An admin role that can see everything a Global Administrator can across the Microsoft 365 admin centers but cannot change anything. Subscriptions purchased through a partner do not offer it.
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Terms in this definition
- Role
How an actor normally or expectedly behaves, or the part a person takes in a process. A single actor may hold more than one role.
- Global Administrator
The Microsoft Entra role with complete control over the directory. On its own it gives no rights over Azure resources; the holder must elevate access to manage all subscriptions first.
- Microsoft 365
Formerly Office 365, Microsoft's software-as-a-service productivity suite. A Microsoft Entra tenant provides its identity, and its data is not governed by Azure RBAC.
Related terms
- Sensitivity Label Reader
Purview role giving view-only access to sensitivity label settings and usage. It belongs to the Security Reader, Global Reader and Organization Management role groups.