Get unifiedRoleAssignment

Namespace: microsoft.graph

Retrieve the properties and relationships of a unifiedRoleAssignment object.

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, RoleManagement.Read.All, Directory.Read.All, RoleManagement.ReadWrite.Directory, Directory.ReadWrite.All
Delegated (personal Microsoft account) Not supported.
Application RoleManagement.Read.Directory, RoleManagement.Read.All, 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

Get a role assignment for the directory provider:

GET /roleManagement/directory/roleAssignments/{id}

Get a role assignment for the entitlement management provider:

GET /roleManagement/entitlementManagement/roleAssignments/{id}

Optional query parameters

This method supports th $select and $expand OData query parameters to help customize the response. 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 the requested unifiedRoleAssignment object in the response body.

Examples

Example 1 : Get the details of a role assignment

Request

The following example shows a request.

GET https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/roleManagement/directory/roleAssignments/lAPpYvVpN0KRkAEhdxReELhrmgjL6CxJqkHAeKoLUSA-11

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/$metadata#roleManagement/directory/roleAssignments/$entity",
    "id": "lAPpYvVpN0KRkAEhdxReELhrmgjL6CxJqkHAeKoLUSA-1",
    "principalId": "089a6bb8-e8cb-492c-aa41-c078aa0b5120",
    "directoryScopeId": "/",
    "roleDefinitionId": "62e90394-69f5-4237-9190-012177145e10"
}

Example 2: Get the details of a role assignment and expand the relationships

Request

The following example shows a request with the $expand query parameter.

GET https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/roleManagement/directory/roleAssignments/lAPpYvVpN0KRkAEhdxReEJC2sEqbR_9Hr48lds9SGHI-1?$expand=roleDefinition

Response

The following example shows the response.

Note: The response object shown here might be shortened for readability. All the properties will be returned from an actual call.

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-type: application/json

{
    "@odata.context": "https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/$metadata#roleManagement/directory/roleAssignments/$entity",
    "@odata.type": "#microsoft.graph.unifiedRoleAssignment",
    "id": "lAPpYvVpN0KRkAEhdxReEJC2sEqbR_9Hr48lds9SGHI-1",
    "roleDefinitionId": "c2cf284d-6c41-4e6b-afac-4b80928c9034",
    "roleDefinition": {
      "id": "c2cf284d-6c41-4e6b-afac-4b80928c9034",
      "displayName": "Billing Administrator",
      "description": "Can perform common billing related tasks like updating payment information.",
      "rolePermissions": [
        {
          "allowedResourceActions": [
            "microsoft.commerce.billing/allEntities/allTasks",
            "microsoft.directory/organization/basic/update",
          ],
          "excludedResourceActions": []
        }],
      "isEnabled": true,
      },
    "principalId": "f8ca5a85-489a-49a0-b555-0a6d81e56f0d",
    "directoryScopeId": "28ca5a85-489a-49a0-b555-0a6d81e56f0d"
}