AADRoleDefinition

Parameters

Parameter	Attribute	DataType	Description	Allowed Values
DisplayName	Key	String	Specifies a display name for the role definition.
Id	Write	String	Specifies Id for the role definition.
Description	Write	String	Specifies a description for the role definition.
ResourceScopes	Write	StringArray[]	Specifies the resource scopes for the role definition.
IsEnabled	Required	Boolean	Specifies whether the role definition is enabled.
RolePermissions	Required	StringArray[]	Specifies permissions for the role definition.
TemplateId	Write	String	Specifies template id for the role definition.
Version	Write	String	Specifies version for the role definition.
Ensure	Write	String	Specify if the Azure AD Role definition should exist or not.	Present, Absent
Credential	Write	PSCredential	Credentials of the Azure AD Admin
ApplicationId	Write	String	Id of the Azure Active Directory application to authenticate with.
TenantId	Write	String	Id of the Azure Active Directory tenant used for authentication.
ApplicationSecret	Write	PSCredential	Secret of the Azure Active Directory application to authenticate with.
CertificateThumbprint	Write	String	Thumbprint of the Azure Active Directory application's authentication certificate to use for authentication.
ManagedIdentity	Write	Boolean	Managed ID being used for authentication.

Description

This resource configures an Azure Active Directory role definition. To configure custom roles you require an Azure AD Premium P1 license. The account used to configure role definitions based on this resource needs either to be a "Global Administrator" or a "Privileged role administrator".

Permissions

Microsoft Graph

To authenticate with the Microsoft Graph API, this resource required the following permissions:

Delegated permissions

• Read

  • RoleManagement.Read.Directory

• Update

  • RoleManagement.ReadWrite.Directory

Application permissions

• Read

  • RoleManagement.Read.Directory

• Update

  • RoleManagement.ReadWrite.Directory

Examples

Example 1

This example is used to test new resources and showcase the usage of new resources being worked on. It is not meant to use as a production baseline.

Configuration Example
{
    param(
        [Parameter(Mandatory = $true)]
        [PSCredential]
        $Credscredential
    )
    Import-DscResource -ModuleName Microsoft365DSC

    node localhost
    {
        AADRoleDefinition 'AADRoleDefinition1'
        {
            DisplayName                   = "DSCRole1"
            Description                   = "DSC created role definition"
            ResourceScopes                = "/"
            IsEnabled                     = $true
            RolePermissions               = "microsoft.directory/applicationPolicies/allProperties/read","microsoft.directory/applicationPolicies/allProperties/update","microsoft.directory/applicationPolicies/basic/update"
            Version                       = "1.0"
            Ensure                        = "Present"
            Credential                    = $Credscredential
        }
    }
}

Example 2

This example is used to test new resources and showcase the usage of new resources being worked on. It is not meant to use as a production baseline.

Configuration Example
{
    param(
        [Parameter(Mandatory = $true)]
        [PSCredential]
        $Credscredential
    )
    Import-DscResource -ModuleName Microsoft365DSC

    node localhost
    {
        AADRoleDefinition 'AADRoleDefinition1'
        {
            DisplayName                   = "DSCRole1"
            Description                   = "DSC created role definition"
            ResourceScopes                = "/"
            IsEnabled                     = $false # Updated Property
            RolePermissions               = "microsoft.directory/applicationPolicies/allProperties/read","microsoft.directory/applicationPolicies/allProperties/update","microsoft.directory/applicationPolicies/basic/update"
            Version                       = "1.0"
            Ensure                        = "Present"
            Credential                    = $Credscredential
        }
    }
}

Example 3

This example is used to test new resources and showcase the usage of new resources being worked on. It is not meant to use as a production baseline.

Configuration Example
{
    param(
        [Parameter(Mandatory = $true)]
        [PSCredential]
        $Credscredential
    )
    Import-DscResource -ModuleName Microsoft365DSC

    node localhost
    {
        AADRoleDefinition 'AADRoleDefinition1'
        {
            IsEnabled                     = $true
            RolePermissions               = "microsoft.directory/applicationPolicies/allProperties/read"
            DisplayName                   = "DSCRole1"
            Ensure                        = "Absent"
            Credential                    = $Credscredential
        }
    }
}