Granting a User Permission in Azure
Giving a user permission to execute commands using the Azure CLI
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9 min readMay 18, 2024
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In the last post I explained how to use MFA with the Azure CLI.
However, I didn’t give that user any permissions so I’m going to do that now.
Where to configure permissions on Azure
There are different places where you grant permissions in Azure:
- In Entra ID (Azure’s IAM service)
- In the IAM configuration for the specific resource you want the user to be able to access (on the left menu of any service in Azure typically)
Terminology
Just a bit on terminology I’ll be using below.
