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In brief

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What Defender admins need to know

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From the Permissions & roles page, you can create or edit a custom role. You can also import and delete roles. Use the Search function to find a specific role. To narrow results, filter roles by data source, permissions category, assignee type, or tenant name.

Create or edit a custom role (Preview)

You can create a custom role to provide flexibility and control over access to specific data. To create a custom role, follow these steps:

Screenshot of the Edit option in the Permissions page

Delete roles (Preview)

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Screenshot highlighting the Delete option in the Edit role pane

Import roles (Preview)

You can import existing roles from a tenant’s workloads to migrate permissions and assignments. Imported roles become available in the Permissions and roles list.