Service offering Azure resource types within a namespace, for example Microsoft.Network or Microsoft.Compute. Role actions take the form namespace/resourceType/operation.
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Terms in this definition
- Microsoft.Network
Namespace of the Azure resource provider for networking, covering VNets, NSGs, Network Watcher and more. Network Contributor is granted its actions.
- Microsoft.Compute
Namespace of the resource provider that covers virtual machines, managed disks (
Microsoft.Compute/disks) and the data actions for signing in to VMs (virtualMachines/login/action). - Role
How an actor normally or expectedly behaves, or the part a person takes in a process. A single actor may hold more than one role.
Related terms
- Azure Database for MariaDB
Managed MariaDB offering, now retired, under the Microsoft.DBforMariaDB resource provider; resetting the server's admin password required the
Microsoft.DBforMariaDB/servers/writepermission. - Microsoft.Authorization
Namespace of the resource provider handling policy, resource locks, role definitions and role assignments. Only roles such as Owner and User Access Administrator hold roleAssignments/write.
- Microsoft.HybridNetwork
Azure Network Function Manager uses this resource provider namespace.
- Microsoft.KeyVault
Namespace of the Key Vault resource provider, with actions such as Microsoft.KeyVault/vaults/write; it is also what the Key Vault service endpoint is called.
- Microsoft.MachineLearningServices
Azure Machine Learning workspaces are created under this resource provider. Foundry Tools accounts are not.