List roleDefinitions

Namespace: microsoft.graph

Get a list of unifiedRoleDefinition objects for the provider.

The following RBAC providers are currently supported:

• directory (Microsoft Entra ID)
• entitlement management (Microsoft Entra Entitlement Management)

This API is available in the following national cloud deployments.

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

Permissions

One of the following permissions is required to call this API. To learn more, including how to choose permissions, see Permissions.

For the directory (Microsoft Entra ID) provider

Permission type	Permissions (from least to most privileged)
Delegated (work or school account)	RoleManagement.Read.Directory, Directory.Read.All, RoleManagement.ReadWrite.Directory, Directory.ReadWrite.All
Delegated (personal Microsoft account)	Not supported.
Application	RoleManagement.Read.Directory, Directory.Read.All, RoleManagement.ReadWrite.Directory, Directory.ReadWrite.All

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. The following least privileged roles are supported for this operation:

• Directory Readers
• Global Reader
• Privileged Role Administrator

For the entitlement management provider

Permission type	Permissions (from least to most privileged)
Delegated (work or school account)	EntitlementManagement.Read.All, EntitlementManagement.ReadWrite.All
Delegated (personal Microsoft account)	Not supported.
Application	EntitlementManagement.Read.All, EntitlementManagement.ReadWrite.All

HTTP request

To list role definitions for the directory provider:

GET /roleManagement/directory/roleDefinitions

To list role definitions for the entitlement management provider:

GET /roleManagement/entitlementManagement/roleDefinitions

Optional query parameters

This method supports the $filter (eq and in operators) OData query parameter on id, displayName, and isBuiltIn properties. It also supports $expand on the relationships. For general information, see OData query parameters.

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 unifiedRoleDefinition objects in the response body.

Example

Example 1: Retrieve role definitions for the directory provider

Request

HTTP

GET https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/roleManagement/directory/roleDefinitions

C#

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

// 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.GetAsync();

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

CLI

mgc role-management directory role-definitions list

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

Go

// Code snippets are only available for the latest major version. Current major version is $v1.*

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


// 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().Get(context.Background(), nil)

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

Java

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

GraphServiceClient graphClient = new GraphServiceClient(requestAdapter);

UnifiedRoleDefinitionCollectionResponse result = graphClient.roleManagement().directory().roleDefinitions().get();

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

JavaScript

const options = {
	authProvider,
};

const client = Client.init(options);

let roleDefinitions = await client.api('/roleManagement/directory/roleDefinitions')
	.get();

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

PHP

<?php
use Microsoft\Graph\GraphServiceClient;


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


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

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

PowerShell

Import-Module Microsoft.Graph.Identity.Governance

Get-MgRoleManagementDirectoryRoleDefinition

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

Python

# Code snippets are only available for the latest version. Current version is 1.x
from msgraph import GraphServiceClient
# To initialize your graph_client, see https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/sdks/create-client?from=snippets&tabs=python

result = await graph_client.role_management.directory.role_definitions.get()

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/1.1 200 OK
Content-type: application/json

{
    "@odata.context": "https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/$metadata#roleManagement/directory/roleDefinitions",
    "value": [
        {
            "id": "729827e3-9c14-49f7-bb1b-9608f156bbb8",
            "description": "Can reset passwords for non-administrators and Helpdesk Administrators.",
            "displayName": "Helpdesk Administrator",
            "isBuiltIn": true,
            "isEnabled": true,
            "templateId": "729827e3-9c14-49f7-bb1b-9608f156bbb8",
            "version": "1",
            "rolePermissions": [
                {
                    "allowedResourceActions": [
                        "microsoft.directory/users/invalidateAllRefreshTokens",
                        "microsoft.directory/users/bitLockerRecoveryKeys/read",
                        "microsoft.directory/users/password/update",
                        "microsoft.azure.serviceHealth/allEntities/allTasks",
                        "microsoft.azure.supportTickets/allEntities/allTasks",
                        "microsoft.office365.webPortal/allEntities/standard/read",
                        "microsoft.office365.serviceHealth/allEntities/allTasks",
                        "microsoft.office365.supportTickets/allEntities/allTasks"
                    ],
                    "condition": null
                }
            ],
            "inheritsPermissionsFrom": [
                {
                    "id": "88d8e3e3-8f55-4a1e-953a-9b9898b8876b"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "id": "f023fd81-a637-4b56-95fd-791ac0226033",
            "description": "Can read service health information and manage support tickets.",
            "displayName": "Service Support Administrator",
            "isBuiltIn": true,
            "isEnabled": true,
            "templateId": "f023fd81-a637-4b56-95fd-791ac0226033",
            "version": "1",
            "rolePermissions": [
                {
                    "allowedResourceActions": [
                        "microsoft.azure.serviceHealth/allEntities/allTasks",
                        "microsoft.azure.supportTickets/allEntities/allTasks",
                        "microsoft.office365.webPortal/allEntities/standard/read",
                        "microsoft.office365.serviceHealth/allEntities/allTasks",
                        "microsoft.office365.supportTickets/allEntities/allTasks"
                    ],
                    "condition": null
                }
            ],
            "inheritsPermissionsFrom": [
                {
                    "id": "88d8e3e3-8f55-4a1e-953a-9b9898b8876b"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "id": "b0f54661-2d74-4c50-afa3-1ec803f12efe",
            "description": "Can perform common billing related tasks like updating payment information.",
            "displayName": "Billing Administrator",
            "isBuiltIn": true,
            "isEnabled": true,
            "templateId": "b0f54661-2d74-4c50-afa3-1ec803f12efe",
            "version": "1",
            "rolePermissions": [
                {
                    "allowedResourceActions": [
                        "microsoft.directory/organization/basic/update",
                        "microsoft.azure.serviceHealth/allEntities/allTasks",
                        "microsoft.azure.supportTickets/allEntities/allTasks",
                        "microsoft.commerce.billing/allEntities/allTasks",
                        "microsoft.office365.webPortal/allEntities/standard/read",
                        "microsoft.office365.serviceHealth/allEntities/allTasks",
                        "microsoft.office365.supportTickets/allEntities/allTasks"
                    ],
                    "condition": null
                }
            ],
            "inheritsPermissionsFrom": [
                {
                    "id": "88d8e3e3-8f55-4a1e-953a-9b9898b8876b"
                }
            ]
        }
    ]
}

Example 2: Retrieve role definitions for the entitlement management provider

Request

HTTP

GET https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/roleManagement/entitlementManagement/roleDefinitions

C#

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

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

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

CLI

mgc role-management entitlement-management role-definitions list

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

Go

// Code snippets are only available for the latest major version. Current major version is $v1.*

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


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

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

Java

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

GraphServiceClient graphClient = new GraphServiceClient(requestAdapter);

UnifiedRoleDefinitionCollectionResponse result = graphClient.roleManagement().entitlementManagement().roleDefinitions().get();

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

JavaScript

const options = {
	authProvider,
};

const client = Client.init(options);

let roleDefinitions = await client.api('/roleManagement/entitlementManagement/roleDefinitions')
	.get();

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

PHP

<?php
use Microsoft\Graph\GraphServiceClient;


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


$result = $graphServiceClient->roleManagement()->entitlementManagement()->roleDefinitions()->get()->wait();

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

PowerShell

Import-Module Microsoft.Graph.Identity.Governance

Get-MgRoleManagementEntitlementManagementRoleDefinition

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

Python

# Code snippets are only available for the latest version. Current version is 1.x
from msgraph import GraphServiceClient
# To initialize your graph_client, see https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/sdks/create-client?from=snippets&tabs=python

result = await graph_client.role_management.entitlement_management.role_definitions.get()

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/1.1 200 OK
Content-type: application/json

{
    "@odata.context": "https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/$metadata#roleManagement/entitlementManagement/roleDefinitions",
    "value": [
        {
            "id": "ae79f266-94d4-4dab-b730-feca7e132178",
            "displayName": "Catalog owner",
            "description": "Catalog owner",
            "isBuiltIn": true,
            "isEnabled": true,
            "templateId": "ae79f266-94d4-4dab-b730-feca7e132178",
            "version": "1.0",
            "rolePermissions": [
                {
                    "allowedResourceActions": [
                        "microsoft.entitlementManagement/allEntities/allTasks"
                    ],
                    "condition": null
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "id": "44272f93-9762-48e8-af59-1b5351b1d6b3",
            "displayName": "Catalog reader",
            "description": "Catalog reader",
            "isBuiltIn": true,
            "isEnabled": true,
            "templateId": "44272f93-9762-48e8-af59-1b5351b1d6b3",
            "version": "1.0",
            "rolePermissions": [
                {
                    "allowedResourceActions": [
                        "microsoft.entitlementManagement/allEntities/Read"
                    ],
                    "condition": null
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "id": "7f480852-ebdc-47d4-87de-0d8498384a83",
            "displayName": "AccessPackages manager",
            "description": "AccessPackages manager",
            "isBuiltIn": true,
            "isEnabled": true,
            "templateId": "7f480852-ebdc-47d4-87de-0d8498384a83",
            "version": "1.0",
            "rolePermissions": [
                {
                    "allowedResourceActions": [
                        "microsoft.entitlementManagement/AccessPackageCatalog/AccessPackage/allTasks",
                        "microsoft.entitlementManagement/AccessPackageCatalog/allEntities/Read"
                    ],
                    "condition": null
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "id": "ba92d953-d8e0-4e39-a797-0cbedb0a89e8",
            "displayName": "Catalog creator",
            "description": "Catalog creator",
            "isBuiltIn": true,
            "isEnabled": true,
            "templateId": "ba92d953-d8e0-4e39-a797-0cbedb0a89e8",
            "version": "1.0",
            "rolePermissions": [
                {
                    "allowedResourceActions": [
                        "microsoft.entitlementManagement/AccessPackageCatalog/Create"
                    ],
                    "condition": null
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "id": "e2182095-804a-4656-ae11-64734e9b7ae5",
            "displayName": "AccessPackage assignment manager",
            "description": "AccessPackage assignment manager",
            "isBuiltIn": true,
            "isEnabled": true,
            "templateId": "e2182095-804a-4656-ae11-64734e9b7ae5",
            "version": "1.0",
            "rolePermissions": [
                {
                    "allowedResourceActions": [
                        "microsoft.entitlementManagement/AccessPackageCatalog/AccessPackage/GrantRequests/allTasks",
                        "microsoft.entitlementManagement/AccessPackageCatalog/AccessPackage/Grants/allTasks",
                        "microsoft.entitlementManagement/AccessPackageCatalog/allEntities/Read"
                    ],
                    "condition": null
                }
            ]
        }
    ]
}