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Microsoft Fabric admin is the management of the organization-wide settings that control how Microsoft Fabric works. Users that are assigned to admin roles configure, monitor, and provision organizational resources. This article provides an overview of admin roles, tasks, and tools to help you get started.
There are several roles that work together to administer Microsoft Fabric for your organization. Most admin roles are assigned in the Microsoft 365 admin portal or by using PowerShell. The capacity admin roles are assigned when the capacity is created. To learn more about each of the admin roles, see About admin roles. To learn how to assign admin roles, see Assign admin roles.
This section lists the Microsoft 365 admin roles and the tasks they can perform.
Global administrator
Billing administrator
License administrator
User administrator
As a Power Platform or a Fabric admin, you have full access to all the Microsoft Fabric management tasks.
As a capacity admin, you can perform these tasks on the capacity you're an admin of.
Microsoft Fabric admins work mostly in the Microsoft Fabric admin portal, but you should still be familiar with related admin tools. To find out which role is required to perform the tasks listed here, cross reference them with the admin roles listed in Admin roles related to Microsoft Fabric.
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