Update roleDefinition

Namespace: microsoft.graph

Important: Microsoft Graph APIs under the /beta version are subject to change; production use is not supported.

Note: The Microsoft Graph API for Intune requires an active Intune license for the tenant.

Update the properties of a roleDefinition 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.

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

HTTP Request

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

Request headers

Header	Value
Authorization	Bearer {token}. Required. Learn more about authentication and authorization.
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.
permissions	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.
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.
isBuiltInRoleDefinition	Boolean	Type of Role. Set to True if it is built-in, or set to False if it is a custom role definition.
isBuiltIn	Boolean	Type of Role. Set to True if it is built-in, or set to False if it is a custom role definition.
roleScopeTagIds	String collection	List of Scope Tags for this Entity instance.

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/beta/deviceManagement/roleDefinitions/{roleDefinitionId}
Content-type: application/json
Content-length: 1207

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

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: 1256

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