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Defender for Storage Data Scanner

Azure Built-in Role

Role Information

Details and metadata

Role ID
1e7ca9b1-60d1-4db8-a914-f2ca1ff27c40
Type
BuiltInRole
Last Updated (Azure)
2025-12-19 20:36:47

Change History

Track all modifications to this role since 2025-12-15 01:08:16+00:00

2025-12-19 20:36:47 Updated

properties.updatedOn, properties.permissions

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{
"id": "/providers/Microsoft.Authorization/roleDefinitions/1e7ca9b1-60d1-4db8-a914-f2ca1ff27c40",
"name": "1e7ca9b1-60d1-4db8-a914-f2ca1ff27c40",
"properties": {
"assignableScopes": [
"/"
],
"createdBy": null,
"createdOn": "2023-06-23T15:54:15.607Z",
"description": "Grants access to read blobs and update index tags. This role is used by the data scanner of Defender for Storage.",
"permissions": [
{
"actions": [
"Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts/blobServices/containers/read",
"Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts/blobServices/read",
+ "Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts/fileServices/shares/read"
],
"dataActions": [
"Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts/blobServices/containers/blobs/read",
"Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts/blobServices/containers/blobs/tags/write",
"Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts/blobServices/containers/blobs/tags/read",
"Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts/blobServices/containers/blobs/delete",
+ "Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts/fileServices/fileshares/files/read",
+ "Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts/fileServices/readFileBackupSemantics/action"
],
"notActions": [],
"notDataActions": []
}
],
"roleName": "Defender for Storage Data Scanner",
"type": "BuiltInRole",
"updatedBy": null,
- "updatedOn": "2025-09-08T15:10:32.114Z"
+ "updatedOn": "2025-12-19T20:36:47.358Z"
},
"type": "Microsoft.Authorization/roleDefinitions"
}
2025-09-08 15:10:32 Initial Scan
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{
  "properties": {
    "roleName": "Defender for Storage Data Scanner",
    "type": "BuiltInRole",
    "description": "Grants access to read blobs and update index tags. This role is used by the data scanner of Defender for Storage.",
    "assignableScopes": [
      "/"
    ],
    "permissions": [
      {
        "actions": [
          "Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts/blobServices/containers/read",
          "Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts/blobServices/read",
          "Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts/fileServices/shares/read"
        ],
        "notActions": [],
        "dataActions": [
          "Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts/blobServices/containers/blobs/read",
          "Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts/blobServices/containers/blobs/tags/write",
          "Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts/blobServices/containers/blobs/tags/read",
          "Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts/blobServices/containers/blobs/delete",
          "Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts/fileServices/fileshares/files/read",
          "Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts/fileServices/readFileBackupSemantics/action"
        ],
        "notDataActions": []
      }
    ],
    "createdOn": "2023-06-23T15:54:15.607Z",
    "updatedOn": "2025-12-19T20:36:47.358Z",
    "createdBy": null,
    "updatedBy": null
  },
  "id": "/providers/Microsoft.Authorization/roleDefinitions/1e7ca9b1-60d1-4db8-a914-f2ca1ff27c40",
  "type": "Microsoft.Authorization/roleDefinitions",
  "name": "1e7ca9b1-60d1-4db8-a914-f2ca1ff27c40"
}

Latest Role JSON

Raw definition from Azure

{
  "properties": {
    "roleName": "Defender for Storage Data Scanner",
    "type": "BuiltInRole",
    "description": "Grants access to read blobs and update index tags. This role is used by the data scanner of Defender for Storage.",
    "assignableScopes": [
      "/"
    ],
    "permissions": [
      {
        "actions": [
          "Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts/blobServices/containers/read",
          "Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts/blobServices/read",
          "Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts/fileServices/shares/read"
        ],
        "notActions": [],
        "dataActions": [
          "Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts/blobServices/containers/blobs/read",
          "Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts/blobServices/containers/blobs/tags/write",
          "Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts/blobServices/containers/blobs/tags/read",
          "Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts/blobServices/containers/blobs/delete",
          "Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts/fileServices/fileshares/files/read",
          "Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts/fileServices/readFileBackupSemantics/action"
        ],
        "notDataActions": []
      }
    ],
    "createdOn": "2023-06-23T15:54:15.607Z",
    "updatedOn": "2025-12-19T20:36:47.358Z",
    "createdBy": null,
    "updatedBy": null
  },
  "id": "/providers/Microsoft.Authorization/roleDefinitions/1e7ca9b1-60d1-4db8-a914-f2ca1ff27c40",
  "type": "Microsoft.Authorization/roleDefinitions",
  "name": "1e7ca9b1-60d1-4db8-a914-f2ca1ff27c40"
}

Effective Permissions

Operations granted by this role (9 total)

Control Plane Operations (3)

Data Plane Operations (6)