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User roles

User roles

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User roles

- [Instructor] A user role is used to control access and permissions and allow users to carry out specific tasks such as review the tenant billing or access the service health information. You can grant user roles when a new user is created or later on. Roles include user, global administrator, and specialized administrator roles. These specialist administrative roles allow you to map common business functions such as password administrator, SharePoint administrator, and user management administrator. The default role for an end user is the user role. This role has no administrator permissions and cannot access the admin center. The majority of your users will be granted this role. Every Microsoft 365 Business subscription requires at least one global administrator. This role is the top-level role for the system, and has overarching responsibility. It's recommended that your organization has more than one global administrator for redundancy purposes. You can allocate the global…

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