List directoryRoles
Namespace: microsoft.graph
Note
Microsoft recommends that you use the unified RBAC API instead of this API. The unified RBAC API provides more functionality and flexibility. For more information, see List roleDefinitions.
List the directory roles that are activated in the tenant.
This operation only returns roles that have been activated. A role becomes activated when an admin activates the role using the Activate directoryRole API. Not all built-in roles are initially activated.
When assigning a role using the Microsoft Entra admin center, the role activation step is implicitly done on the admin's behalf. To get the full list of roles that are available in Microsoft Entra ID, use List directoryRoleTemplates.
This API is available in the following national cloud deployments.
Global service | US Government L4 | US Government L5 (DOD) | China operated by 21Vianet |
---|---|---|---|
✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
Permissions
Choose the permission or permissions marked as least privileged for this API. Use a higher privileged permission or permissions only if your app requires it. For details about delegated and application permissions, see Permission types. To learn more about these permissions, see the permissions reference.
Permission type | Least privileged permissions | Higher privileged permissions |
---|---|---|
Delegated (work or school account) | RoleManagement.Read.Directory | RoleManagement.ReadWrite.Directory, Directory.Read.All, Directory.ReadWrite.All |
Delegated (personal Microsoft account) | Not supported. | Not supported. |
Application | RoleManagement.Read.Directory | RoleManagement.ReadWrite.Directory, Directory.Read.All, Directory.ReadWrite.All |
HTTP request
GET /directoryRoles
Optional query parameters
This method supports the $select
, $filter
(eq
only), and $expand
OData query parameters to help customize the response.
Request headers
Name | Description |
---|---|
Authorization | Bearer {token}. Required. Learn more about authentication and authorization. |
Request body
Don't supply a request body for this method.
Response
If successful, this method returns a 200 OK
response code and a collection of directoryRole objects in the response body.
Example
Request
GET https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/directoryRoles
Response
Note: The response object shown here might be shortened for readability.
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-type: application/json
{
"@odata.context": "https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/$metadata#directoryRoles",
"value": [
{
"id": "9ed3a0c4-53e1-498c-ab4d-2473476fde14",
"deletedDateTime": null,
"description": "Can manage all aspects of Azure AD and Microsoft services that use Azure AD identities.",
"displayName": "Global Administrator",
"roleTemplateId": "62e90394-69f5-4237-9190-012177145e10"
},
{
"id": "f8e85ed8-f66f-4058-b170-3efae8b9c6e5",
"deletedDateTime": null,
"description": "Device Administrators",
"displayName": "Azure AD Joined Device Local Administrator",
"roleTemplateId": "9f06204d-73c1-4d4c-880a-6edb90606fd8"
},
{
"id": "fe8f10bf-c9c2-47eb-95cb-c26cc85f1830",
"deletedDateTime": null,
"description": "Can read basic directory information. Commonly used to grant directory read access to applications and guests.",
"displayName": "Directory Readers",
"roleTemplateId": "88d8e3e3-8f55-4a1e-953a-9b9898b8876b"
}
]
}