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Global Administrator - 62e90394-69f5-4237-9190-012177145e10
Entra Id Role definition

Display name Global Administrator
Id 62e90394-69f5-4237-9190-012177145e10
Description Can manage all aspects of Microsoft Entra ID and Microsoft services that use Microsoft Entra identities.
Detailed description Users with this role have access to all administrative features in Microsoft Entra ID, as well as services that federate to Microsoft Entra ID like Exchange Online, SharePoint Online, and Skype for Business Online. The person who signs up for the Microsoft Entra tenant becomes a global administrator. Only global administrators can assign other administrator roles. There can be more than one global administrator at your company. Global admins can reset the password for any user and all other administrators. Note: In Microsoft Graph API, Azure AD Graph API, and Azure AD PowerShell, this role is identified as "Company Administrator". It is "Global Administrator" in the Azure portal.
Categories global
isPrivileged True Privileged
EntraOps Tier Level ControlPlane
#Resource Actions unique 264
#Resource Actions Operations unique 270
#Resource Actions privileged 20
#Resource Actions direct 210
Resource Actions inherited True
#Resource Actions inherited 54
Resource Actions inherited from Directory Readers (88d8e3e3-8f55-4a1e-953a-9b9898b8876b)
#Resource Actions overlap direct&inherited 0
Resource Actions overlap direct&inherited
#Resource Actions inherited to 0 other Entra Id Roles
Resource Actions inherited to n/a
#Resource Actions conditioned 0
#Resource Actions unconditioned 264
#NameSpaces 50
NameSpaces microsoft.azure.advancedThreatProtection: 1
microsoft.azure.informationProtection: 1
microsoft.azure.serviceHealth: 1
microsoft.azure.supportTickets: 1
microsoft.backup: 1
microsoft.cloudPC: 1
microsoft.commerce.billing: 2
microsoft.directory: 204
microsoft.dynamics365: 1
microsoft.edge: 1
microsoft.flow: 1
microsoft.graph.dataConnect: 1
microsoft.hardware.support: 3
microsoft.insights: 1
microsoft.intune: 1
microsoft.networkAccess: 2
microsoft.office365.complianceManager: 1
microsoft.office365.copilot: 1
microsoft.office365.desktopAnalytics: 1
microsoft.office365.exchange: 1
microsoft.office365.fileStorageContainers: 1
microsoft.office365.knowledge: 5
microsoft.office365.lockbox: 1
microsoft.office365.messageCenter: 2
microsoft.office365.migrations: 1
microsoft.office365.network: 1
microsoft.office365.organizationalMessages: 1
microsoft.office365.protectionCenter: 1
microsoft.office365.search: 1
microsoft.office365.securityComplianceCenter: 1
microsoft.office365.serviceHealth: 1
microsoft.office365.sharePoint: 1
microsoft.office365.skypeForBusiness: 1
microsoft.office365.supportTickets: 1
microsoft.office365.usageReports: 1
microsoft.office365.userCommunication: 1
microsoft.office365.webPortal: 1
microsoft.office365.yammer: 1
microsoft.people: 2
microsoft.peopleAdmin: 2
microsoft.permissionsManagement: 1
microsoft.powerApps: 1
microsoft.powerApps.powerBI: 1
microsoft.teams: 1
microsoft.virtualVisits: 1
microsoft.viva.glint: 1
microsoft.viva.goals: 1
microsoft.viva.pulse: 1
microsoft.windows.defenderAdvancedThreatProtection: 1
microsoft.windows.updatesDeployments: 1
Actions allTasks: 79
assignLicense: 1
create: 16
delete: 13
manage: 7
managePermissionGrantsForAll: 1
other: 9
read: 100
reprocessLicenseAssignment: 1
restore: 2
update: 35
Operations actionVerbs DELETE: 16
GET: 100
n/a: 81
PATCH: 35
POST: 37
PUT: 1
Resource Actions where Consent Policy applies 1
Resource Actions / Consent Policy Resource Action: microsoft.directory/servicePrincipals/managePermissionGrantsForAll.microsoft-company-admin
Consent Policy: microsoft-company-admin
displayName: Company Admin Policy
description:Permissions consentable by Company Administrators.
includes: 2
excludes: 0
JSON enriched
JSON raw (v1.0 endpoint)
GET /roleManagement/directory/roleDefinitions/{id}
JSON raw (beta endpoint)
GET /roleManagement/directory/roleDefinitions/{id}