AWSIdentityCenterExternalManagementPolicy

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Summary

Provides access to manage IAM Identity Center users from an external provider.

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

Identity

ARN: arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/service-role/AWSIdentityCenterExternalManagementPolicy
Default version: v6
Created: 2025-11-22
Last edited: 2026-02-12
Services: identitystore, kms

Control-plane actions (5)

By access level: 1 Read, 4 Write.

Control-plane actions by service
Service	Granted	Access levels and limits	Granted by
Identity Store	4 of 29	1 Read, 3 Write; 4 restricted, 4 conditional	identitystore:CreateUser, identitystore:DeleteUser, identitystore:DescribeUser, identitystore:UpdateUser
KMS	1 of 58	1 Write; 1 restricted, 1 conditional	kms:Decrypt

Identity Store: 4 actions

identitystore:CreateUser (Write)
identitystore:DeleteUser (Write)
identitystore:DescribeUser (Read)
identitystore:UpdateUser (Write)

KMS: 1 actions

kms:Decrypt (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: mixed.

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

Why this tier

Grants 4 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": "IdentityStoreUserCreation",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "identitystore:CreateUser"
      ],
      "Resource": [
        "arn:aws:identitystore::*:identitystore/${aws:PrincipalTag/IdentityStoreId}",
        "arn:aws:identitystore:::user/*"
      ],
      "Condition": {
        "ForAllValues:ArnEquals": {
          "identitystore:UserExternalIdIssuers": [
            "arn:aws:identitystore::*:identitystore/${aws:PrincipalTag/IdentityStoreId}/provisioningtenant/${aws:PrincipalTag/IdentityStoreExternalIdIssuer}"
          ]
        },
        "Null": {
          "identitystore:UserExternalIdIssuers": "false",
          "identitystore:ReservedUserId": "false"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Sid": "IdentityStoreUserManagement",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "identitystore:UpdateUser",
        "identitystore:DeleteUser",
        "identitystore:DescribeUser"
      ],
      "Resource": [
        "arn:aws:identitystore::*:identitystore/${aws:PrincipalTag/IdentityStoreId}",
        "arn:aws:identitystore:::user/*"
      ],
      "Condition": {
        "ForAllValues:ArnEquals": {
          "identitystore:UserExternalIdIssuers": [
            "arn:aws:identitystore::*:identitystore/${aws:PrincipalTag/IdentityStoreId}/provisioningtenant/${aws:PrincipalTag/IdentityStoreExternalIdIssuer}"
          ]
        },
        "Null": {
          "identitystore:UserExternalIdIssuers": "false"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Sid": "IdentityStoreCMKAccess",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": "kms:Decrypt",
      "Resource": "*",
      "Condition": {
        "StringEquals": {
          "kms:EncryptionContext:aws:identitystore:identitystore-arn": [
            "arn:aws:identitystore::${aws:PrincipalAccount}:identitystore/${aws:PrincipalTag/IdentityStoreId}"
          ]
        },
        "StringLike": {
          "kms:ViaService": "identitystore.*.amazonaws.com"
        }
      }
    }
  ]
}

Version history

Current version v6, 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/AWSIdentityCenterExternalManagementPolicy
aws iam attach-user-policy --user-name USER_NAME --policy-arn arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/service-role/AWSIdentityCenterExternalManagementPolicy
aws iam attach-group-policy --group-name GROUP_NAME --policy-arn arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/service-role/AWSIdentityCenterExternalManagementPolicy

CloudFormation

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

Terraform

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

CDK (TypeScript)

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

Sources

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