Microsoft Defender for IoT

Set Up Rbac

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In brief

The Defender for IoT RBAC setup article now directs readers to review prerequisites before configuring roles and permissions. Its metadata was also updated.

What Defender admins need to know

Administrators can use the new prerequisites link to verify requirements before setup.

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To access the Microsoft Defender for IoT features in the Defender portal, such as site security, and Defender for IoT specific alerts and vulnerability updates, you need to assign permissions and roles to the correct users.

This article shows you how to set up the new roles and permissions to access the site security and Defender for IoT specific features. Before you begin, make sure you meet the prerequisites.

To make general changes to RBAC roles and permissions that relate to all other areas of Defender for IoT, see configure general RBAC permissions.

@@ -5,9 +5,9 @@ ms.service: defender-for-iot author: limwainstein ms.author: lwainstein ms.localizationpriority: medium-ms.date: 06/11/2026+ms.date: 07/02/2026 ms.topic: how-to-ms.custom: sfi-ga-nochange, msecd-doc-authoring-1013+ms.custom: sfi-ga-nochange, msecd-doc-authoring-1016 ai-usage: ai-assisted --- @@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ The Microsoft Defender portal allows granular access to features and data based  To access the Microsoft Defender for IoT features in the Defender portal, such as site security, and Defender for IoT specific alerts and vulnerability updates, you need to assign permissions and roles to the correct users. -This article shows you how to set up the new roles and permissions to access the site security and Defender for IoT specific features.+This article shows you how to set up the new roles and permissions to access the site security and Defender for IoT specific features. Before you begin, make sure you meet the [prerequisites](#prerequisites).  To make general changes to RBAC roles and permissions that relate to all other areas of Defender for IoT, see [configure general RBAC permissions](configure-permissions.md).