What is Virtual Machine Contributor role good for in Azure?

• Create and manage virtual machines,
• manage disks and disk snapshots,
• install and run software,
• reset password of the root user of the virtual machine using VM extensions,
• and manage local user accounts using VM extensions.

This role does not grant you management access to the virtual network or storage account the virtual machines are connected to.

This role does not allow you to assign roles in Azure RBAC.