Azure built-in roles for Databases

Article
12/27/2024

This article lists the Azure built-in roles in the Databases category.

Azure Connected SQL Server Onboarding

Allows for read and write access to Azure resources for SQL Server on Arc-enabled servers.

Actions	Description
Microsoft.AzureArcData/sqlServerInstances/read	Retrieves a SQL Server Instance resource
Microsoft.AzureArcData/sqlServerInstances/write	Updates a SQL Server Instance resource
NotActions
none
DataActions
none
NotDataActions
none

{
  "assignableScopes": [
    "/"
  ],
  "description": "Microsoft.AzureArcData service role to access the resources of Microsoft.AzureArcData stored with RPSAAS.",
  "id": "/providers/Microsoft.Authorization/roleDefinitions/e8113dce-c529-4d33-91fa-e9b972617508",
  "name": "e8113dce-c529-4d33-91fa-e9b972617508",
  "permissions": [
    {
      "actions": [
        "Microsoft.AzureArcData/sqlServerInstances/read",
        "Microsoft.AzureArcData/sqlServerInstances/write"
      ],
      "notActions": [],
      "dataActions": [],
      "notDataActions": []
    }
  ],
  "roleName": "Azure Connected SQL Server Onboarding",
  "roleType": "BuiltInRole",
  "type": "Microsoft.Authorization/roleDefinitions"
}

Cosmos DB Account Reader Role

Can read Azure Cosmos DB account data. See DocumentDB Account Contributor for managing Azure Cosmos DB accounts.

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Actions	Description
Microsoft.Authorization/*/read	Read roles and role assignments
Microsoft.DocumentDB/*/read	Read any collection
Microsoft.DocumentDB/databaseAccounts/readonlykeys/action	Reads the database account readonly keys.
Microsoft.Insights/MetricDefinitions/read	Read metric definitions
Microsoft.Insights/Metrics/read	Read metrics
Microsoft.Resources/subscriptions/resourceGroups/read	Gets or lists resource groups.
NotActions
none
DataActions
none
NotDataActions
none

{
  "assignableScopes": [
    "/"
  ],
  "description": "Can read Azure Cosmos DB Accounts data",
  "id": "/providers/Microsoft.Authorization/roleDefinitions/fbdf93bf-df7d-467e-a4d2-9458aa1360c8",
  "name": "fbdf93bf-df7d-467e-a4d2-9458aa1360c8",
  "permissions": [
    {
      "actions": [
        "Microsoft.Authorization/*/read",
        "Microsoft.DocumentDB/*/read",
        "Microsoft.DocumentDB/databaseAccounts/readonlykeys/action",
        "Microsoft.Insights/MetricDefinitions/read",
        "Microsoft.Insights/Metrics/read",
        "Microsoft.Resources/subscriptions/resourceGroups/read"
      ],
      "notActions": [],
      "dataActions": [],
      "notDataActions": []
    }
  ],
  "roleName": "Cosmos DB Account Reader Role",
  "roleType": "BuiltInRole",
  "type": "Microsoft.Authorization/roleDefinitions"
}

Cosmos DB Operator

Lets you manage Azure Cosmos DB accounts, but not access data in them. Prevents access to account keys and connection strings.

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Actions	Description
Microsoft.DocumentDb/databaseAccounts/*
Microsoft.Insights/alertRules/*	Create and manage a classic metric alert
Microsoft.Authorization/*/read	Read roles and role assignments
Microsoft.ResourceHealth/availabilityStatuses/read	Gets the availability statuses for all resources in the specified scope
Microsoft.Resources/deployments/*	Create and manage a deployment
Microsoft.Resources/subscriptions/resourceGroups/read	Gets or lists resource groups.
Microsoft.Network/virtualNetworks/subnets/joinViaServiceEndpoint/action	Joins resource such as storage account or SQL database to a subnet. Not alertable.
NotActions
Microsoft.DocumentDB/databaseAccounts/dataTransferJobs/*
Microsoft.DocumentDB/databaseAccounts/readonlyKeys/*
Microsoft.DocumentDB/databaseAccounts/regenerateKey/*
Microsoft.DocumentDB/databaseAccounts/listKeys/*
Microsoft.DocumentDB/databaseAccounts/listConnectionStrings/*
Microsoft.DocumentDB/databaseAccounts/sqlRoleDefinitions/write	Create or update a SQL Role Definition
Microsoft.DocumentDB/databaseAccounts/sqlRoleDefinitions/delete	Delete a SQL Role Definition
Microsoft.DocumentDB/databaseAccounts/sqlRoleAssignments/write	Create or update a SQL Role Assignment
Microsoft.DocumentDB/databaseAccounts/sqlRoleAssignments/delete	Delete a SQL Role Assignment
Microsoft.DocumentDB/databaseAccounts/mongodbRoleDefinitions/write	Create or update a Mongo Role Definition
Microsoft.DocumentDB/databaseAccounts/mongodbRoleDefinitions/delete	Delete a MongoDB Role Definition
Microsoft.DocumentDB/databaseAccounts/mongodbUserDefinitions/write	Create or update a MongoDB User Definition
Microsoft.DocumentDB/databaseAccounts/mongodbUserDefinitions/delete	Delete a MongoDB User Definition
DataActions
none
NotDataActions
none

{
  "assignableScopes": [
    "/"
  ],
  "description": "Lets you manage Azure Cosmos DB accounts, but not access data in them. Prevents access to account keys and connection strings.",
  "id": "/providers/Microsoft.Authorization/roleDefinitions/230815da-be43-4aae-9cb4-875f7bd000aa",
  "name": "230815da-be43-4aae-9cb4-875f7bd000aa",
  "permissions": [
    {
      "actions": [
        "Microsoft.DocumentDb/databaseAccounts/*",
        "Microsoft.Insights/alertRules/*",
        "Microsoft.Authorization/*/read",
        "Microsoft.ResourceHealth/availabilityStatuses/read",
        "Microsoft.Resources/deployments/*",
        "Microsoft.Resources/subscriptions/resourceGroups/read",
        "Microsoft.Network/virtualNetworks/subnets/joinViaServiceEndpoint/action"
      ],
      "notActions": [
        "Microsoft.DocumentDB/databaseAccounts/dataTransferJobs/*",
        "Microsoft.DocumentDB/databaseAccounts/readonlyKeys/*",
        "Microsoft.DocumentDB/databaseAccounts/regenerateKey/*",
        "Microsoft.DocumentDB/databaseAccounts/listKeys/*",
        "Microsoft.DocumentDB/databaseAccounts/listConnectionStrings/*",
        "Microsoft.DocumentDB/databaseAccounts/sqlRoleDefinitions/write",
        "Microsoft.DocumentDB/databaseAccounts/sqlRoleDefinitions/delete",
        "Microsoft.DocumentDB/databaseAccounts/sqlRoleAssignments/write",
        "Microsoft.DocumentDB/databaseAccounts/sqlRoleAssignments/delete",
        "Microsoft.DocumentDB/databaseAccounts/mongodbRoleDefinitions/write",
        "Microsoft.DocumentDB/databaseAccounts/mongodbRoleDefinitions/delete",
        "Microsoft.DocumentDB/databaseAccounts/mongodbUserDefinitions/write",
        "Microsoft.DocumentDB/databaseAccounts/mongodbUserDefinitions/delete"
      ],
      "dataActions": [],
      "notDataActions": []
    }
  ],
  "roleName": "Cosmos DB Operator",
  "roleType": "BuiltInRole",
  "type": "Microsoft.Authorization/roleDefinitions"
}

CosmosBackupOperator

Can submit restore request for a Cosmos DB database or a container for an account

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Actions	Description
Microsoft.DocumentDB/databaseAccounts/backup/action	Submit a request to configure backup
Microsoft.DocumentDB/databaseAccounts/restore/action	Submit a restore request
NotActions
none
DataActions
none
NotDataActions
none

{
  "assignableScopes": [
    "/"
  ],
  "description": "Can submit restore request for a Cosmos DB database or a container for an account",
  "id": "/providers/Microsoft.Authorization/roleDefinitions/db7b14f2-5adf-42da-9f96-f2ee17bab5cb",
  "name": "db7b14f2-5adf-42da-9f96-f2ee17bab5cb",
  "permissions": [
    {
      "actions": [
        "Microsoft.DocumentDB/databaseAccounts/backup/action",
        "Microsoft.DocumentDB/databaseAccounts/restore/action"
      ],
      "notActions": [],
      "dataActions": [],
      "notDataActions": []
    }
  ],
  "roleName": "CosmosBackupOperator",
  "roleType": "BuiltInRole",
  "type": "Microsoft.Authorization/roleDefinitions"
}

CosmosRestoreOperator

Can perform restore action for Cosmos DB database account with continuous backup mode

Actions	Description
Microsoft.DocumentDB/locations/restorableDatabaseAccounts/restore/action	Submit a restore request
Microsoft.DocumentDB/locations/restorableDatabaseAccounts/*/read
Microsoft.DocumentDB/locations/restorableDatabaseAccounts/read	Read a restorable database account or List all the restorable database accounts
NotActions
none
DataActions
none
NotDataActions
none

{
  "assignableScopes": [
    "/"
  ],
  "description": "Can perform restore action for Cosmos DB database account with continuous backup mode",
  "id": "/providers/Microsoft.Authorization/roleDefinitions/5432c526-bc82-444a-b7ba-57c5b0b5b34f",
  "name": "5432c526-bc82-444a-b7ba-57c5b0b5b34f",
  "permissions": [
    {
      "actions": [
        "Microsoft.DocumentDB/locations/restorableDatabaseAccounts/restore/action",
        "Microsoft.DocumentDB/locations/restorableDatabaseAccounts/*/read",
        "Microsoft.DocumentDB/locations/restorableDatabaseAccounts/read"
      ],
      "notActions": [],
      "dataActions": [],
      "notDataActions": []
    }
  ],
  "roleName": "CosmosRestoreOperator",
  "roleType": "BuiltInRole",
  "type": "Microsoft.Authorization/roleDefinitions"
}

DocumentDB Account Contributor

Can manage Azure Cosmos DB accounts. Azure Cosmos DB is formerly known as DocumentDB.

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Actions	Description
Microsoft.Authorization/*/read	Read roles and role assignments
Microsoft.DocumentDb/databaseAccounts/*	Create and manage Azure Cosmos DB accounts
Microsoft.Insights/alertRules/*	Create and manage a classic metric alert
Microsoft.ResourceHealth/availabilityStatuses/read	Gets the availability statuses for all resources in the specified scope
Microsoft.Resources/deployments/*	Create and manage a deployment
Microsoft.Resources/subscriptions/resourceGroups/read	Gets or lists resource groups.
Microsoft.Network/virtualNetworks/subnets/joinViaServiceEndpoint/action	Joins resource such as storage account or SQL database to a subnet. Not alertable.
NotActions
none
DataActions
none
NotDataActions
none

{
  "assignableScopes": [
    "/"
  ],
  "description": "Lets you manage DocumentDB accounts, but not access to them.",
  "id": "/providers/Microsoft.Authorization/roleDefinitions/5bd9cd88-fe45-4216-938b-f97437e15450",
  "name": "5bd9cd88-fe45-4216-938b-f97437e15450",
  "permissions": [
    {
      "actions": [
        "Microsoft.Authorization/*/read",
        "Microsoft.DocumentDb/databaseAccounts/*",
        "Microsoft.Insights/alertRules/*",
        "Microsoft.ResourceHealth/availabilityStatuses/read",
        "Microsoft.Resources/deployments/*",
        "Microsoft.Resources/subscriptions/resourceGroups/read",
        "Microsoft.Network/virtualNetworks/subnets/joinViaServiceEndpoint/action"
      ],
      "notActions": [],
      "dataActions": [],
      "notDataActions": []
    }
  ],
  "roleName": "DocumentDB Account Contributor",
  "roleType": "BuiltInRole",
  "type": "Microsoft.Authorization/roleDefinitions"
}

PostgreSQL Flexible Server Long Term Retention Backup Role

Role to allow backup vault to access PostgreSQL Flexible Server Resource APIs for Long Term Retention Backup.

Actions	Description
Microsoft.DBforPostgreSQL/flexibleServers/ltrBackupOperations/read	Returns the list of PostgreSQL server long term backup operation tracking.
Microsoft.DBforPostgreSQL/flexibleServers/ltrPreBackup/action	Checks if a server is ready for a long term backup
Microsoft.DBforPostgreSQL/flexibleServers/startLtrBackup/action	Start long term backup for a server
Microsoft.DBforPostgreSQL/locations/azureAsyncOperation/read	Return PostgreSQL Server Operation Results
Microsoft.DBforPostgreSQL/locations/operationResults/read	Return PostgreSQL Server Operation Results
Microsoft.Resources/subscriptions/read	Gets the list of subscriptions.
Microsoft.Resources/subscriptions/resourceGroups/read	Gets or lists resource groups.
NotActions
none
DataActions
none
NotDataActions
none

{
  "assignableScopes": [
    "/"
  ],
  "description": "Role to allow backup vault to access PostgreSQL Flexible Server Resource APIs for Long Term Retention Backup.",
  "id": "/providers/Microsoft.Authorization/roleDefinitions/c088a766-074b-43ba-90d4-1fb21feae531",
  "name": "c088a766-074b-43ba-90d4-1fb21feae531",
  "permissions": [
    {
      "actions": [
        "Microsoft.DBforPostgreSQL/flexibleServers/ltrBackupOperations/read",
        "Microsoft.DBforPostgreSQL/flexibleServers/ltrPreBackup/action",
        "Microsoft.DBforPostgreSQL/flexibleServers/startLtrBackup/action",
        "Microsoft.DBforPostgreSQL/locations/azureAsyncOperation/read",
        "Microsoft.DBforPostgreSQL/locations/operationResults/read",
        "Microsoft.Resources/subscriptions/read",
        "Microsoft.Resources/subscriptions/resourceGroups/read"
      ],
      "notActions": [],
      "dataActions": [],
      "notDataActions": []
    }
  ],
  "roleName": "PostgreSQL Flexible Server Long Term Retention Backup Role",
  "roleType": "BuiltInRole",
  "type": "Microsoft.Authorization/roleDefinitions"
}

Redis Cache Contributor

Lets you manage Redis caches, but not access to them.

Actions	Description
Microsoft.Authorization/*/read	Read roles and role assignments
Microsoft.Cache/register/action	Registers the 'Microsoft.Cache' resource provider with a subscription
Microsoft.Cache/redis/*	Create and manage Redis caches
Microsoft.Insights/alertRules/*	Create and manage a classic metric alert
Microsoft.ResourceHealth/availabilityStatuses/read	Gets the availability statuses for all resources in the specified scope
Microsoft.Resources/deployments/*	Create and manage a deployment
Microsoft.Resources/subscriptions/resourceGroups/read	Gets or lists resource groups.
NotActions
none
DataActions
none
NotDataActions
none

{
  "assignableScopes": [
    "/"
  ],
  "description": "Lets you manage Redis caches, but not access to them.",
  "id": "/providers/Microsoft.Authorization/roleDefinitions/e0f68234-74aa-48ed-b826-c38b57376e17",
  "name": "e0f68234-74aa-48ed-b826-c38b57376e17",
  "permissions": [
    {
      "actions": [
        "Microsoft.Authorization/*/read",
        "Microsoft.Cache/register/action",
        "Microsoft.Cache/redis/*",
        "Microsoft.Insights/alertRules/*",
        "Microsoft.ResourceHealth/availabilityStatuses/read",
        "Microsoft.Resources/deployments/*",
        "Microsoft.Resources/subscriptions/resourceGroups/read"
      ],
      "notActions": [],
      "dataActions": [],
      "notDataActions": []
    }
  ],
  "roleName": "Redis Cache Contributor",
  "roleType": "BuiltInRole",
  "type": "Microsoft.Authorization/roleDefinitions"
}

SQL DB Contributor

Lets you manage SQL databases, but not access to them. Also, you can't manage their security-related policies or their parent SQL servers.

Actions	Description
Microsoft.Authorization/*/read	Read roles and role assignments
Microsoft.Insights/alertRules/*	Create and manage a classic metric alert
Microsoft.ResourceHealth/availabilityStatuses/read	Gets the availability statuses for all resources in the specified scope
Microsoft.Resources/deployments/*	Create and manage a deployment
Microsoft.Resources/subscriptions/resourceGroups/read	Gets or lists resource groups.
Microsoft.Sql/locations/*/read
Microsoft.Sql/servers/databases/*	Create and manage SQL databases
Microsoft.Sql/servers/read	Return the list of servers or gets the properties for the specified server.
Microsoft.Insights/metrics/read	Read metrics
Microsoft.Insights/metricDefinitions/read	Read metric definitions
NotActions
Microsoft.Sql/servers/databases/ledgerDigestUploads/write	Enable uploading ledger digests
Microsoft.Sql/servers/databases/ledgerDigestUploads/disable/action	Disable uploading ledger digests
Microsoft.Sql/managedInstances/databases/currentSensitivityLabels/*
Microsoft.Sql/managedInstances/databases/recommendedSensitivityLabels/*
Microsoft.Sql/managedInstances/databases/schemas/tables/columns/sensitivityLabels/*
Microsoft.Sql/managedInstances/databases/securityAlertPolicies/*
Microsoft.Sql/managedInstances/databases/sensitivityLabels/*
Microsoft.Sql/managedInstances/databases/vulnerabilityAssessments/*
Microsoft.Sql/managedInstances/securityAlertPolicies/*
Microsoft.Sql/managedInstances/vulnerabilityAssessments/*
Microsoft.Sql/servers/databases/auditingSettings/*	Edit audit settings
Microsoft.Sql/servers/databases/auditRecords/read	Retrieve the database blob audit records
Microsoft.Sql/servers/databases/currentSensitivityLabels/*
Microsoft.Sql/servers/databases/dataMaskingPolicies/*	Edit data masking policies
Microsoft.Sql/servers/databases/extendedAuditingSettings/*
Microsoft.Sql/servers/databases/recommendedSensitivityLabels/*
Microsoft.Sql/servers/databases/schemas/tables/columns/sensitivityLabels/*
Microsoft.Sql/servers/databases/securityAlertPolicies/*	Edit security alert policies
Microsoft.Sql/servers/databases/securityMetrics/*	Edit security metrics
Microsoft.Sql/servers/databases/sensitivityLabels/*
Microsoft.Sql/servers/databases/vulnerabilityAssessments/*
Microsoft.Sql/servers/databases/vulnerabilityAssessmentScans/*
Microsoft.Sql/servers/databases/vulnerabilityAssessmentSettings/*
Microsoft.Sql/servers/vulnerabilityAssessments/*
DataActions
none
NotDataActions
none

{
  "assignableScopes": [
    "/"
  ],
  "description": "Lets you manage SQL databases, but not access to them. Also, you can't manage their security-related policies or their parent SQL servers.",
  "id": "/providers/Microsoft.Authorization/roleDefinitions/9b7fa17d-e63e-47b0-bb0a-15c516ac86ec",
  "name": "9b7fa17d-e63e-47b0-bb0a-15c516ac86ec",
  "permissions": [
    {
      "actions": [
        "Microsoft.Authorization/*/read",
        "Microsoft.Insights/alertRules/*",
        "Microsoft.ResourceHealth/availabilityStatuses/read",
        "Microsoft.Resources/deployments/*",
        "Microsoft.Resources/subscriptions/resourceGroups/read",
        "Microsoft.Sql/locations/*/read",
        "Microsoft.Sql/servers/databases/*",
        "Microsoft.Sql/servers/read",
        "Microsoft.Insights/metrics/read",
        "Microsoft.Insights/metricDefinitions/read"
      ],
      "notActions": [
        "Microsoft.Sql/servers/databases/ledgerDigestUploads/write",
        "Microsoft.Sql/servers/databases/ledgerDigestUploads/disable/action",
        "Microsoft.Sql/managedInstances/databases/currentSensitivityLabels/*",
        "Microsoft.Sql/managedInstances/databases/recommendedSensitivityLabels/*",
        "Microsoft.Sql/managedInstances/databases/schemas/tables/columns/sensitivityLabels/*",
        "Microsoft.Sql/managedInstances/databases/securityAlertPolicies/*",
        "Microsoft.Sql/managedInstances/databases/sensitivityLabels/*",
        "Microsoft.Sql/managedInstances/databases/vulnerabilityAssessments/*",
        "Microsoft.Sql/managedInstances/securityAlertPolicies/*",
        "Microsoft.Sql/managedInstances/vulnerabilityAssessments/*",
        "Microsoft.Sql/servers/databases/auditingSettings/*",
        "Microsoft.Sql/servers/databases/auditRecords/read",
        "Microsoft.Sql/servers/databases/currentSensitivityLabels/*",
        "Microsoft.Sql/servers/databases/dataMaskingPolicies/*",
        "Microsoft.Sql/servers/databases/extendedAuditingSettings/*",
        "Microsoft.Sql/servers/databases/recommendedSensitivityLabels/*",
        "Microsoft.Sql/servers/databases/schemas/tables/columns/sensitivityLabels/*",
        "Microsoft.Sql/servers/databases/securityAlertPolicies/*",
        "Microsoft.Sql/servers/databases/securityMetrics/*",
        "Microsoft.Sql/servers/databases/sensitivityLabels/*",
        "Microsoft.Sql/servers/databases/vulnerabilityAssessments/*",
        "Microsoft.Sql/servers/databases/vulnerabilityAssessmentScans/*",
        "Microsoft.Sql/servers/databases/vulnerabilityAssessmentSettings/*",
        "Microsoft.Sql/servers/vulnerabilityAssessments/*"
      ],
      "dataActions": [],
      "notDataActions": []
    }
  ],
  "roleName": "SQL DB Contributor",
  "roleType": "BuiltInRole",
  "type": "Microsoft.Authorization/roleDefinitions"
}

SQL Managed Instance Contributor

Lets you manage SQL Managed Instances and required network configuration, but can't give access to others.

Actions	Description
Microsoft.ResourceHealth/availabilityStatuses/read	Gets the availability statuses for all resources in the specified scope
Microsoft.Resources/deployments/*	Create and manage a deployment
Microsoft.Resources/subscriptions/resourceGroups/read	Gets or lists resource groups.
Microsoft.Network/networkSecurityGroups/*
Microsoft.Network/routeTables/*
Microsoft.Sql/locations/*/read
Microsoft.Sql/locations/instanceFailoverGroups/*
Microsoft.Sql/managedInstances/*
Microsoft.Network/virtualNetworks/subnets/*
Microsoft.Network/virtualNetworks/*
Microsoft.Authorization/*/read	Read roles and role assignments
Microsoft.Insights/alertRules/*	Create and manage a classic metric alert
Microsoft.Insights/metrics/read	Read metrics
Microsoft.Insights/metricDefinitions/read	Read metric definitions
NotActions
Microsoft.Sql/managedInstances/azureADOnlyAuthentications/delete	Deletes a specific managed server Azure Active Directory only authentication object
Microsoft.Sql/managedInstances/azureADOnlyAuthentications/write	Adds or updates a specific managed server Azure Active Directory only authentication object
DataActions
none
NotDataActions
none

{
  "assignableScopes": [
    "/"
  ],
  "description": "Lets you manage SQL Managed Instances and required network configuration, but can't give access to others.",
  "id": "/providers/Microsoft.Authorization/roleDefinitions/4939a1f6-9ae0-4e48-a1e0-f2cbe897382d",
  "name": "4939a1f6-9ae0-4e48-a1e0-f2cbe897382d",
  "permissions": [
    {
      "actions": [
        "Microsoft.ResourceHealth/availabilityStatuses/read",
        "Microsoft.Resources/deployments/*",
        "Microsoft.Resources/subscriptions/resourceGroups/read",
        "Microsoft.Network/networkSecurityGroups/*",
        "Microsoft.Network/routeTables/*",
        "Microsoft.Sql/locations/*/read",
        "Microsoft.Sql/locations/instanceFailoverGroups/*",
        "Microsoft.Sql/managedInstances/*",
        "Microsoft.Network/virtualNetworks/subnets/*",
        "Microsoft.Network/virtualNetworks/*",
        "Microsoft.Authorization/*/read",
        "Microsoft.Insights/alertRules/*",
        "Microsoft.Insights/metrics/read",
        "Microsoft.Insights/metricDefinitions/read"
      ],
      "notActions": [
        "Microsoft.Sql/managedInstances/azureADOnlyAuthentications/delete",
        "Microsoft.Sql/managedInstances/azureADOnlyAuthentications/write"
      ],
      "dataActions": [],
      "notDataActions": []
    }
  ],
  "roleName": "SQL Managed Instance Contributor",
  "roleType": "BuiltInRole",
  "type": "Microsoft.Authorization/roleDefinitions"
}

SQL Security Manager

Lets you manage the security-related policies of SQL servers and databases, but not access to them.

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Actions	Description
Microsoft.Authorization/*/read	Read roles and role assignments
Microsoft.Insights/alertRules/*	Create and manage a classic metric alert
Microsoft.Network/virtualNetworks/subnets/joinViaServiceEndpoint/action	Joins resource such as storage account or SQL database to a subnet. Not alertable.
Microsoft.ResourceHealth/availabilityStatuses/read	Gets the availability statuses for all resources in the specified scope
Microsoft.Resources/deployments/*	Create and manage a deployment
Microsoft.Resources/subscriptions/resourceGroups/read	Gets or lists resource groups.
Microsoft.Sql/locations/administratorAzureAsyncOperation/read	Gets the Managed instance azure async administrator operations result.
Microsoft.Sql/managedInstances/advancedThreatProtectionSettings/read	Retrieve a list of managed instance Advanced Threat Protection settings configured for a given instance
Microsoft.Sql/managedInstances/advancedThreatProtectionSettings/write	Change the managed instance Advanced Threat Protection settings for a given managed instance
Microsoft.Sql/managedInstances/databases/advancedThreatProtectionSettings/read	Retrieve a list of the managed database Advanced Threat Protection settings configured for a given managed database
Microsoft.Sql/managedInstances/databases/advancedThreatProtectionSettings/write	Change the database Advanced Threat Protection settings for a given managed database
Microsoft.Sql/managedInstances/advancedThreatProtectionSettings/read	Retrieve a list of managed instance Advanced Threat Protection settings configured for a given instance
Microsoft.Sql/managedInstances/advancedThreatProtectionSettings/write	Change the managed instance Advanced Threat Protection settings for a given managed instance
Microsoft.Sql/managedInstances/databases/advancedThreatProtectionSettings/read	Retrieve a list of the managed database Advanced Threat Protection settings configured for a given managed database
Microsoft.Sql/managedInstances/databases/advancedThreatProtectionSettings/write	Change the database Advanced Threat Protection settings for a given managed database
Microsoft.Sql/managedInstances/databases/currentSensitivityLabels/*
Microsoft.Sql/managedInstances/databases/recommendedSensitivityLabels/*
Microsoft.Sql/managedInstances/databases/schemas/tables/columns/sensitivityLabels/*
Microsoft.Sql/managedInstances/databases/securityAlertPolicies/*
Microsoft.Sql/managedInstances/databases/sensitivityLabels/*
Microsoft.Sql/managedInstances/databases/vulnerabilityAssessments/*
Microsoft.Sql/servers/advancedThreatProtectionSettings/read	Retrieve a list of server Advanced Threat Protection settings configured for a given server
Microsoft.Sql/servers/advancedThreatProtectionSettings/write	Change the server Advanced Threat Protection settings for a given server
Microsoft.Sql/managedInstances/securityAlertPolicies/*
Microsoft.Sql/managedInstances/databases/transparentDataEncryption/*
Microsoft.Sql/managedInstances/vulnerabilityAssessments/*
Microsoft.Sql/managedInstances/serverConfigurationOptions/read	Gets properties for the specified Azure SQL Managed Instance Server Configuration Option.
Microsoft.Sql/managedInstances/serverConfigurationOptions/write	Updates Azure SQL Managed Instance's Server Configuration Option properties for the specified instance.
Microsoft.Sql/locations/serverConfigurationOptionAzureAsyncOperation/read	Gets the status of Azure SQL Managed Instance Server Configuration Option Azure async operation.
Microsoft.Sql/servers/advancedThreatProtectionSettings/read	Retrieve a list of server Advanced Threat Protection settings configured for a given server
Microsoft.Sql/servers/advancedThreatProtectionSettings/write	Change the server Advanced Threat Protection settings for a given server
Microsoft.Sql/servers/auditingSettings/*	Create and manage SQL server auditing setting
Microsoft.Sql/servers/extendedAuditingSettings/read	Retrieve details of the extended server blob auditing policy configured on a given server
Microsoft.Sql/servers/databases/advancedThreatProtectionSettings/read	Retrieve a list of database Advanced Threat Protection settings configured for a given database
Microsoft.Sql/servers/databases/advancedThreatProtectionSettings/write	Change the database Advanced Threat Protection settings for a given database
Microsoft.Sql/servers/databases/advancedThreatProtectionSettings/read	Retrieve a list of database Advanced Threat Protection settings configured for a given database
Microsoft.Sql/servers/databases/advancedThreatProtectionSettings/write	Change the database Advanced Threat Protection settings for a given database
Microsoft.Sql/servers/databases/auditingSettings/*	Create and manage SQL server database auditing settings
Microsoft.Sql/servers/databases/auditRecords/read	Retrieve the database blob audit records
Microsoft.Sql/servers/databases/currentSensitivityLabels/*
Microsoft.Sql/servers/databases/dataMaskingPolicies/*	Create and manage SQL server database data masking policies
Microsoft.Sql/servers/databases/extendedAuditingSettings/read	Retrieve details of the extended blob auditing policy configured on a given database
Microsoft.Sql/servers/databases/read	Return the list of databases or gets the properties for the specified database.
Microsoft.Sql/servers/databases/recommendedSensitivityLabels/*
Microsoft.Sql/servers/databases/schemas/read	Get a database schema.
Microsoft.Sql/servers/databases/schemas/tables/columns/read	Get a database column.
Microsoft.Sql/servers/databases/schemas/tables/columns/sensitivityLabels/*
Microsoft.Sql/servers/databases/schemas/tables/read	Get a database table.
Microsoft.Sql/servers/databases/securityAlertPolicies/*	Create and manage SQL server database security alert policies
Microsoft.Sql/servers/databases/securityMetrics/*	Create and manage SQL server database security metrics
Microsoft.Sql/servers/databases/sensitivityLabels/*
Microsoft.Sql/servers/databases/transparentDataEncryption/*
Microsoft.Sql/servers/databases/sqlvulnerabilityAssessments/*
Microsoft.Sql/servers/databases/vulnerabilityAssessments/*
Microsoft.Sql/servers/databases/vulnerabilityAssessmentScans/*
Microsoft.Sql/servers/databases/vulnerabilityAssessmentSettings/*
Microsoft.Sql/servers/devOpsAuditingSettings/*
Microsoft.Sql/servers/firewallRules/*
Microsoft.Sql/servers/read	Return the list of servers or gets the properties for the specified server.
Microsoft.Sql/servers/securityAlertPolicies/*	Create and manage SQL server security alert policies
Microsoft.Sql/servers/sqlvulnerabilityAssessments/*
Microsoft.Sql/servers/vulnerabilityAssessments/*
Microsoft.Sql/servers/azureADOnlyAuthentications/*
Microsoft.Sql/managedInstances/read	Return the list of managed instances or gets the properties for the specified managed instance.
Microsoft.Sql/managedInstances/azureADOnlyAuthentications/*
Microsoft.Security/sqlVulnerabilityAssessments/*
Microsoft.Sql/managedInstances/administrators/read	Gets a list of managed instance administrators.
Microsoft.Sql/servers/administrators/read	Gets a specific Azure Active Directory administrator object
Microsoft.Sql/servers/databases/ledgerDigestUploads/*
Microsoft.Sql/locations/ledgerDigestUploadsAzureAsyncOperation/read	Gets in-progress operations of ledger digest upload settings
Microsoft.Sql/locations/ledgerDigestUploadsOperationResults/read	Gets in-progress operations of ledger digest upload settings
Microsoft.Sql/servers/externalPolicyBasedAuthorizations/*
NotActions
none
DataActions
none
NotDataActions
none

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        "Microsoft.Sql/locations/administratorAzureAsyncOperation/read",
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SQL Server Contributor

Lets you manage SQL servers and databases, but not access to them, and not their security-related policies.

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Actions	Description
Microsoft.Authorization/*/read	Read roles and role assignments
Microsoft.Insights/alertRules/*	Create and manage a classic metric alert
Microsoft.ResourceHealth/availabilityStatuses/read	Gets the availability statuses for all resources in the specified scope
Microsoft.Resources/deployments/*	Create and manage a deployment
Microsoft.Resources/subscriptions/resourceGroups/read	Gets or lists resource groups.
Microsoft.Sql/locations/*/read
Microsoft.Sql/servers/*	Create and manage SQL servers
Microsoft.Insights/metrics/read	Read metrics
Microsoft.Insights/metricDefinitions/read	Read metric definitions
NotActions
Microsoft.Sql/managedInstances/databases/currentSensitivityLabels/*
Microsoft.Sql/managedInstances/databases/recommendedSensitivityLabels/*
Microsoft.Sql/managedInstances/databases/schemas/tables/columns/sensitivityLabels/*
Microsoft.Sql/managedInstances/databases/securityAlertPolicies/*
Microsoft.Sql/managedInstances/databases/sensitivityLabels/*
Microsoft.Sql/managedInstances/databases/vulnerabilityAssessments/*
Microsoft.Sql/managedInstances/securityAlertPolicies/*
Microsoft.Sql/managedInstances/vulnerabilityAssessments/*
Microsoft.Sql/servers/auditingSettings/*	Edit SQL server auditing settings
Microsoft.Sql/servers/databases/auditingSettings/*	Edit SQL server database auditing settings
Microsoft.Sql/servers/databases/auditRecords/read	Retrieve the database blob audit records
Microsoft.Sql/servers/databases/currentSensitivityLabels/*
Microsoft.Sql/servers/databases/dataMaskingPolicies/*	Edit SQL server database data masking policies
Microsoft.Sql/servers/databases/extendedAuditingSettings/*
Microsoft.Sql/servers/databases/recommendedSensitivityLabels/*
Microsoft.Sql/servers/databases/schemas/tables/columns/sensitivityLabels/*
Microsoft.Sql/servers/databases/securityAlertPolicies/*	Edit SQL server database security alert policies
Microsoft.Sql/servers/databases/securityMetrics/*	Edit SQL server database security metrics
Microsoft.Sql/servers/databases/sensitivityLabels/*
Microsoft.Sql/servers/databases/vulnerabilityAssessments/*
Microsoft.Sql/servers/databases/vulnerabilityAssessmentScans/*
Microsoft.Sql/servers/databases/vulnerabilityAssessmentSettings/*
Microsoft.Sql/servers/devOpsAuditingSettings/*
Microsoft.Sql/servers/extendedAuditingSettings/*
Microsoft.Sql/servers/securityAlertPolicies/*	Edit SQL server security alert policies
Microsoft.Sql/servers/vulnerabilityAssessments/*
Microsoft.Sql/servers/azureADOnlyAuthentications/delete	Deletes a specific server Azure Active Directory only authentication object
Microsoft.Sql/servers/azureADOnlyAuthentications/write	Adds or updates a specific server Azure Active Directory only authentication object
Microsoft.Sql/servers/externalPolicyBasedAuthorizations/delete	Deletes a specific server external policy based authorization property
Microsoft.Sql/servers/externalPolicyBasedAuthorizations/write	Adds or updates a specific server external policy based authorization property
DataActions
none
NotDataActions
none

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        "Microsoft.Sql/managedInstances/databases/securityAlertPolicies/*",
        "Microsoft.Sql/managedInstances/databases/sensitivityLabels/*",
        "Microsoft.Sql/managedInstances/databases/vulnerabilityAssessments/*",
        "Microsoft.Sql/managedInstances/securityAlertPolicies/*",
        "Microsoft.Sql/managedInstances/vulnerabilityAssessments/*",
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        "Microsoft.Sql/servers/databases/auditingSettings/*",
        "Microsoft.Sql/servers/databases/auditRecords/read",
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        "Microsoft.Sql/servers/databases/securityMetrics/*",
        "Microsoft.Sql/servers/databases/sensitivityLabels/*",
        "Microsoft.Sql/servers/databases/vulnerabilityAssessments/*",
        "Microsoft.Sql/servers/databases/vulnerabilityAssessmentScans/*",
        "Microsoft.Sql/servers/databases/vulnerabilityAssessmentSettings/*",
        "Microsoft.Sql/servers/devOpsAuditingSettings/*",
        "Microsoft.Sql/servers/extendedAuditingSettings/*",
        "Microsoft.Sql/servers/securityAlertPolicies/*",
        "Microsoft.Sql/servers/vulnerabilityAssessments/*",
        "Microsoft.Sql/servers/azureADOnlyAuthentications/delete",
        "Microsoft.Sql/servers/azureADOnlyAuthentications/write",
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}

Next steps

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