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Flagged Code Snippets

PS C:\>New-AzRoleAssignment -ObjectId aaaaaaaa-0000-1111-2222-bbbbbbbbbbbb -RoleDefinitionName "Policy Contributor" -Scope /subscriptions/<SubscriptionID>/resourceGroups/<ResourceGroupName>/providers/Microsoft.DevTestLab/labs/<LabName>/policySets/default/policies/AllowedVmSizesInLab

# List all the operations/actions for a resource provider.
Get-AzProviderOperation -OperationSearchString "Microsoft.DevTestLab/*"

# List actions in a particular role.
(Get-AzRoleDefinition "DevTest Labs User").Actions

# Create custom role.
$policyRoleDef = (Get-AzRoleDefinition "DevTest Labs User")
$policyRoleDef.Id = $null
$policyRoleDef.Name = "Policy Contributor"
$policyRoleDef.IsCustom = $true
$policyRoleDef.AssignableScopes.Clear()
$policyRoleDef.AssignableScopes.Add("/subscriptions/<SubscriptionID> ")
$policyRoleDef.Actions.Add("Microsoft.DevTestLab/labs/policySets/policies/*")
$policyRoleDef = (New-AzRoleDefinition -Role $policyRoleDef)

PS C:\>Get-AzADUser -SearchString "SomeUser"

DisplayName                    Type                           ObjectId
-----------                    ----                           --------
someuser@hotmail.com                                          aaaaaaaa-0000-1111-2222-bbbbbbbbbbbb

    $policyRoleDef = Get-AzRoleDefinition "DevTest Labs User"
    $policyRoleDef.Actions.Remove('Microsoft.DevTestLab/Environments/*')
    $policyRoleDef.Id = $null
    $policyRoleDef.Name = "DevTest Labs Advanced User"
    $policyRoleDef.IsCustom = $true
    $policyRoleDef.AssignableScopes.Clear()
    $policyRoleDef.AssignableScopes.Add("/subscriptions/<subscription Id>")
    $policyRoleDef.Actions.Add("Microsoft.DevTestLab/labs/virtualMachines/Start/action")
    $policyRoleDef.Actions.Add("Microsoft.DevTestLab/labs/virtualMachines/Stop/action")
    $policyRoleDef = New-AzRoleDefinition -Role $policyRoleDef