| title | Compliance Data Administrator |
|---|---|
| description | Compliance Data Administrator |
| ms.topic | include |
| ms.date | 01/26/2026 |
| ms.custom | include file |
Users with this role have permissions to track data in the Microsoft Purview portal, Microsoft 365 admin center, and Azure. Users can also track compliance data within the Exchange admin center, Compliance Manager, and Teams & Skype for Business admin center and create support tickets for Azure and Microsoft 365. For more information about the differences between Compliance Administrator and Compliance Data Administrator, see Roles and role groups in Microsoft Defender for Office 365 and Microsoft Purview compliance.
| In | Can do |
|---|---|
| Microsoft Purview portal | Monitor compliance-related policies across Microsoft 365 services Manage compliance alerts |
| Microsoft Purview Compliance Manager | Track, assign, and verify your organization's regulatory compliance activities |
| Microsoft 365 Defender portal | Manage data governance Perform legal and data investigation Manage Data Subject Request This role has the same permissions as the Compliance Data Administrator role group in Microsoft 365 Defender portal role-based access control. |
| Intune | View all Intune audit data |
| Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps | Has read-only permissions and can manage alerts Can create and modify file policies and allow file governance actions Can view all the built-in reports under Data Management |
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Actions Description microsoft.azure.informationProtection/allEntities/allTasks Manage all aspects of Azure Information Protection microsoft.azure.serviceHealth/allEntities/allTasks Read and configure Azure Service Health microsoft.azure.supportTickets/allEntities/allTasks Create and manage Azure support tickets microsoft.directory/authorizationPolicy/standard/read Read standard properties of authorization policy microsoft.directory/cloudAppSecurity/allProperties/allTasks Create and delete all resources, and read and update standard properties in Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps microsoft.office365.complianceManager/allEntities/allTasks Manage all aspects of Office 365 Compliance Manager microsoft.office365.serviceHealth/allEntities/allTasks Read and configure Service Health in the Microsoft 365 admin center microsoft.office365.supportTickets/allEntities/allTasks Create and manage Microsoft 365 service requests microsoft.office365.webPortal/allEntities/standard/read Read basic properties on all resources in the Microsoft 365 admin center