Mastering Access Control with Azure RBAC: A Comprehensive Guide

Azure Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) is a powerful tool that allows organizations to manage access to their Azure resources. By defining roles and assigning permissions to those roles, organizations can control who can perform specific actions on their resources. In this blog, we’ll take a closer look at Azure RBAC and its key features.

RBAC in Azure

Azure RBAC provides a fine-grained access control system that enables organizations to grant access to Azure resources based on specific roles. A role is a collection of permissions that define what actions a user or group can perform on a resource. Azure RBAC provides three types of roles:

Built-in Roles: Azure provides over 70 built-in roles that are grouped into categories such as Owner, Contributor, and Reader. These roles have predefined permissions that determine what actions a user can perform on Azure resources.

Custom Roles: Organizations can create custom roles to meet their specific access control requirements. Custom roles can be created using the Azure portal, Azure CLI, or Azure PowerShell.

Azure AD Roles: Azure AD roles provide access to Azure AD resources such as users, groups, and applications. These roles can be managed using the Azure portal, Azure CLI, or Azure PowerShell.

Key Features of Azure RBAC

Role Assignment: Azure RBAC allows…