Assign a user to administrator roles in Azure Active Directory

This article explains how to assign an administrative role to a user in Azure Active Directory (Azure AD). Added users don't have administrator permissions by default, but you can assign roles to them at any time.

Assign a role to a user

1. Sign in to the Azure AD admin center with an account that's a global admin for the directory.
2. Select Users and groups.
   
3. Select All users.
   
4. Select a user from the list.
5. For the selected user, select Directory role and then assign the user to a role from the Directory role list. For more information about user and administrator roles, see Assigning administrator roles in Azure AD.
   
6. Select Save.