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Permissions required for Azure Service Principal

This table provides the permissions needed to create, close or cancel an Azure subscription, download billing details, and tag subscriptions.

RoleActionRole definition ID
EnrollmentReaderEnrollment readers can view data at the enrollment, department, and account scopes. This data includes charges for all subscriptions under these scopes, even across tenants, and displays the AzurePrepayment \(previously called monetary commitment\) balance associated with the enrollment.24f8edb6-1668-4659-b5e2-40bb5f3a7d7e
DepartmentReaderDownload the usage details for the department you administer. You can also view the usage and charges associated with your department.db609904-a47f-4794-9be8-9bd86fbffd8a
Microsoft.Billing/billingAccounts/readRead the list of billing accounts. 
Microsoft.Management/managementGroups/subscriptions/write Microsoft.Management/managementGroups/writeMove subscription to the appropriate location once created 
Microsoft.Resources/tags/writeAdd tags to the subscription. 
Microsoft.Billing/billingAccounts/billingSubscriptions/cancel/writeClose or cancel a subscription. 

Parent Topic:Cloud Account Management reference