Azure role-based access control (Azure RBAC) for Media Services accounts

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Warning

Azure Media Services will be retired June 30th, 2024. For more information, see the AMS Retirement Guide.

Media Services defines built-in roles specific to the service. The Azure built-in role definitions article tells you exactly what the Media Services roles grant.

Media Services built-in roles

To see the role definition for a specific role, follow the links below:

• Media Services Account Administrator
• Media Services Media Operator
• Media Services Policy Administrator
• Media Services Streaming Endpoints Administrator
• Media Services Live Events Administrator

More information about using Azure RBAC

• Classic subscription administrator roles, Azure roles, and Azure AD roles
• What is Azure role-based access control (Azure RBAC)?
• Add or remove Azure role assignments using the REST API
• Media Services resource provider operations

Get help and support

You can contact Media Services with questions or follow our updates by one of the following methods:

• Q & A
• Stack Overflow. Tag questions with azure-media-services.
• @MSFTAzureMedia or use @AzureSupport to request support.
• Open a support ticket through the Azure portal.