A Quick Introduction to Role-Based Access Control

Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) handles authorization in Azure. This short lesson will explain how you can use RBAC to give different levels of access to different types of users, such as developers, end users, and administrators.

Learning Objectives

• Describe general and fine-grained roles in Azure 
• Describe how to use managed identities to assign roles to applications
• Describe custom roles in Azure

Intended Audience

• People who need to know how to give different levels of authorization to Azure users
• People preparing to take the Azure Fundamentals exam

Prerequisites

• Basic knowledge of Azure (or take our Overview of Azure Services lesson)