Microsoft 365 admin roles

Microsoft 365 has various administrator roles, each specific to the nature of the work that the admin is involved in. These roles can be divided into three broad categories:

Global roles: Users with these roles can access all Microsoft 365 admin features. The two global roles are as follows:

Administrator roles: These roles are assigned to individuals responsible for maintaining the different administrative aspects of your Microsoft 365 services, such as licensing, billing, users, helpdesk requests, and so on. Some key roles under this category are as follows:

Admins for a specific app or workload: It is a best practice to assign individuals admin access only to the services that they are responsible for. Some noteworthy admin roles for specific services are as follows:

There are other admin roles in addition to the ones mentioned here. A full list of admin roles and their descriptions is available at https://m365book.page.link/admin-roles.