AWSManagementConsoleAdministratorAccess

Summary

Provides full access to configure and customize the AWS Management Console. The AWS Management Console documentation says it lets administrators set account colors, enable user notifications and configure resource discovery, and that it includes the permissions from AWSManagementConsoleBasicUserAccess.

Permissions imported from the AWS Managed Policy Reference Guide; other sections reviewed against the listed AWS sources.

Identity

ARN

arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/job-function/AWSManagementConsoleAdministratorAccessCopy ARN

Default version

v7

Created

2025-08-14

Last edited

2026-03-23

Services

account, action-recommendations, cloudshell, ec2, notifications, q, resource-explorer-2, uxc

Control-plane actions (82)

By access level: 18 List, 2 Permissions management, 22 Read, 4 Tagging, 36 Write.

Data-plane actions (2)

By access level: 2 Read.

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 at least 80% of the write and permissions-management actions of: cloudshell (8 of 8).

Guidance

Related policies

Same service

• AmazonInspector2ThirdPartyServiceRolePolicy
• AWSArtifactComplianceInquiriesFullAccess
• AWSCloudShellFullAccess
• AWSManagementConsoleBasicUserAccess
• AWSNotificationsContactAssociationsServiceLinkedRolePolicy
• AWSQuickSetupEnableAREXExecutionPolicy
• AWSResourceExplorerFullAccess
• AWSResourceExplorerOrganizationsAccess

Same domain

• AmazonODBAutonomousDatabaseAdmin
• AmazonODBAutonomousVmClusterAdmin
• AmazonODBExadataInfrastructureAdmin
• AmazonODBExadataVmClusterAdmin
• AmazonODBExascaleStorageVaultAdmin
• AmazonODBExascaleVmClusterAdmin
• AmazonODBNetworkAdmin
• Billing

Frequently asked questions

When should I attach AWSManagementConsoleAdministratorAccess?

The AWS Management Console documentation says to use it for administrators who configure and customize the console: set account colors, enable user notifications and configure resource discovery. It says AWSManagementConsoleBasicUserAccess grants the permissions for non-administrative users.

What does AWSManagementConsoleAdministratorAccess grant?

On all resources it allows uxc, notifications, cloudshell, q and resource-explorer-2 actions, plus ec2:DescribeRegions, action-recommendations:ListRecommendedActions and account:GetAccountInformation. It includes managing notification configurations, CloudShell sessions and file transfer, and resource-explorer-2 indexes and views.

What are the security risks of AWSManagementConsoleAdministratorAccess?

It allows enabling and disabling notifications access for the organization, full CloudShell capabilities including command execution, and creating and deleting resource-explorer-2 indexes and views, all on all resources. AWS managed policies might not grant least-privilege permissions, and an AWS update to the policy affects every identity it is attached to.

Policy JSON

Download policy.json

{
  "Version": "2012-10-17",
  "Statement": [
    {
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "uxc:GetAccountColor",
        "uxc:PutAccountColor",
        "uxc:DeleteAccountColor",
        "uxc:GetAccountCustomizations",
        "uxc:UpdateAccountCustomizations",
        "uxc:ListServices",
        "ec2:DescribeRegions",
        "notifications:GetFeatureOptInStatus",
        "notifications:AssociateChannel",
        "notifications:AssociateManagedNotificationAccountContact",
        "notifications:AssociateManagedNotificationAdditionalChannel",
        "notifications:CreateEventRule",
        "notifications:CreateNotificationConfiguration",
        "notifications:DeleteEventRule",
        "notifications:DeleteNotificationConfiguration",
        "notifications:DeregisterNotificationHub",
        "notifications:DisableNotificationsAccessForOrganization",
        "notifications:DisassociateChannel",
        "notifications:DisassociateManagedNotificationAccountContact",
        "notifications:DisassociateManagedNotificationAdditionalChannel",
        "notifications:EnableNotificationsAccessForOrganization",
        "notifications:GetEventRule",
        "notifications:GetManagedNotificationChildEvent",
        "notifications:GetManagedNotificationConfiguration",
        "notifications:GetManagedNotificationEvent",
        "notifications:GetNotificationConfiguration",
        "notifications:GetNotificationEvent",
        "notifications:GetNotificationsAccessForOrganization",
        "notifications:ListChannels",
        "notifications:ListEventRules",
        "notifications:ListManagedNotificationChannelAssociations",
        "notifications:ListManagedNotificationChildEvents",
        "notifications:ListManagedNotificationConfigurations",
        "notifications:ListManagedNotificationEvents",
        "notifications:ListNotificationConfigurations",
        "notifications:ListNotificationEvents",
        "notifications:ListNotificationHubs",
        "notifications:ListTagsForResource",
        "notifications:RegisterNotificationHub",
        "notifications:TagResource",
        "notifications:UntagResource",
        "notifications:UpdateEventRule",
        "notifications:UpdateNotificationConfiguration",
        "cloudshell:CreateEnvironment",
        "cloudshell:CreateSession",
        "cloudshell:GetEnvironmentStatus",
        "cloudshell:DeleteEnvironment",
        "cloudshell:GetFileDownloadUrls",
        "cloudshell:GetFileUploadUrls",
        "cloudshell:DescribeEnvironments",
        "cloudshell:PutCredentials",
        "cloudshell:StartEnvironment",
        "cloudshell:StopEnvironment",
        "cloudshell:ApproveCommand",
        "q:StartConversation",
        "q:SendMessage",
        "q:ListConversations",
        "q:GetConversation",
        "q:PassRequest",
        "resource-explorer-2:AssociateDefaultView",
        "resource-explorer-2:BatchGetView",
        "resource-explorer-2:CreateIndex",
        "resource-explorer-2:CreateView",
        "resource-explorer-2:DeleteIndex",
        "resource-explorer-2:DeleteView",
        "resource-explorer-2:DisassociateDefaultView",
        "resource-explorer-2:GetAccountLevelServiceConfiguration",
        "resource-explorer-2:GetDefaultView",
        "resource-explorer-2:GetIndex",
        "resource-explorer-2:GetManagedView",
        "resource-explorer-2:GetView",
        "resource-explorer-2:ListIndexes",
        "resource-explorer-2:ListIndexesForMembers",
        "resource-explorer-2:ListManagedViews",
        "resource-explorer-2:ListSupportedResourceTypes",
        "resource-explorer-2:ListTagsForResource",
        "resource-explorer-2:ListViews",
        "resource-explorer-2:Search",
        "resource-explorer-2:TagResource",
        "resource-explorer-2:UntagResource",
        "resource-explorer-2:UpdateIndexType",
        "resource-explorer-2:UpdateView",
        "action-recommendations:ListRecommendedActions",
        "account:GetAccountInformation"
      ],
      "Resource": "*"
    }
  ]
}

Version history

Current version v7, edited by AWS on 2026-03-23. 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/job-function/AWSManagementConsoleAdministratorAccess
aws iam attach-user-policy --user-name USER_NAME --policy-arn arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/job-function/AWSManagementConsoleAdministratorAccess
aws iam attach-group-policy --group-name GROUP_NAME --policy-arn arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/job-function/AWSManagementConsoleAdministratorAccess

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

resource "aws_iam_role_policy_attachment" "job_function_awsmanagementconsoleadministratoraccess" {
  role       = aws_iam_role.example.name
  policy_arn = "arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/job-function/AWSManagementConsoleAdministratorAccess"
}

role.addManagedPolicy(
  iam.ManagedPolicy.fromAwsManagedPolicyName("job-function/AWSManagementConsoleAdministratorAccess"),
);

Sources

• AWSManagementConsoleAdministratorAccess (AWS Managed Policy Reference Guide) (retrieved 2026-11-13; supports summary, practicalScope, securityConsiderations, assignmentGuidance, faqs)
• AWS managed policies for AWS Management Console (retrieved 2026-11-13; supports summary, useCases, bestPractices, securityConsiderations, assignmentGuidance, faqs)
• Managed policies and inline policies (IAM User Guide) (retrieved 2026-11-12; supports securityConsiderations, faqs)

• Official AWS reference for AWSManagementConsoleAdministratorAccess
• AWS service guide
• Report a data issue