AmazonWorkSpacesAdmin

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Summary

Provides access to Amazon WorkSpaces administrative actions via AWS SDK and CLI.

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

Identity

ARN: arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/AmazonWorkSpacesAdmin
Default version: v6
Created: 2015-09-22
Last edited: 2024-06-27
Services: kms, workspaces

Control-plane actions (34)

By access level: 6 List, 4 Read, 2 Tagging, 22 Write.

Control-plane actions by service
Service	Granted	Access levels and limits	Granted by
KMS	3 of 58	2 List, 1 Read; 0 restricted, 0 conditional	kms:DescribeKey, kms:ListAliases, kms:ListKeys
WorkSpaces	31 of 103	4 List, 3 Read, 2 Tagging, 22 Write; 0 restricted, 0 conditional	workspaces:CreateStandbyWorkspaces, workspaces:CreateTags, workspaces:CreateWorkspaceImage, workspaces:CreateWorkspaces, workspaces:CreateWorkspacesPool, workspaces:DeleteTags, workspaces:DeregisterWorkspaceDirectory, workspaces:DescribeTags, workspaces:DescribeWorkspaceBundles, workspaces:DescribeWorkspaceDirectories, workspaces:DescribeWorkspaces, workspaces:DescribeWorkspacesConnectionStatus and 19 more

KMS: 3 actions

kms:DescribeKey (Read)
kms:ListAliases (List)
kms:ListKeys (List)

WorkSpaces: 31 actions

workspaces:CreateStandbyWorkspaces (Write)
workspaces:CreateTags (Tagging)
workspaces:CreateWorkspaceImage (Write)
workspaces:CreateWorkspaces (Write)
workspaces:CreateWorkspacesPool (Write)
workspaces:DeleteTags (Tagging)
workspaces:DeregisterWorkspaceDirectory (Write)
workspaces:DescribeTags (Read)
workspaces:DescribeWorkspaceBundles (List)
workspaces:DescribeWorkspaceDirectories (Read)
workspaces:DescribeWorkspaces (List)
workspaces:DescribeWorkspacesConnectionStatus (Read)
workspaces:DescribeWorkspacesPoolSessions (List)
workspaces:DescribeWorkspacesPools (List)
workspaces:ModifyCertificateBasedAuthProperties (Write)
workspaces:ModifySamlProperties (Write)
workspaces:ModifyStreamingProperties (Write)
workspaces:ModifyWorkspaceCreationProperties (Write)
workspaces:ModifyWorkspaceProperties (Write)
workspaces:RebootWorkspaces (Write)
workspaces:RebuildWorkspaces (Write)
workspaces:RegisterWorkspaceDirectory (Write)
workspaces:RestoreWorkspace (Write)
workspaces:StartWorkspaces (Write)
workspaces:StartWorkspacesPool (Write)
workspaces:StopWorkspaces (Write)
workspaces:StopWorkspacesPool (Write)
workspaces:TerminateWorkspaces (Write)
workspaces:TerminateWorkspacesPool (Write)
workspaces:TerminateWorkspacesPoolSession (Write)
workspaces:UpdateWorkspacesPool (Write)

Data-plane actions (0)

By access level: none.

This policy grants no actions in this plane.

Excluded and conditional actions

No patterns are excluded by NotAction or Deny statements.

Resource scope and attachment

Resource scope across granted actions: all-resources.

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

Why this tier

Grants 24 write, tagging or permissions-management actions, short of full control of any service.

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.

Same service

Same domain

Frequently asked questions

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Policy JSON

Download policy.json

{
  "Version": "2012-10-17",
  "Statement": [
    {
      "Sid": "AmazonWorkSpacesAdmin",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "kms:DescribeKey",
        "kms:ListAliases",
        "kms:ListKeys",
        "workspaces:CreateTags",
        "workspaces:CreateWorkspaceImage",
        "workspaces:CreateWorkspaces",
        "workspaces:CreateWorkspacesPool",
        "workspaces:CreateStandbyWorkspaces",
        "workspaces:DeleteTags",
        "workspaces:DeregisterWorkspaceDirectory",
        "workspaces:DescribeTags",
        "workspaces:DescribeWorkspaceBundles",
        "workspaces:DescribeWorkspaceDirectories",
        "workspaces:DescribeWorkspaces",
        "workspaces:DescribeWorkspacesPools",
        "workspaces:DescribeWorkspacesPoolSessions",
        "workspaces:DescribeWorkspacesConnectionStatus",
        "workspaces:ModifyCertificateBasedAuthProperties",
        "workspaces:ModifySamlProperties",
        "workspaces:ModifyStreamingProperties",
        "workspaces:ModifyWorkspaceCreationProperties",
        "workspaces:ModifyWorkspaceProperties",
        "workspaces:RebootWorkspaces",
        "workspaces:RebuildWorkspaces",
        "workspaces:RegisterWorkspaceDirectory",
        "workspaces:RestoreWorkspace",
        "workspaces:StartWorkspaces",
        "workspaces:StartWorkspacesPool",
        "workspaces:StopWorkspaces",
        "workspaces:StopWorkspacesPool",
        "workspaces:TerminateWorkspaces",
        "workspaces:TerminateWorkspacesPool",
        "workspaces:TerminateWorkspacesPoolSession",
        "workspaces:UpdateWorkspacesPool"
      ],
      "Resource": "*"
    }
  ]
}

Version history

Current version v6, edited by AWS on 2024-06-27. Version history is recorded from 2026-11-11. Earlier versions are in the IAM console under Policy versions.

Attach snippets

AWS CLI

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

CloudFormation

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

Terraform

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

CDK (TypeScript)

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

Sources

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