AmazonWorkMailFullAccess

Summary

Provides full access to WorkMail, Directory Service, SES, EC2 and read access to KMS metadata.

Permissions imported from the AWS Managed Policy Reference Guide; other sections pending editorial review.

Identity

ARN

arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/AmazonWorkMailFullAccessCopy ARN

Default version

v10

Created

2015-02-06

Last edited

2020-12-21

Services

cloudwatch, ds, ec2, iam, kms, lambda, logs, route53, route53domains, ses, workmail

Control-plane actions (400)

By access level: 66 List, 8 Permissions management, 95 Read, 5 Tagging, 226 Write.

Data-plane actions (3)

By access level: 1 Read, 2 Write.

Excluded and conditional actions

No patterns are excluded by NotAction or Deny statements.

Resource scope and attachment

Resource scope across granted actions: mixed.

Can be attached: Yes, to users, groups and roles.

Why this tier

• Grants at least 80% of the write and permissions-management actions of: ses (139 of 139), workmail (74 of 74).
• Grants iam:PassRole, but only for scoped roles or under conditions (for example iam:PassedToService).

Guidance

Pending editorial review. The permission data on this page comes straight from AWS; this section will be filled in once a reviewed guide exists.

Related policies

Same service

• AmazonCognitoIdpEmailServiceRolePolicy
• AmazonSESFullAccess
• AmazonSESReadOnlyAccess
• AmazonWorkMailReadOnlyAccess
• SystemAdministrator

Same domain

• AlexaForBusinessDeviceSetup
• AlexaForBusinessFullAccess
• AlexaForBusinessGatewayExecution
• AlexaForBusinessLifesizeDelegatedAccessPolicy
• AlexaForBusinessPolyDelegatedAccessPolicy
• AlexaForBusinessReadOnlyAccess
• AmazonChimeFullAccess
• AmazonChimeReadOnly

Frequently asked questions

Pending editorial review. The permission data on this page comes straight from AWS; this section will be filled in once a reviewed guide exists.

Policy JSON

Download policy.json

{
  "Version": "2012-10-17",
  "Statement": [
    {
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "ds:AuthorizeApplication",
        "ds:CheckAlias",
        "ds:CreateAlias",
        "ds:CreateDirectory",
        "ds:CreateIdentityPoolDirectory",
        "ds:DeleteDirectory",
        "ds:DescribeDirectories",
        "ds:GetDirectoryLimits",
        "ds:ListAuthorizedApplications",
        "ds:UnauthorizeApplication",
        "ec2:AuthorizeSecurityGroupEgress",
        "ec2:AuthorizeSecurityGroupIngress",
        "ec2:CreateNetworkInterface",
        "ec2:CreateSecurityGroup",
        "ec2:CreateSubnet",
        "ec2:CreateTags",
        "ec2:CreateVpc",
        "ec2:DeleteSecurityGroup",
        "ec2:DeleteSubnet",
        "ec2:DeleteVpc",
        "ec2:DescribeAvailabilityZones",
        "ec2:DescribeRouteTables",
        "ec2:DescribeSubnets",
        "ec2:DescribeVpcs",
        "ec2:RevokeSecurityGroupEgress",
        "ec2:RevokeSecurityGroupIngress",
        "kms:DescribeKey",
        "kms:ListAliases",
        "lambda:ListFunctions",
        "route53:ChangeResourceRecordSets",
        "route53:ListHostedZones",
        "route53:ListResourceRecordSets",
        "route53:GetHostedZone",
        "route53domains:CheckDomainAvailability",
        "route53domains:ListDomains",
        "ses:*",
        "workmail:*",
        "iam:ListRoles",
        "logs:DescribeLogGroups",
        "logs:CreateLogGroup",
        "logs:PutRetentionPolicy",
        "cloudwatch:GetMetricData"
      ],
      "Resource": "*"
    },
    {
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": "iam:CreateServiceLinkedRole",
      "Resource": "*",
      "Condition": {
        "StringEquals": {
          "iam:AWSServiceName": "events.workmail.amazonaws.com"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "iam:DeleteServiceLinkedRole",
        "iam:GetServiceLinkedRoleDeletionStatus"
      ],
      "Resource": "arn:aws:iam::*:role/aws-service-role/events.workmail.amazonaws.com/AWSServiceRoleForAmazonWorkMailEvents*"
    },
    {
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": "iam:PassRole",
      "Resource": "arn:aws:iam::*:role/*workmail*",
      "Condition": {
        "StringLike": {
          "iam:PassedToService": "events.workmail.amazonaws.com"
        }
      }
    }
  ]
}

Version history

Current version v10, edited by AWS on 2020-12-21. Version history is recorded from 2026-11-11. Earlier versions are in the IAM console under Policy versions.

Attach snippets

aws iam attach-role-policy --role-name ROLE_NAME --policy-arn arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/AmazonWorkMailFullAccess
aws iam attach-user-policy --user-name USER_NAME --policy-arn arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/AmazonWorkMailFullAccess
aws iam attach-group-policy --group-name GROUP_NAME --policy-arn arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/AmazonWorkMailFullAccess

Resources:
  ExampleRole:
    Type: AWS::IAM::Role
    Properties:
      AssumeRolePolicyDocument: {}  # replace with your trust policy
      ManagedPolicyArns:
        - arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/AmazonWorkMailFullAccess

resource "aws_iam_role_policy_attachment" "amazonworkmailfullaccess" {
  role       = aws_iam_role.example.name
  policy_arn = "arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/AmazonWorkMailFullAccess"
}

role.addManagedPolicy(
  iam.ManagedPolicy.fromAwsManagedPolicyName("AmazonWorkMailFullAccess"),
);

Sources

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• Official AWS reference for AmazonWorkMailFullAccess
• Report a data issue