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Manage access to resources with Azure role-based access control (RBAC)

15 of 21 guides |  5 minutes to complete  |  Last Updated: February 2025
This time-saving guide can help you pursue a certification or advance your career by increasing your skills with the most widely used Azure services.
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About this guide

Introduction

In this guide, you’ll see how to assign permission roles to resources and view activity logs. You’ll also see how to remove a role assignment.

Job Skills

Task 1: Assign a role
Task 2: View the activity log
Task 3: Remove a role assignment

Azure role-based access control (Azure RBAC) allows you to manage who can access Azure resources, their permissions, and the areas they can access.

As organizations around the world migrate solutions to the cloud, the ability to manage cloud-based resources and services opens doors in numerous industries.

Summary

Here’s a summary of what you will complete in this guide:

  • Create a resource group and assign the Virtual Machine Contributor role to it
  • View the activity log to verify the role assignment
  • Remove the role assignment

Career Connections

Professionals with the skills from this series will have a solid foundation for pursuing entry-level roles such as Cloud Support Specialist, Junior Cloud Administrator, Technical Sales Representative, IT Support Technician, or Help Desk Technician.

As of 2025, entry-level salaries in the U.S. average $71,125 for Cloud Support Specialists, $63,244 for Junior Cloud Administrators, $50,442 for IT Support Technicians, and $48,540 for Help Desk Technicians. Please note that these figures are approximate, derived from online sources, and can vary based on factors such as location, industry, and company size.