Add Roles to Microsoft Azure User Account

Cohesity DataProtect as a Service accesses your Microsoft Azure domain with a user account to back up your Azure data. You can either add these roles to an existing user account or create a new user account with these roles.

  • To create an app registration:

    You must have an Entra ID (tenant-level) role - Global Administrator or Privileged Role Administrator.

  • To create and assign roles within a subscription:

    You must have a subscription-scoped role, such as an Owner or Custom Role, with minimum permissions defined.

Required Permissions

Resource Provider Operation Name
Microsoft.Authorization

Microsoft.Authorization/roleAssignments/read

Microsoft.Authorization/roleAssignments/delete

Microsoft.Authorization/roleAssignments/write

Microsoft.Authorization/roleDefinitions/read

Microsoft.Authorization/roleDefinitions/write

Microsoft.Authorization/roleDefinitions/delete