceClient graphClient = new GraphServiceClient(requestAdapter);

UnifiedRoleDefinition unifiedRoleDefinition = new UnifiedRoleDefinition();
unifiedRoleDefinition.setDescription("Update basic properties of application registrations");
unifiedRoleDefinition.setDisplayName("Application Registration Support Administrator");
LinkedList<UnifiedRolePermission> rolePermissions = new LinkedList<UnifiedRolePermission>();
UnifiedRolePermission unifiedRolePermission = new UnifiedRolePermission();
LinkedList<String> allowedResourceActions = new LinkedList<String>();
allowedResourceActions.add("microsoft.directory/applications/basic/read");
unifiedRolePermission.setAllowedResourceActions(allowedResourceActions);
rolePermissions.add(unifiedRolePermission);
unifiedRoleDefinition.setRolePermissions(rolePermissions);
unifiedRoleDefinition.setIsEnabled(true);
UnifiedRoleDefinition result = graphClient.roleManagement().directory().roleDefinitions().post(unifiedRoleDefinition);

Important

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.


const options = {
	authProvider,
};

const client = Client.init(options);

const unifiedRoleDefinition = {
  description: 'Update basic properties of application registrations',
  displayName: 'Application Registration Support Administrator',
  rolePermissions: 
    [
        {
            allowedResourceActions: 
            [
                'microsoft.directory/applications/basic/read'
            ]
        }
    ],
    isEnabled: 'true'
};

await client.api('/roleManagement/directory/roleDefinitions')
	.version('beta')
	.post(unifiedRoleDefinition);

Important

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.


<?php
use Microsoft\Graph\Beta\GraphServiceClient;
use Microsoft\Graph\Beta\Generated\Models\UnifiedRoleDefinition;
use Microsoft\Graph\Beta\Generated\Models\UnifiedRolePermission;


$graphServiceClient = new GraphServiceClient($tokenRequestContext, $scopes);

$requestBody = new UnifiedRoleDefinition();
$requestBody->setDescription('Update basic properties of application registrations');
$requestBody->setDisplayName('Application Registration Support Administrator');
$rolePermissionsUnifiedRolePermission1 = new UnifiedRolePermission();
$rolePermissionsUnifiedRolePermission1->setAllowedResourceActions(['microsoft.directory/applications/basic/read', 	]);
$rolePermissionsArray []= $rolePermissionsUnifiedRolePermission1;
$requestBody->setRolePermissions($rolePermissionsArray);

$requestBody->setIsEnabled(true);

$result = $graphServiceClient->roleManagement()->directory()->roleDefinitions()->post($requestBody)->wait();

Important

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.


Import-Module Microsoft.Graph.Beta.Identity.Governance

$params = @{
	description = "Update basic properties of application registrations"
	displayName = "Application Registration Support Administrator"
	rolePermissions = @(
		@{
			allowedResourceActions = @(
			"microsoft.directory/applications/basic/read"
		)
	}
)
isEnabled = "true"
}

New-MgBetaRoleManagementDirectoryRoleDefinition -BodyParameter $params

Important

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.


# Code snippets are only available for the latest version. Current version is 1.x
from msgraph_beta import GraphServiceClient
from msgraph_beta.generated.models.unified_role_definition import UnifiedRoleDefinition
from msgraph_beta.generated.models.unified_role_permission import UnifiedRolePermission
# To initialize your graph_client, see https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/sdks/create-client?from=snippets&tabs=python
request_body = UnifiedRoleDefinition(
	description = "Update basic properties of application registrations",
	display_name = "Application Registration Support Administrator",
	role_permissions = [
		UnifiedRolePermission(
			allowed_resource_actions = [
				"microsoft.directory/applications/basic/read",
			],
		),
	],
	is_enabled = True,
)

result = await graph_client.role_management.directory.role_definitions.post(request_body)

Important

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

Response

The following example shows the response.

Note: The response object shown here might be shortened for readability.

HTTP/1.1 201 Created
Content-type: application/json

{
    "@odata.context": "https://graph.microsoft.com/beta/$metadata#roleManagement/directory/roleDefinitions/$entity",
    "id": "d5eec5e0-6992-4c6b-b430-0f833f1a815a",
    "description": "Update basic properties of application registrations",
    "displayName": "Application Registration Support Administrator",
    "isBuiltIn": false,
    "isEnabled": true,
    "templateId": "d5eec5e0-6992-4c6b-b430-0f833f1a815a",
    "version": null,
    "rolePermissions": [
        {
            "allowedResourceActions": [
                "microsoft.directory/applications/standard/read",
                "microsoft.directory/applications/basic/update"
            ],
            "condition": null
        }
    ],
    "inheritsPermissionsFrom": []
}

Example 2: Create a custom role for a Cloud PC provider

Request

POST https://graph.microsoft.com/beta/roleManagement/cloudPC/roleDefinitions
Content-type: application/json

{
  "description": "An example custom role",
  "displayName": "ExampleCustomRole",
  "rolePermissions":
    [
        {
            "allowedResourceActions": 
            [
                "Microsoft.CloudPC/CloudPCs/Read"
            ]
        }
    ],
    "condition" : "null"
}


// Code snippets are only available for the latest version. Current version is 5.x

// Dependencies
using Microsoft.Graph.Beta.Models;

var requestBody = new UnifiedRoleDefinition
{
	Description = "An example custom role",
	DisplayName = "ExampleCustomRole",
	RolePermissions = new List<UnifiedRolePermission>
	{
		new UnifiedRolePermission
		{
			AllowedResourceActions = new List<string>
			{
				"Microsoft.CloudPC/CloudPCs/Read",
			},
		},
	},
	AdditionalData = new Dictionary<string, object>
	{
		{
			"condition" , "null"
		},
	},
};

// To initialize your graphClient, see https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/sdks/create-client?from=snippets&tabs=csharp
var result = await graphClient.RoleManagement.CloudPC.RoleDefinitions.PostAsync(requestBody);

Important

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.



mgc-beta role-management cloud-pc role-definitions create --body '{\
  "description": "An example custom role",\
  "displayName": "ExampleCustomRole",\
  "rolePermissions":\
    [\
        {\
            "allowedResourceActions": \
            [\
                "Microsoft.CloudPC/CloudPCs/Read"\
            ]\
        }\
    ],\
    "condition" : "null"\
}\
'

Important

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.



// Code snippets are only available for the latest major version. Current major version is $v0.*

// Dependencies
import (
	  "context"
	  msgraphsdk "github.com/microsoftgraph/msgraph-beta-sdk-go"
	  graphmodels "github.com/microsoftgraph/msgraph-beta-sdk-go/models"
	  //other-imports
)

requestBody := graphmodels.NewUnifiedRoleDefinition()
description := "An example custom role"
requestBody.SetDescription(&description) 
displayName := "ExampleCustomRole"
requestBody.SetDisplayName(&displayName) 


unifiedRolePermission := graphmodels.NewUnifiedRolePermission()
allowedResourceActions := []string {
	"Microsoft.CloudPC/CloudPCs/Read",
}
unifiedRolePermission.SetAllowedResourceActions(allowedResourceActions)

rolePermissions := []graphmodels.UnifiedRolePermissionable {
	unifiedRolePermission,
}
requestBody.SetRolePermissions(rolePermissions)
additionalData := map[string]interface{}{
	"condition" : "null", 
}
requestBody.SetAdditionalData(additionalData)

// To initialize your graphClient, see https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/sdks/create-client?from=snippets&tabs=go
roleDefinitions, err := graphClient.RoleManagement().CloudPC().RoleDefinitions().Post(context.Background(), requestBody, nil)

Important

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.


// Code snippets are only available for the latest version. Current version is 6.x

GraphServiceClient graphClient = new GraphServiceClient(requestAdapter);

UnifiedRoleDefinition unifiedRoleDefinition = new UnifiedRoleDefinition();
unifiedRoleDefinition.setDescription("An example custom role");
unifiedRoleDefinition.setDisplayName("ExampleCustomRole");
LinkedList<UnifiedRolePermission> rolePermissions = new LinkedList<UnifiedRolePermission>();
UnifiedRolePermission unifiedRolePermission = new UnifiedRolePermission();
LinkedList<String> allowedResourceActions = new LinkedList<String>();
allowedResourceActions.add("Microsoft.CloudPC/CloudPCs/Read");
unifiedRolePermission.setAllowedResourceActions(allowedResourceActions);
rolePermissions.add(unifiedRolePermission);
unifiedRoleDefinition.setRolePermissions(rolePermissions);
HashMap<String, Object> additionalData = new HashMap<String, Object>();
additionalData.put("condition", "null");
unifiedRoleDefinition.setAdditionalData(additionalData);
UnifiedRoleDefinition result = graphClient.roleManagement().cloudPC().roleDefinitions().post(unifiedRoleDefinition);

Important

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.


const options = {
	authProvider,
};

const client = Client.init(options);

const unifiedRoleDefinition = {
  description: 'An example custom role',
  displayName: 'ExampleCustomRole',
  rolePermissions: 
    [
        {
            allowedResourceActions: 
            [
                'Microsoft.CloudPC/CloudPCs/Read'
            ]
        }
    ],
    condition: 'null'
};

await client.api('/roleManagement/cloudPC/roleDefinitions')
	.version('beta')
	.post(unifiedRoleDefinition);

Important

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.


<?php
use Microsoft\Graph\Beta\GraphServiceClient;
use Microsoft\Graph\Beta\Generated\Models\UnifiedRoleDefinition;
use Microsoft\Graph\Beta\Generated\Models\UnifiedRolePermission;


$graphServiceClient = new GraphServiceClient($tokenRequestContext, $scopes);

$requestBody = new UnifiedRoleDefinition();
$requestBody->setDescription('An example custom role');
$requestBody->setDisplayName('ExampleCustomRole');
$rolePermissionsUnifiedRolePermission1 = new UnifiedRolePermission();
$rolePermissionsUnifiedRolePermission1->setAllowedResourceActions(['Microsoft.CloudPC/CloudPCs/Read', 	]);
$rolePermissionsArray []= $rolePermissionsUnifiedRolePermission1;
$requestBody->setRolePermissions($rolePermissionsArray);

$additionalData = [
'condition' => 'null',
];
$requestBody->setAdditionalData($additionalData);

$result = $graphServiceClient->roleManagement()->cloudPC()->roleDefinitions()->post($requestBody)->wait();

Important

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.


Import-Module Microsoft.Graph.Beta.DeviceManagement.Enrollment

$params = @{
	description = "An example custom role"
	displayName = "ExampleCustomRole"
	rolePermissions = @(
		@{
			allowedResourceActions = @(
			"Microsoft.CloudPC/CloudPCs/Read"
		)
	}
)
condition = "null"
}

New-MgBetaRoleManagementCloudPcRoleDefinition -BodyParameter $params

Important

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.


# Code snippets are only available for the latest version. Current version is 1.x
from msgraph_beta import GraphServiceClient
from msgraph_beta.generated.models.unified_role_definition import UnifiedRoleDefinition
from msgraph_beta.generated.models.unified_role_permission import UnifiedRolePermission
# To initialize your graph_client, see https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/sdks/create-client?from=snippets&tabs=python
request_body = UnifiedRoleDefinition(
	description = "An example custom role",
	display_name = "ExampleCustomRole",
	role_permissions = [
		UnifiedRolePermission(
			allowed_resource_actions = [
				"Microsoft.CloudPC/CloudPCs/Read",
			],
		),
	],
	additional_data = {
			"condition" : "null",
	}
)

result = await graph_client.role_management.cloud_p_c.role_definitions.post(request_body)

Important

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

Response

The following example shows the response.

Note: The response object shown here might be shortened for readability.

HTTP/1.1 201 Created
Content-type: application/json

{
    "@odata.context": "https://graph.microsoft.com/beta/$metadata#roleManagement/cloudPc/roleDefinitions/$entity",
    "id": "b7f5ddc1-b7dc-4d37-abce-b9d6fc15ffff",
    "description": "An example custom role",
    "displayName": "ExampleCustomRole",
    "isBuiltIn": false,
    "isEnabled": true,
    "templateId": "b7f5ddc1-b7dc-4d37-abce-b9d6fc15ffff",
    "version": null,
    "rolePermissions": [
        {
            "allowedResourceActions": [
                "Microsoft.CloudPC/CloudPCs/Read"
            ],
            "condition": null
        }
    ],
    "resourceScopes":["/"]
}

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Create roleDefinitions

Permissions

For a Cloud PC provider

For a device management (Intune) provider

For a directory (Microsoft Entra ID) provider

HTTP request

Request headers

Request body

Response

Example 1：Create a custom role for a directory provider

Request

Response

Example 2: Create a custom role for a Cloud PC provider

Request

Response

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