Add the Billing Profile Reader role to the Microsoft Azure service principal

  • Rversion finale: Australia
  • Mis à jour 12 mars 2026
  • 1 minute de lecture
  • Assign the Billing Profile Reader role to the Azure service principal for your Microsoft Customer Agreement (MCA) account to download Azure price sheet data.

    Avant de commencer

    Role required: Azure Cloud admin

    Pourquoi et quand exécuter cette tâche

    The Billing Profile Reader role provides the required permissions to download price sheet data at the profile scope only for MCA accounts. For more information on Azure roles, see Microsoft documentation.

    Procédure

    1. Log in to the Azure portal and search for Cost Management + Billing.
    2. Select Billing scopes.
    3. Select Access Control (IAM) at the billing profile scope to which you’re assigning the billing profile reader role.
    4. Select +Add.
    5. In the Add role assignment window, select Billing profile reader in the Role field.
    6. In the Users, groups, or apps field, select the service principal to which you’re assigning the role.
    7. Complete the role assignment for the Azure MCA account by selecting Add.

    Que faire ensuite

    Schedule and manage the jobs that download Azure billing data