az cli resource tagging should require less permissions
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Description
**Related command**
```bash
az resource tag \
--ids /subscriptions/**/resourceGroups/**/providers/Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/** \
--tags test=will-it-work
```
**Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.**
Require ability to set the tags of a given VM without permissions to change other attributes of the VM, e.g block devices.
**Describe the solution you'd like**
az resource tag command to work with the minimal set of permissions by using only "Microsoft.Resources/tags/*" permissions
**Describe alternatives you've considered**
- Providing additional permissions, e.g Virtual Machine Contributor
- Applying the configuration without az cli (e.g use sdk directly)
**Additional context**
Errors from trying to set tags on different permissions
trying to use `Microsoft.Compute/disks/write`
```
Message: The client '**' with object id '**' has permission to perform action 'Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/write' on scope '/subscriptions/**/resourceGroups/**/providers/Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/**'; however, it does not have permission to perform action(s) 'Microsoft.Compute/disks/write' on the linked scope(s) '/subscriptions/**/resourceGroups/**/providers/Microsoft.Compute/disks/cetu-installer-kfirg-cetu-**' (respectively) or the linked scope(s) are invalid.
```
trying to use `Microsoft.Network/networkInterfaces/join/action` which is not related
```
Message: The client '**' with object id '**' has permission to perform action 'Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/write' on scope '/subscriptions/*/resourceGroups/**/providers/Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/**'; however, it does not have permission to perform action(s) 'Microsoft.Network/networkInterfaces/join/action' on the linked scope(s) '/subscriptions/**/resourceGroups/**/providers/Microsoft.Network/networkInterfaces/***' (respectively) or the linked scope(s) are invalid.
```
And the list of unrelated permissions goes on
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