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

Jorge Perales Diaz 20 Reputation points
2026-01-12T18:14:35.01+00:00

I need guidance on recovering access to my Azure AD tenant after accidentally removing my own administrative privileges.

Situation: I was the only Global Administrator in my personal Azure AD tenant. While managing user access, I inadvertently removed myself from all administrator roles. Now I cannot access the Azure AD admin center or manage any directory settings.

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Sridevi Machavarapu 32,725 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
2026-01-12T18:20:46.0566667+00:00

Hello Jorge Perales Diaz,

As discussed offline, the issue resolved by elevating the access for a Global Administrator using the Azure portal.

Initially, sign in to the Azure portal as a Global Administrator and browse to Microsoft Entra ID > Manage > Properties.

Select Properties for Microsoft Entra properties - screenshot

Under Access management for Azure resources, set the toggle to Yes.

Access management for Azure resources - screenshot

This adds you as User Access Administrator role in Azure RBAC at root scope (/). With that role, you can now assign Owner role to you under subscription and create resources successfully.

Hope this helps! Feel free to reach out for further queries.

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