Creating a user and granting that user Global Administrator Access and revoking it on Microsoft Azure.

Egbe Fredrick — Tue, 26 May 2026 14:58:58 +0000

FIRST STEP(1): Using Azure Entra ID to create a new User:

*After selecting on the Microsoft Entra ID go ahead and select Manage. *

Then go ahead and click on User on the left-hand side of the box.

Click on New User, then Create New User.

Fill in all the asterisk fields.

also

Lucy as a User in the list.

The newly created User, Lucy's page:

STEP TWO(2): Granting the User Lucy the Global Administrator Access.
Again, go to Microsoft Entra ID.

Then click on Roles and Administrators on the left-hand side.

Go ahead to the Search Bar:

Search for Global Administrators then click on it.

Select Add Assignments.

Then Select and Add your user.

User Role Assignment Added Successfully

STEP THREE(3): Using the newly promoted account, to create another new user in Azure Entra ID.

Then

Lucy, the New User, successfully created a user after Global Administrator Access was granted.

STEP FOUR(4): After creating the second user, revoke the Global Administrator access from the first user account.

Once more, head to Entra ID.

Then Select Roles and Administrators.

Then, search for Global Administrators and select it.

Pick the user you want to deactivate from the role.

Then select Remove assignments.

User's Assignment Revoked successfully.

And Lucy is unable to create a new user.

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Egbe Fredrick — Mon, 25 May 2026 13:41:33 +0000