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Purview Workload Content Reader

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Purview Workload Content Reader

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title: Purview Workload Content Reader description: Purview Workload Content Reader ms.service: entra-id ms.subservice: role-based-access-control ms.topic: include ms.date: 06/19/2026 author: FaithOmbongi ms.author: ombongifaith

Assign the Purview Workload Content Reader role to users who need to do the following tasks:

  • Read data from Microsoft 365 (such as SharePoint, Teams, OneDrive, or Exchange) when processing long-running operations submitted from the Microsoft Purview portal.

Microsoft Purview uses role groups to limit tasks that users can perform in the Microsoft Purview portal. To learn more about how the Purview Workload Content Reader role maps to the roles on the Microsoft Purview portal, see Purview Role Assignment Migrator.