Introduction

As part of the Azure account preparation required before onboarding cloud accounts into the platform, you will need to create least privilege policies— individual policies that must be attached to your cross-account role that allow the platform to access the Azure data it needs in order to create its reports.

Least Privilege Polices by Product (Read-Write)

Each least privilege policy provides the necessary permissions to enable core functions in the platform. The policies for enabling Read-Write access to the platform are listed below organized by product and platform capability:

FinOps

Capability	Description	Least Privilege Permissions	Subscription Level Access	Reservations
Cost Visibility and Usage	Enabling these permissions allows the platform to fetch cost data from Azure and display it for Cost Posture, which provides visibility into cloud costs across all your cloud accounts.	`Microsoft.Authorization` `Microsoft.Billing` `Microsoft.Commerce` `Microsoft.Consumption` `Microsoft.CostManagement` `Microsoft.Support` `Microsoft.Insights` `Microsoft.Management`	Contributor and Resource Policy Contributor	Reservation Reader
Cost Optimization Dashboard	These permissions allow the monitoring of utilization data resources and the reclaiming of native recommendations from Azure, which enables the platform to help users achieve potential cost savings through FinOps policies.	`Microsoft.Authorization` `Microsoft.Billing` `Microsoft.Commerce` `Microsoft.Consumption` `Microsoft.CostManagement` `Microsoft.Support` `Microsoft.Insights` `Microsoft.Management`	Contributor and Resource Policy Contributor	Reservation Reader
Resource Inventory	Enabling these permissions allows the platform to pull resources from Azure in order to provide cost recommendations through FinOps policies.	`Microsoft.Authorization` `Microsoft.Automation` `Microsoft.Compute` `Microsoft.Devices` `Microsoft.Insights` `Microsoft.Network` `Microsoft.Resources` `Microsoft.HybridCompute` `Microsoft.Sql` `Microsoft.SqlVirtualMachine` `Microsoft.Storage` `Microsoft.Web` `Microsoft.RecoveryServices` `Microsoft.CognitiveServices` `Microsoft.ContainerRegistry` `Microsoft.ContainerInstance` `Microsoft.ContainerService` `Microsoft.Databricks` `Microsoft.DataFactory` `Microsoft.DBforPostgreSQL` `Microsoft.DBforMySQL` `Microsoft.DBforMariaDB` `Microsoft.KeyVault` `Microsoft.Kubernetes` `Microsoft.ServiceBus` `Microsoft.Synapse`	Contributor and Resource Policy Contributor	Reservation Reader
Cost Budget	These permissions help to display cloud-native budgets in the CoreStack portal.	`Microsoft.Authorization` `Microsoft.Billing` `Microsoft.Commerce` `Microsoft.Consumption` `Microsoft.CostManagement` `Microsoft.Support` `Microsoft.Insights` `Microsoft.Management`	Contributor and Resource Policy Contributor	Reservation Reader

SecOps

Capability	Description	Least Privilege Permissions	Subscription Level Access	Reservations
Security and Compliance > Threat Management	Enabling these permissions is required for the platform to be able to fetch threat management information.	`Microsoft.Authorization` `Microsoft.Billing` `Microsoft.Commerce` `Microsoft.Compute` `Microsoft.Insights` `Microsoft.Network` `Microsoft.PolicyInsights` `Microsoft.Security`	Contributor and Resource Policy Contributor	Reservation Reader
Vulnerability Assessments	Enabling these permissions is required for the platform to be able to fetch Vulnerability Assessment information.	`Microsoft.security`	Contributor and Resource Policy Contributor	Reservation Reader

CloudOps

Capability	Description	Least Privilege Permissions	Subscription Level Access	Reservations
Activity and Alerts: Governance Configuration > Operations	For configuring activity logs and alerts, write permission is required.	`Microsoft.Authorization` `Microsoft.Insights`	Contributor and Resource Policy Contributor	Reservation Reader
Resource Inventory	Enabling these permissions allows the platform to retrieve resource inventory details needed for read and write activities.	`Microsoft.Authorization` `Microsoft.Automation` `Microsoft.Compute` `Microsoft.Devices` `Microsoft.Insights` `Microsoft.Network` `Microsoft.Resources` `Microsoft.HybridCompute` `Microsoft.Sql` `Microsoft.SqlVirtualMachine` `Microsoft.Storage` `Microsoft.Web` `Microsoft.RecoveryServices` `Microsoft.CognitiveServices` `Microsoft.ContainerRegistry` `Microsoft.ContainerInstance` `Microsoft.ContainerService` `Microsoft.Databricks` `Microsoft.DataFactory` `Microsoft.DBforPostgreSQL` `Microsoft.DBforMySQL` `Microsoft.DBforMariaDB` `Microsoft.KeyVault` `Microsoft.Kubernetes` `Microsoft.ServiceBus` `Microsoft.Synapse`	Contributor and Resource Policy Contributor	Reservation Reader

Resource Provider Glossary

The following table is available for your reference, and lists the resource providers featured in the above sections, along with descriptions of why their permissions need to be enabled.

Resource Provider Name	CS Action	Description
Microsoft.Authorization	Fetch details for Azure Policy, Azure RBAC, and Azure Resource Manager.	Reads the administrators for the subscription. Does not have an effect if used as a NotAction in a custom role, etc.
Microsoft.Billing	Fetch the cost details and Cost Management + Billing.	Lists the tenants that can collaborate with the billing account on commerce activities like viewing and downloading invoices, managing payments, making purchases, and managing licenses.
Microsoft.Commerce	Fetch the consumption and core details.	Retrieves Microsoft Azure's consumption by a subscription. The result contains aggregates usage data, subscription and resource related information, on a particular time range.
Microsoft.Consumption	Fetch the usage details and Cost Management.	Lists the utilization summary for a billing period for a management group and lists all supported operations by the Microsoft.Consumption resource provider.
Microsoft.CostManagement	Fetch the Cost Management information.	Register actions for the scope of Microsoft.CostManagement by a subscription, etc.
Microsoft.Management	Fetch Management Groups in the tenant.	Checks if the specified management group name is valid and unique and lists all entities (Management Groups, Subscriptions, etc.) for the authenticated user etc.
Microsoft.Support	Fetch core and list all operations that are available.	Lists all operations available on the Microsoft.Support resource provider. Checks that the name is valid and not in use for resource type, etc.
Microsoft.Automation	For all Azure Automation services.	Registers the subscription to Azure Automation, etc.
Microsoft.Compute	For Virtual Machines and Virtual Machine Scale Sets.	Registers Subscription with the Microsoft.Compute resource provider and lists available sizes for creating or updating a virtual machine in the availability set.
Microsoft.Insights	Fetch Azure Monitor and alerts.	Metric Action, register the Microsoft Insights provider and read an activity log alert, etc.
Microsoft.Network	For Application Gateway, Azure Bastion, Azure DDoS Protection, Azure DNS, Azure ExpressRoute, Azure Firewall, Azure Front Door Service, Azure Private Link, Load Balancer, Network Watcher, Traffic Manager, Virtual Network, Virtual WAN, and VPN Gateway.	Registers the subscription. Checks the availability of a Traffic Manager Relative DNS name, etc.
Microsoft.Devices	For IoT Hub and the IoT Hub Device Provisioning Service.	Register the subscription for the IotHub resource provider and enables the creation of IotHub resources, etc.
Microsoft.Resources	For Azure Resource Manager.	Check the resource name for validity and calculate the hash of the provided template.
Microsoft.HybridCompute	Fetch all Azure Arc related resources.	Registers the subscription for the Microsoft.HybridCompute Resource Provider, etc.
Microsoft.PolicyInsights	For Azure Policy and enabling actions.	Registers the Microsoft Policy Insights resource provider and enables actions on it, etc.
Microsoft.Security	For Security Center, Threats.	Registers the subscription for Azure Security Center and gets Adaptive Network Hardening recommendations for an Azure protected resource.
Microsoft.Resources	Fetch all Azure Resource Manager resources.	Check the resource name for validity and calculate the hash of the provided template.
Microsoft.Sql	For Azure SQL Database, SQL Managed Instance, and Synapse Analytics.	Verify whether a given server name is available for provisioning worldwide for a given subscription, registers the subscription for the Microsoft SQL Database resource provider, and enables the creation of Microsoft SQL Databases.
Microsoft.SqlVirtualMachine	Fetch SQL Server on Azure Virtual Machine resources.	Register subscription with the Microsoft.SqlVirtualMachine resource provider and register the SQL VM Candidate.
Microsoft.Storage	Fetch Azure Storage accounts, blob containers, etc.	Registers the subscription for the storage resource provider and enables the creation of storage accounts. Checks that the account name is valid and is not in use.
Microsoft.Web	Fetch Azure App Service, Functions, and web apps.	Unregisters the Microsoft.Web resource provider for the subscription and validates.
Microsoft.RecoveryServices	Fetch Azure Site Recovery.	Registers subscription for a given Resource Provider and unregisters the subscription for a given Resource Provider.
Microsoft.CognitiveServices	Fetch Azure Cognitive Services.	Subscription Registration Action and registers the subscription for Cognitive Services.
Microsoft.ContainerRegistry	Fetch Azure Container Registry.	Registers the subscription for the container registry resource provider and enables the creation of container registries.
Microsoft.ContainerInstance	Fetch Azure Container Instances.	Registers the subscription for the container instance resource provider and enables the creation of container groups.
Microsoft.ContainerService	Fetch Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS).	Registers the subscription with the Microsoft.ContainerService resource provider.
Microsoft.Databricks	Fetch Azure Databricks.	Registers to Databricks and retrieves a list of Azure Databricks Access Connectors.
Microsoft.DataFactory	Fetch Azure Data Factory.	Registers the subscription for the Data Factory Resource Provider and checks if the Data Factory Name is available to use.
Microsoft.DBforPostgreSQL	Fetch Azure Database for PostgreSQL.	Performs a migration assessment with the specified parameters and determines if the user is allowed to approve a private endpoint connection.
Microsoft.DBforMySQL	Fetch Azure Database for MySQL.	Determines if the user is allowed to approve a private endpoint connection and verifies whether a given server name is available for provisioning worldwide for a given subscription.
Microsoft.DBforMariaDB	Fetch Azure Database for MariaDB.	Registers the MariaDB Resource Provider and determines if the user is allowed to approve a private endpoint connection.
Microsoft.KeyVault	Fetch Azure Key Vault.	Registers a subscription and checks that a key vault name is valid and not in use.
Microsoft.Kubernetes	Fetch Azure Arc-enabled Kubernetes.	Registers a subscription with the Microsoft.Kubernetes resource provider and unregisters the subscription with the Microsoft.Kubernetes resource provider.
Microsoft.ServiceBus	Fetch Azure Service Bus	Registers the subscription for the ServiceBus resource provider and enables the creation of ServiceBus resources. Checks availability of namespace under a given subscription.
Microsoft.Synapse	Fetch Azure Synapse Analytics.	Registers the Azure Synapse Analytics (workspaces) Resource Provider and enables the creation of Workspaces. Checks resource name availability.