Set up access for Azure carbon optimization (Preview)

Azure carbon optimization uses the built-in role provided by Azure role based access control. To view emissions data and recommendations, you must have one or more the following permissions:

• View emissions
• View recommendations
• Edit resource configuration

Roles and permissions for Azure carbon optimization

The following table shows the permissions for each role:

Role	View emissions	View recommendations	Edit resource configuration
Subscription Owner	X	X	X
Subscription Contributor	X	X	X
Subscription Reader	-	X	-
Resource group Owner	-	X	X
Resource group Contributor	-	X	X
Resource group Reader	-	X	-
Resource Owner	-	X	X
Resource Contributor	-	X	X
Resource Reader	-	X	-
Carbon Optimization Reader	X	-	-

Permissions are assigned at the subscription level only. For more information, see Assign Azure roles by using the Azure portal.

Next steps

• View and analyze your carbon emission data and insights using the Azure portal
• Reduce your carbon emissions
• Export emissions data