I am the owner of the Azure Directory and I am missing the global administrator role

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I am the owner of the Azure Directory and I am missing the global administrator role

Q-Protex 0

I don't have any assigned roles for some reason but I am the only user in my tenant and the owner of it.

VEMULA SRISAI 3,090 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator

2025-11-18T03:35:27.5333333+00:00

Hello Q-Protex,Just checking if the steps to elevate access and assign the Global Administrator role worked as expected. If there’s any difficulty or error during the process, please share the details so we can guide you further.
VEMULA SRISAI 3,090 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator

2025-11-20T03:58:47.4866667+00:00

Q-Protex Let me know if the directory access elevation worked for you were you able to use your Subscription Owner permissions to elevate and assign Global Administrator? If not, tell me what message you’re getting when you try to elevate access.
Rukmini 8,600 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator

2025-11-25T12:08:00.1+00:00

Hello Q-Protex, Following up to see if the above provided information was helpful. If you have any further queries do let us know.

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VEMULA SRISAI 3,090 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator

2025-11-18T03:35:27.5333333+00:00

Hello Q-Protex,Just checking if the steps to elevate access and assign the Global Administrator role worked as expected. If there’s any difficulty or error during the process, please share the details so we can guide you further.
VEMULA SRISAI 3,090 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator

2025-11-20T03:58:47.4866667+00:00

Q-Protex Let me know if the directory access elevation worked for you were you able to use your Subscription Owner permissions to elevate and assign Global Administrator? If not, tell me what message you’re getting when you try to elevate access.
Rukmini 8,600 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator

2025-11-25T12:08:00.1+00:00

Hello Q-Protex, Following up to see if the above provided information was helpful. If you have any further queries do let us know.

Answer 1

hossein jalilian 13,280 Volunteer Moderator

Thanks for posting your question in the Microsoft Q&A forum.

Turn on Elevate access for Azure resources in Entra ID, sign out/in, then assign yourself the Owner role at the subscription level.

After that, you’ll have full access again.

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Answer 2

Hello Q-Protex,

When you create an Azure subscription, your account becomes the subscription Owner and Account Administrator for billing, but Microsoft Entra ID roles (like Global Administrator) are separate. If your account was never assigned Global Administrator, you’ll see “no roles.”

If you can still sign in to the tenant, check Microsoft Entra admin center → Identity → Roles & administrators to see if you can assign yourself a role.

If you see “You don’t have permission,” then you truly have no directory role. In that case:

Sign in to Azure portal
Subscriptions
select your subscription.

Under Access control (IAM), click Elevate access to manage directory.

This uses your subscription Owner rights to grant you Global Administrator temporarily.

After elevation, assign yourself Global Administrator permanently in Entra ID.

For detailed guidance please follow refer to the below document:
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/role-based-access-control/elevate-access-global-admin?tabs=azure-portal%2Centra-audit-logs

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