Update roleDefinition

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    • Tom FitzMacken
    • Robert Lyon
    • Lance Leonard (MSFT)
    • Jeremy Thake (Microsoft)
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Note: The Microsoft Graph API for Intune requires an active Intune license for the tenant.

Update the properties of a roleDefinition object.

Prerequisites

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

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

HTTP Request

PATCH /deviceManagement/roleDefinitions/{roleDefinitionId}
PATCH /deviceManagement/roleDefinitions/{roleDefinitionId}/roleAssignments/{roleAssignmentId}/roleDefinition

Request headers

Header Value
Authorization Bearer <token> Required.
Accept application/json

Request body

In the request body, supply a JSON representation for the roleDefinition object.

The following table shows the properties that are required when you create the roleDefinition.

Property Type Description
id String Key of the entity. This is read-only and automatically generated.
displayName String Display Name of the Role definition.
description String Description of the Role definition.
rolePermissions rolePermission collection List of Role Permissions this role is allowed to perform. These must match the actionName that is defined as part of the rolePermission.
isBuiltIn Boolean Type of Role. Set to True if it is built-in, or set to False if it is a custom role definition.

Response

If successful, this method returns a 200 OK response code and an updated roleDefinition object in the response body.

Example

Request

Here is an example of the request.

PATCH https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/deviceManagement/roleDefinitions/{roleDefinitionId}
Content-type: application/json
Content-length: 580

{
  "@odata.type": "#microsoft.graph.roleDefinition",
  "displayName": "Display Name value",
  "description": "Description value",
  "rolePermissions": [
    {
      "@odata.type": "microsoft.graph.rolePermission",
      "resourceActions": [
        {
          "@odata.type": "microsoft.graph.resourceAction",
          "allowedResourceActions": [
            "Allowed Resource Actions value"
          ],
          "notAllowedResourceActions": [
            "Not Allowed Resource Actions value"
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "isBuiltIn": true
}

Response

Here is an example of the response. Note: The response object shown here may be truncated for brevity. All of the properties will be returned from an actual call.

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type: application/json
Content-Length: 629

{
  "@odata.type": "#microsoft.graph.roleDefinition",
  "id": "70fdcd08-cd08-70fd-08cd-fd7008cdfd70",
  "displayName": "Display Name value",
  "description": "Description value",
  "rolePermissions": [
    {
      "@odata.type": "microsoft.graph.rolePermission",
      "resourceActions": [
        {
          "@odata.type": "microsoft.graph.resourceAction",
          "allowedResourceActions": [
            "Allowed Resource Actions value"
          ],
          "notAllowedResourceActions": [
            "Not Allowed Resource Actions value"
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "isBuiltIn": true
}