AWSControlTowerIdentityCenterManagementPolicy

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Summary

Provides permissions to manage the IAM Identity Center (IdC) resources in the member accounts enrolled with AWS Control Tower. The policy is attached to the AWSControlTowerAdmin role only if the customer has opted-into IAM IdC integration in their AWS Control Tower Landing Zone.

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

Identity

ARN: arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/service-role/AWSControlTowerIdentityCenterManagementPolicy
Default version: v3
Created: 2025-10-03
Last edited: 2026-02-12
Services: sso, sso-directory

Control-plane actions (19)

By access level: 1 List, 10 Read, 8 Write.

Control-plane actions by service
Service	Granted	Access levels and limits	Granted by
IAM Identity Center	14 of 126	1 List, 7 Read, 6 Write; 1 restricted, 0 conditional	sso:AssociateProfile, sso:CreateApplicationInstance, sso:CreateProfile, sso:CreateTrust, sso:DescribeRegisteredRegions, sso:GetApplicationInstance, sso:GetProfile, sso:GetSSOStatus, sso:GetTrust, sso:ListDirectoryAssociations, sso:ListPermissionSets, sso:ListProfileAssociations and 2 more
IAM Identity Center directory	5 of 57	3 Read, 2 Write; 0 restricted, 0 conditional	sso-directory:CreateGroup, sso-directory:CreateUser, sso-directory:DescribeDirectory, sso-directory:SearchGroups, sso-directory:SearchUsers

IAM Identity Center: 14 actions

sso:AssociateProfile (Write)
sso:CreateApplicationInstance (Write)
sso:CreateProfile (Write)
sso:CreateTrust (Write)
sso:DescribeRegisteredRegions (Read)
sso:GetApplicationInstance (Read)
sso:GetProfile (Read)
sso:GetSSOStatus (Read)
sso:GetTrust (Read)
sso:ListDirectoryAssociations (Read)
sso:ListPermissionSets (List)
sso:ListProfileAssociations (Read)
sso:UpdateProfile (Write)
sso:UpdateTrust (Write)

IAM Identity Center directory: 5 actions

sso-directory:CreateGroup (Write)
sso-directory:CreateUser (Write)
sso-directory:DescribeDirectory (Read)
sso-directory:SearchGroups (Read)
sso-directory:SearchUsers (Read)

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: mixed.

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

Why this tier

Grants 8 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

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": [
    {
      "Sid": "AllowIdentityCenterInstancePermissions",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "sso:ListPermissionSets"
      ],
      "Resource": "arn:aws:sso:::instance/*"
    },
    {
      "Sid": "AllowIdentityCenterManagementPermissions",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "sso:DescribeRegisteredRegions",
        "sso:ListDirectoryAssociations",
        "sso:ListProfileAssociations",
        "sso:AssociateProfile",
        "sso:GetProfile",
        "sso:CreateProfile",
        "sso:UpdateProfile",
        "sso:GetTrust",
        "sso:CreateTrust",
        "sso:UpdateTrust",
        "sso:CreateApplicationInstance",
        "sso:GetApplicationInstance",
        "sso:GetSSOStatus"
      ],
      "Resource": "*"
    },
    {
      "Sid": "AllowIdentityCenterDirectoryPermissions",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "sso-directory:SearchGroups",
        "sso-directory:CreateGroup",
        "sso-directory:SearchUsers",
        "sso-directory:CreateUser",
        "sso-directory:DescribeDirectory"
      ],
      "Resource": "*"
    }
  ]
}

Version history

Current version v3, edited by AWS on 2026-02-12. 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/service-role/AWSControlTowerIdentityCenterManagementPolicy
aws iam attach-user-policy --user-name USER_NAME --policy-arn arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/service-role/AWSControlTowerIdentityCenterManagementPolicy
aws iam attach-group-policy --group-name GROUP_NAME --policy-arn arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/service-role/AWSControlTowerIdentityCenterManagementPolicy

CloudFormation

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

Terraform

resource "aws_iam_role_policy_attachment" "service_role_awscontroltoweridentitycentermanagementpolicy" {
  role       = aws_iam_role.example.name
  policy_arn = "arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/service-role/AWSControlTowerIdentityCenterManagementPolicy"
}

CDK (TypeScript)

role.addManagedPolicy(
  iam.ManagedPolicy.fromAwsManagedPolicyName("service-role/AWSControlTowerIdentityCenterManagementPolicy"),
);

Sources

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