Office 365 Admin Roles

The global admin role already has all the permissions of the sharepoint admin role.

Office 365 admin roles. Users with this role have permissions to manage compliance related features in the microsoft 365 compliance center microsoft 365 admin center azure and office 365 security compliance center. For info about assigning a user the sharepoint admin role see assign admin roles in microsoft 365 for business. When you purchase a microsoft 365 subscription a team site is automatically created and the global admin is set as the primary site collection administrator.

Ask a global admin in your business to assign roles for you. Users assigned the sharepoint admin role have access to the sharepoint admin center and can create and manage sites previously called site. The skype for business admin role also has access to all the cmdlets in the skype for business powershell module.

Email phone or skype. Assign that role to a user and make sure that the user has no other roles. Admin roles in office 365.

If you don t see the edit option then you don t have a permission to edit and can t assign admin roles to other people. The admin center delivers a customizable and tailored experience designed to meet the unique needs of your role and your organization specialist workspaces for diving deep. Assign the service admin role to users who need to create service requests for azure microsoft 365 and office 365 services.

After the global administrator assigns these admin roles the admins have access to features and data that span all services in microsoft 365 such as the microsoft 365 security center microsoft 365 compliance center azure office 365 and enterprise mobility security. It is by default a user who signs up to buy 0365 services. In the flyout pane next to roles select edit.

Following are the most widely used admin roles in office 365 with their description. The global administrator can access all administrative features and it is the only user who assigns admin roles to other users. Your microsoft 365 or office 365 subscription comes with a set of admin roles that you can assign to users in your organization using the microsoft 365 admin center.