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How do I get the Owner role back in my Azure subscription?

Daniel Sandoval 6 Reputation points
2021-10-26T22:51:05.587+00:00

Accidentally I deleted my Owner role (and the only role I had) in my Azure subscription and now it seems that my account cannot be used as I cannot add roles, nor create resource groups and not even create a support request.

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After this, I created another user in Active Directory named Daniel (sample@Dani ) and assigned it the Global administrator role.

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Then I logged into the portal with this new user (sample@Dani ) and navigated through Active Directory > Users > selected affected user > Assigned roles and there I assigned all existing roles, but I don't see any changes, and if I go to Azure role assignments the portal it doesn't show my subscription.

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I'm not sure if I'm missing a step.

Azure Role-based access control
Azure Role-based access control
An Azure service that provides fine-grained access management for Azure resources, enabling you to grant users only the rights they need to perform their jobs.
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  1. James Brady 6 Reputation points
    2022-07-27T14:40:01.593+00:00

    i have the same issue, but everything is disabled, even though i am a global admin

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  2. Andreas Baumgarten 125.3K Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator
    2021-10-26T23:06:04.3+00:00

    Hi @Daniel Sandoval ,

    you need a user with Global Administrator role to get back the owner role for your user.
    Is there any other "Global Admin" available in your AAD?

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    Andreas Baumgarten

  3. JamesTran-MSFT 37,181 Reputation points Microsoft Employee Moderator
    2021-10-27T00:15:49.597+00:00

    @Daniel Sandoval
    Thank you for your post!

    When assigning Azure RBAC roles to a user, you'll need to be signed into a user with Microsoft.Authorization/roleAssignments/write permissions, such as a User Access Administrator or Owner. However, since you accidentally removed your Owner RBAC role from your Azure subscription, you'll need another User admin or Owner within your Subscription to re-assign the role.

    Find Subscription Admins:
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    For more info - Azure RBAC - Assign Azure roles using the Azure portal

    Additional Link:
    Azure AD RBAC - Assign administrator and non-administrator roles to users with Azure Active Directory

    If you have any other questions, please let me know.
    Thank you for your time and patience throughout this issue.

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