MS-102 Certification Notes

Day 6.2 - Roles

  • Roles Overview
  • Role Groups
  • Commonly Assigned Roles
  • Delegated administration for Microsoft Partners
  • Volume Licensing Roles
  • Least Privilege
  • Multi Factor Authentication
  • Administrative Units
  • Microsoft 365 Admin Center Role Management
  • Entra ID Admin Center Role Management
  • Microsoft Purview Role Management
  • Microsoft Defender Role Management
  • Microsoft Graph PowerShell Role Management
  • MSOnline PowerShell Role Management
  • Privileged Identity Management

Roles Overview

  • A role is a collection of permissions, given a name that is assigned to a user or a supported group
  • Users and supported Groups can be assigned more than one role
  • There are many Built in Administrative Roles
  • Microsoft 365 Administrators assigned the Global Administrator Role can create custom roles and assign them
  • Any identity assigned an Administrative Role is considered a Privilege Identity
    • Privilege Identities can be managed via Privileged Identity Management