roleDefinition resource type

Namespace: microsoft.graph

Note: The Microsoft Graph API for Intune requires an active Intune license for the tenant.

The Role Definition resource. The role definition is the foundation of role based access in Intune. The role combines an Intune resource such as a Mobile App and associated role permissions such as Create or Read for the resource. There are two types of roles, built-in and custom. Built-in roles cannot be modified. Both built-in roles and custom roles must have assignments to be enforced. Create custom roles if you want to define a role that allows any of the available resources and role permissions to be combined into a single role.

Methods

Method	Return Type	Description
List roleDefinitions	roleDefinition collection	List properties and relationships of the roleDefinition objects.
Get roleDefinition	roleDefinition	Read properties and relationships of the roleDefinition object.
Create roleDefinition	roleDefinition	Create a new roleDefinition object.
Delete roleDefinition	None	Deletes a roleDefinition.
Update roleDefinition	roleDefinition	Update the properties of a roleDefinition object.

Properties

Property	Type	Description
id	String	Key of the entity. This is read-only and automatically generated.
displayName	String	Display Name of the Role definition.
description	String	Description of the Role definition.
rolePermissions	rolePermission collection	List of Role Permissions this role is allowed to perform. These must match the actionName that is defined as part of the rolePermission.
isBuiltIn	Boolean	Type of Role. Set to True if it is built-in, or set to False if it is a custom role definition.

Relationships

Relationship	Type	Description
roleAssignments	roleAssignment collection	List of Role assignments for this role definition.

JSON Representation

Here is a JSON representation of the resource.

{
  "@odata.type": "#microsoft.graph.roleDefinition",
  "id": "String (identifier)",
  "displayName": "String",
  "description": "String",
  "rolePermissions": [
    {
      "@odata.type": "microsoft.graph.rolePermission",
      "resourceActions": [
        {
          "@odata.type": "microsoft.graph.resourceAction",
          "allowedResourceActions": [
            "String"
          ],
          "notAllowedResourceActions": [
            "String"
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "isBuiltIn": true
}