Management of Azure Center for SAP solutions resources with Azure RBAC

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05/23/2023

Azure role-based access control (Azure RBAC) enables granular access management for Azure. You can use Azure RBAC to manage Virtual Instance for SAP solutions resources within Azure Center for SAP solutions. For example, you can separate duties within your team and grant only the amount of access that users need to perform their jobs.

Users or user-assigned managed identities require minimum roles or permissions to use the different capabilities in Azure Center for SAP solutions.

There are Azure built-in roles for Azure Center for SAP solutions, or you can create Azure custom roles for more control. Azure Center for SAP solutions provides the following built-in roles to deploy and manage SAP systems on Azure:

The Azure Center for SAP solutions administrator role has the required permissions for a user to deploy infrastructure, install SAP, and manage SAP systems from Azure Center for SAP solutions. The role allows users to:
- Deploy infrastructure for a new SAP system
- Install SAP software
- Register existing SAP systems as a Virtual Instance for SAP solutions (VIS) resource.
- View the health and status of SAP systems.
- Perform operations such as Start and Stop on the VIS resource.
- Do all possible actions with Azure Center for SAP solutions, including the deletion of the VIS resource.
The Azure Center for SAP solutions service role is intended for use by the user-assigned managed identity. The Azure Center for SAP solutions service uses this identity to deploy and manage SAP systems. This role has permissions to support the deployment and management capabilities in Azure Center for SAP solutions.
The Azure Center for SAP solutions reader role has permissions to view all VIS resources.

Note

To use an existing user-assigned managed identity for deploying a new SAP system or registering an existing system, the user must also have the Managed Identity Operator role. This role is required to assign a user-assigned managed identity to the Virtual Instance for SAP solutions resource.

Note

If you're creating a new user-assigned managed identity when you deploy a new SAP system or register an existing system, the user must also have the Managed Identity Contributor and Managed Identity Operator roles. These roles are required to create a user-assigned identity, make necessary role assignments to it and assign it to the VIS resource.

Deploy infrastructure for new SAP system

To deploy infrastructure for a new SAP system, a user and user-assigned managed identity requires the following role or permissions.

Built-in roles for users
Azure Center for SAP solutions administrator
Managed Identity Operator

Minimum permissions for users
`Microsoft.Workloads/sapVirtualInstances/write`
`Microsoft.Workloads/Operations/read`
`Microsoft.Workloads/Locations/OperationStatuses/read`
`Microsoft.Workloads/locations/sapVirtualInstanceMetadata/getSizingRecommendations/action`
`Microsoft.Workloads/locations/sapVirtualInstanceMetadata/getSapSupportedSku/action`
`Microsoft.Workloads/locations/sapVirtualInstanceMetadata/getDiskConfigurations/action`
`Microsoft.Workloads/locations/sapVirtualInstanceMetadata/getAvailabilityZoneDetails/action`
`Microsoft.Resources/subscriptions/resourcegroups/deployments/read`
`Microsoft.Resources/subscriptions/resourcegroups/deployments/write`
`Microsoft.Network/virtualNetworks/read`
`Microsoft.Network/virtualNetworks/subnets/read`
`Microsoft.Network/virtualNetworks/subnets/write`
`Microsoft.Compute/sshPublicKeys/write`
`Microsoft.Compute/sshPublicKeys/read`
`Microsoft.Compute/sshPublicKeys /*/generateKeyPair/action`
`Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts/read`
`Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts/blobServices/read`
`Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts/blobServices/containers/read`
`Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts/blobServices/containers/blobs/read`
`Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts/fileServices/read`
`Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts/fileServices/shares/read`

Built-in roles for user-assigned managed identities
Azure Center for SAP solutions service role

Minimum permissions for user-assigned managed identities
`Microsoft.Compute/disks/read`
`Microsoft.Compute/disks/write`
`Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/read`
`Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/write`
`Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/extensions/read`
`Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/extensions/write`
`Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/extensions/delete`
`Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/instanceView/read`
`Microsoft.Compute/availabilitySets/read`
`Microsoft.Compute/availabilitySets/write`
`Microsoft.Network/loadBalancers/read`
`Microsoft.Network/loadBalancers/write`
`Microsoft.Network/loadBalancers/backendAddressPools/read`
`Microsoft.Network/loadBalancers/backendAddressPools/write`
`Microsoft.Network/loadBalancers/backendAddressPools/join/action`
`Microsoft.Network/loadBalancers/frontendIPConfigurations/read`
`Microsoft.Network/loadBalancers/frontendIPConfigurations/join/action`
`Microsoft.Network/loadBalancers/frontendIPConfigurations/loadBalancerPools/read`
`Microsoft.Network/loadBalancers/frontendIPConfigurations/loadBalancerPools/write`
`Microsoft.Network/networkInterfaces/read`
`Microsoft.Network/networkInterfaces/write`
`Microsoft.Network/networkInterfaces/join/action`
`Microsoft.Network/networkInterfaces/ipconfigurations/read`
`Microsoft.Network/networkInterfaces/ipconfigurations/join/action`
`Microsoft.Network/privateEndpoints/read`
`Microsoft.Network/privateEndpoints/write`
`Microsoft.Network/virtualNetworks/read`
`Microsoft.Network/virtualNetworks/subnets/read`
`Microsoft.Network/virtualNetworks/subnets/joinLoadBalancer/action`
`Microsoft.Network/virtualNetworks/subnets/join/action`
`Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts/read`
`Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts/write`
`Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts/listAccountSas/action`
`Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts/PrivateEndpointConnectionsApproval/action`
`Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts/blobServices/read`
`Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts/blobServices/containers/read`
`Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts/fileServices/read`
`Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts/fileServices/write`
`Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts/fileServices/shares/read`
`Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts/fileServices/shares/write`

Install SAP software

To install SAP software, a user and user-assigned managed identity requires the following role or permissions.

Built-in roles for users
Azure Center for SAP solutions administrator

Minimum permissions for users
`Microsoft.Workloads/sapVirtualInstances/write`
`Microsoft.Workloads/sapVirtualInstances/applicationInstances/read`
`Microsoft.Workloads/sapVirtualInstances/centralInstances/read`
`Microsoft.Workloads/sapVirtualInstances/databaseInstances/read`
`Microsoft.Workloads/sapVirtualInstances/read`
`Microsoft.Workloads/Operations/read`
`Microsoft.Workloads/Locations/OperationStatuses/read`
`Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts/read`
`Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts/blobServices/read`
`Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts/blobServices/containers/read`
`Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts/blobServices/containers/blobs/read`
`Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts/fileServices/read`
`Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts/fileServices/shares/read`

Built-in roles for user-assigned managed identities
Azure Center for SAP solutions service role
Reader and Data Access

Minimum permissions for user-assigned managed identities
`Microsoft.Compute/disks/read`
`Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/read`
`Microsoft.Compute/disks/write`
`Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/write`
`Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/extensions/delete`
`Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/extensions/read`
`Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/extensions/write`
`Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/instanceView/read`
`Microsoft.Network/loadBalancers/read`
`Microsoft.Network/loadBalancers/backendAddressPools/read`
`Microsoft.Network/loadBalancers/frontendIPConfigurations/read`
`Microsoft.Network/loadBalancers/frontendIPConfigurations/loadBalancerPools/read`
`Microsoft.Network/networkInterfaces/read`
`Microsoft.Network/networkInterfaces/ipconfigurations/read`
`Microsoft.Network/privateEndpoints/read`
`Microsoft.Network/virtualNetworks/read`
`Microsoft.Network/virtualNetworks/subnets/read`
`Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts/read`
`Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts/listAccountSas/action`
`Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts/blobServices/containers/read`
`Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts/fileServices/read`
`Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts/fileServices/shares/read`
`Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts/blobServices/containers/blobs/read`
`Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts/blobServices/containers/blobs/filter/action`
`Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts/write`
`Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts/listAccountSas/action`
`Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts/fileServices/write`
`Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts/fileServices/shares/write`

Register and manage existing SAP system

To register an existing SAP system and manage that system with Azure Center for SAP solutions, a user or user-assigned managed identity requires the following role or permissions.

Built-in roles for users
Azure Center for SAP solutions administrator
Managed Identity Operator

Minimum permissions for users
`Microsoft.Workloads/sapvirtualInstances/*/read`
`Microsoft.Workloads/sapVirtualInstances/*/write`
`Microsoft.Workloads/Locations/*/read`
`Microsoft.Resources/subscriptions/resourceGroups/read`
`Microsoft.Resources/subscriptions/read`
`Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/read`

Built-in roles for user-assigned managed identities
Azure Center for SAP solutions service role

Minimum permissions for user-assigned managed identities
`Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/read`
`Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/write`
`Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/extensions/read`
`Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/extensions/write`
`Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/extensions/delete`
`Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/instanceView/read`
`Microsoft.Network/loadBalancers/read`
`Microsoft.Network/loadBalancers/backendAddressPools/read`
`Microsoft.Network/loadBalancers/frontendIPConfigurations/read`
`Microsoft.Network/loadBalancers/frontendIPConfigurations/loadBalancerPools/read`
`Microsoft.Network/networkInterfaces/read`
`Microsoft.Network/networkInterfaces/ipconfigurations/read`
`Microsoft.Network/virtualNetworks/read`
`Microsoft.Network/virtualNetworks/subnets/read`
`Microsoft.Resources/subscriptions/resourceGroups/write`
`Microsoft.Resources/subscriptions/resourceGroups/read`
`Microsoft.Resources/subscriptions/read`
`Microsoft.Resources/subscriptions/resourcegroups/deployments/*`
`Microsoft.Resources/tags/*`

View VIS resources

To view VIS resources, a user or user-assigned managed identity requires the following role or permissions.

Built-in roles for users
Azure Center for SAP solutions reader

Minimum permissions for users
`Microsoft.Workloads/sapVirtualInstances/applicationInstances/read`
`Microsoft.Workloads/sapVirtualInstances/centralInstances/read`
`Microsoft.Workloads/sapVirtualInstances/databaseInstances/read`
`Microsoft.Workloads/sapVirtualInstances/read`
`Microsoft.Workloads/Operations/read`
`Microsoft.Workloads/Locations/OperationStatuses/read`
`Microsoft.Workloads/locations/sapVirtualInstanceMetadata/getSizingRecommendations/action`
`Microsoft.Workloads/locations/sapVirtualInstanceMetadata/getSapSupportedSku/action`
`Microsoft.Workloads/locations/sapVirtualInstanceMetadata/getDiskConfigurations/action`
`Microsoft.Workloads/locations/sapVirtualInstanceMetadata/getAvailabilityZoneDetails/action`
`Microsoft.Insights/Metrics/Read`
`Microsoft.ResourceHealth/AvailabilityStatuses/read`
`Microsoft.Advisor/configurations/read`
`Microsoft.Advisor/recommendations/read`

Built-in roles for user-assigned managed identities
This scenario isn't applicable to user-assigned managed identities.

Built-in permissions for user-assigned managed identities
This scenario isn't applicable to user-assigned managed identities.

Start SAP system

To start the SAP system from a VIS resource, a user and user-assigned managed identity requires the following role or permissions.

Built-in roles for users
Azure Center for SAP solutions administrator

Minimum permissions for users
`Microsoft.Workloads/sapVirtualInstances/start/action`

Built-in roles for user-assigned managed identities
Azure Center for SAP solutions service role

Minimum permissions for user-assigned managed identities
`Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/read`
`Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/extensions/read`
`Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/extensions/write`
`Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/instanceView/read`

Stop SAP system

To stop the SAP system from a VIS resource, a user and user-assigned managed identity requires the following role or permissions.

Built-in roles for users
Azure Center for SAP solutions administrator

Minimum permissions for users
`Microsoft.Workloads/sapVirtualInstances/stop/action`

Built-in roles for user-assigned managed identities
Azure Center for SAP solutions service role

Minimum permissions for user-assigned managed identities
`Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/read`
`Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/extensions/read`
`Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/extensions/write`
`Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/instanceView/read`

Start SAP Central services instance

To start the SAP Central services instance from a VIS resource, a user and user-assigned managed identity requires the following role or permissions.

Built-in roles for users
Azure Center for SAP solutions administrator

Minimum permissions for users
`Microsoft.Workloads/sapVirtualInstances/centralInstances/start/action`

Built-in roles for user-assigned managed identities
Azure Center for SAP solutions service role

Minimum permissions for user-assigned managed identities
`Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/read`
`Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/extensions/read`
`Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/extensions/write`
`Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/instanceView/read`

Stop SAP Central services instance

To stop the SAP Central services instance from a VIS resource, a user and user-assigned managed identity requires the following role or permissions.

Built-in roles for users
Azure Center for SAP solutions administrator

Minimum permissions for users
`Microsoft.Workloads/sapVirtualInstances/centralInstances/stop/action`

Built-in roles for user-assigned managed identities
Azure Center for SAP solutions service role

Minimum permissions for user-assigned managed identities
`Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/read`
`Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/extensions/read`
`Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/extensions/write`
`Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/instanceView/read`

Start SAP Application server instance

To start the SAP Application server instance from a VIS resource, a user and user-assigned managed identity requires the following role or permissions.

Built-in roles for users
Azure Center for SAP solutions administrator

Minimum permissions for users
`Microsoft.Workloads/sapVirtualInstances/applicationInstances/start/action`

Built-in roles for user-assigned managed identities
Azure Center for SAP solutions service role

Minimum permissions for user-assigned managed identities
`Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/read`
`Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/extensions/read`
`Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/extensions/write`
`Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/instanceView/read`

Stop SAP Application server instance

To stop the SAP Application server instance from a VIS resource, a user and user-assigned managed identity requires the following role or permissions.

Built-in roles for users
Azure Center for SAP solutions administrator

Minimum permissions for users
`Microsoft.Workloads/sapVirtualInstances/applicationInstances/stop/action`

Built-in roles for user-assigned managed identities
Azure Center for SAP solutions service role

Minimum permissions for user-assigned managed identities
`Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/read`
`Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/extensions/read`
`Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/extensions/write`
`Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/instanceView/read`

Start SAP HANA Database instance

To start the SAP HANA Database instance from a VIS resource, a user and user-assigned managed identity requires the following role or permissions.

Built-in roles for users
Azure Center for SAP solutions administrator

Minimum permissions for users
`Microsoft.Workloads/sapVirtualInstances/databaseInstances/start/action`

Built-in roles for user-assigned managed identities
Azure Center for SAP solutions service role

Minimum permissions for user-assigned managed identities
`Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/read`
`Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/extensions/read`
`Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/extensions/write`
`Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/instanceView/read`

Stop SAP HANA Database instance

To stop the SAP HANA Database instance from a VIS resource, a user and user-assigned managed identity requires the following role or permissions.

Built-in roles for users
Azure Center for SAP solutions administrator

Minimum permissions for users
`Microsoft.Workloads/sapVirtualInstances/databaseInstances/stop/action`

Built-in roles for user-assigned managed identities
Azure Center for SAP solutions service role

Minimum permissions for user-assigned managed identities
`Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/read`
`Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/extensions/read`
`Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/extensions/write`
`Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/instanceView/read`

View cost analysis

To view the cost analysis, a user requires the following role or permissions.

Built-in roles for users
Cost Management Reader

Minimum permissions for users
`Microsoft.Consumption//read*`
`Microsoft.CostManagement/*/read`
`Microsoft.Billing/billingPeriods/read`
`Microsoft.Resources/subscriptions/read`
`Microsoft.Resources/subscriptions/resourceGroups/read`
`Microsoft.Billing/billingProperty/read`

Built-in roles for user-assigned managed identities
This scenario isn't applicable to user-assigned managed identities.

Minimum permissions for user-assigned managed identities
This scenario isn't applicable to user-assigned managed identities.

View Quality Insights

To view Quality Insights, a user requires the following role or permissions.

Built-in roles for users
Azure Center for SAP solutions reader

Minimum permissions for users
None, except the minimum role assignment.

Built-in roles for user-assigned managed identities
This scenario isn't applicable to user-assigned managed identities.

Minimum permissions for user-assigned managed identities
This scenario isn't applicable to user-assigned managed identities.

Set up Azure Monitor for SAP solutions

To set up Azure Monitor for SAP solutions for your SAP resources, a user requires the following role or permissions.

Built-in roles for users
Contributor

Minimum permissions for users
None, except the minimum role assignment.

Built-in roles for user-assigned managed identities
This scenario isn't applicable to user-assigned managed identities.

Minimum permissions for user-assigned managed identities
This scenario isn't applicable to user-assigned managed identities.

Delete VIS resource

To delete a VIS resource, a user or user-assigned managed identity requires the following role or permissions.

Built-in roles for users
Azure Center for SAP solutions administrator

Minimum permissions for users
`Microsoft.Workloads/sapVirtualInstances/delete`
`Microsoft.Workloads/sapVirtualInstances/read`
`Microsoft.Workloads/sapVirtualInstances/applicationInstances/read`
`Microsoft.Workloads/sapVirtualInstances/centralInstances/read`
`Microsoft.Workloads/sapVirtualInstances/databaseInstances/read`

Built-in roles for user-assigned managed identities
This scenario isn't applicable to user-assigned managed identities.

Minimum permissions for user-assigned managed identities
This scenario isn't applicable to user-assigned managed identities.

Next steps

Manage VIS resources in Azure Center for SAP solutions

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