We are updating the permissions requirements for Activity explorer within the Microsoft 365 compliance center to ensure that only explicitly assigned role groups and specific roles have access to data sets in Activity explorer.
Affected Workloads
- Microsoft 365 suite
When this will happen
Rollout will begin in late September and is expected to be complete by late October 2021.
How this will affect your organization
Access to Activity explorer in the Microsoft 365 compliance center is currently based on membership in one of the following Microsoft 365 role groups:
- Microsoft 365 role groups
- Global administrator
- Compliance administrator
- Security administrator
- Compliance data administrator
- Microsoft 365 roles
- Compliance administrator
- Security administrator
With this update, we will enable Activity explorer access for the Security reader role.
What you need to do to prepare
This update will enable you to assign explicit access for additional roles that previously did not have the appropriate permissions to view Activity explorer. You can manage your user permissions here.
Learn more
Message ID: MC279631
Published: 20 August 2021
Updated: 20 August 2021
