AWSManagementConsoleBasicUserAccess

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Summary

Grants access to essential AWS Management Console features and user experience (UX) capabilities for non-administrative users.

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

Identity

ARN: arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/AWSManagementConsoleBasicUserAccess
Default version: v7
Created: 2025-08-14
Last edited: 2026-03-17
Services: account, action-recommendations, cloudshell, ec2, notifications, q, resource-explorer-2, uxc

Control-plane actions (28)

By access level: 8 List, 11 Read, 9 Write.

Control-plane actions by service
Service	Granted	Access levels and limits	Granted by
Account	1 of 20	1 Read; 0 restricted, 0 conditional	account:GetAccountInformation
Action Recommendations	All 1 actions (see the Action Recommendations page)	1 List; 0 restricted, 0 conditional	action-recommendations:ListRecommendedActions
CloudShell	8 of 11	2 Read, 6 Write; 0 restricted, 0 conditional	cloudshell:ApproveCommand, cloudshell:CreateEnvironment, cloudshell:CreateSession, cloudshell:DeleteEnvironment, cloudshell:GetEnvironmentStatus, cloudshell:PutCredentials, cloudshell:StartEnvironment, cloudshell:StopEnvironment
EC2	1 of 834	1 List; 0 restricted, 0 conditional	ec2:DescribeRegions
User Notifications	9 of 44	5 List, 4 Read; 0 restricted, 0 conditional	notifications:GetFeatureOptInStatus, notifications:GetManagedNotificationChildEvent, notifications:GetManagedNotificationEvent, notifications:GetNotificationEvent, notifications:ListManagedNotificationChildEvents, notifications:ListManagedNotificationEvents, notifications:ListNotificationConfigurations, notifications:ListNotificationEvents, notifications:ListNotificationHubs
Q	5 of 54	2 Read, 3 Write; 0 restricted, 0 conditional	q:GetConversation, q:ListConversations, q:PassRequest, q:SendMessage, q:StartConversation
Resource Explorer	2 of 37	1 List, 1 Read; 0 restricted, 0 conditional	resource-explorer-2:ListIndexes, resource-explorer-2:Search
User Experience Customization (UXC)	1 of 4	1 Read; 0 restricted, 0 conditional	uxc:ListServices

Account: 1 actions

account:GetAccountInformation (Read)

CloudShell: 8 actions

cloudshell:ApproveCommand (Read)
cloudshell:CreateEnvironment (Write)
cloudshell:CreateSession (Write)
cloudshell:DeleteEnvironment (Write)
cloudshell:GetEnvironmentStatus (Read)
cloudshell:PutCredentials (Write)
cloudshell:StartEnvironment (Write)
cloudshell:StopEnvironment (Write)

EC2: 1 actions

ec2:DescribeRegions (List)

User Notifications: 9 actions

notifications:GetFeatureOptInStatus (Read)
notifications:GetManagedNotificationChildEvent (Read)
notifications:GetManagedNotificationEvent (Read)
notifications:GetNotificationEvent (Read)
notifications:ListManagedNotificationChildEvents (List)
notifications:ListManagedNotificationEvents (List)
notifications:ListNotificationConfigurations (List)
notifications:ListNotificationEvents (List)
notifications:ListNotificationHubs (List)

Q: 5 actions

q:GetConversation (Read)
q:ListConversations (Read)
q:PassRequest (Write)
q:SendMessage (Write)
q:StartConversation (Write)

Resource Explorer: 2 actions

resource-explorer-2:ListIndexes (List)
resource-explorer-2:Search (Read)

User Experience Customization (UXC): 1 actions

uxc:ListServices (Read)

Data-plane actions (2)

By access level: 2 Read.

Data-plane actions by service
Service	Granted	Access levels and limits	Granted by
User Experience Customization (UXC)	All 2 actions (see the User Experience Customization (UXC) page)	2 Read; 0 restricted, 0 conditional	uxc:GetAccountColor, uxc:GetAccountCustomizations

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 9 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": [
    {
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "uxc:GetAccountColor",
        "uxc:GetAccountCustomizations",
        "uxc:ListServices",
        "ec2:DescribeRegions",
        "notifications:GetFeatureOptInStatus",
        "notifications:ListManagedNotificationEvents",
        "notifications:ListNotificationConfigurations",
        "notifications:ListNotificationEvents",
        "notifications:ListNotificationHubs",
        "notifications:GetManagedNotificationChildEvent",
        "notifications:GetManagedNotificationEvent",
        "notifications:GetNotificationEvent",
        "notifications:ListManagedNotificationChildEvents",
        "cloudshell:CreateEnvironment",
        "cloudshell:CreateSession",
        "cloudshell:GetEnvironmentStatus",
        "cloudshell:StartEnvironment",
        "cloudshell:DeleteEnvironment",
        "cloudshell:PutCredentials",
        "cloudshell:StopEnvironment",
        "cloudshell:ApproveCommand",
        "q:StartConversation",
        "q:SendMessage",
        "q:ListConversations",
        "q:GetConversation",
        "q:PassRequest",
        "resource-explorer-2:ListIndexes",
        "resource-explorer-2:Search",
        "action-recommendations:ListRecommendedActions",
        "account:GetAccountInformation"
      ],
      "Resource": "*"
    }
  ]
}

Version history

Current version v7, edited by AWS on 2026-03-17. 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/AWSManagementConsoleBasicUserAccess
aws iam attach-user-policy --user-name USER_NAME --policy-arn arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/AWSManagementConsoleBasicUserAccess
aws iam attach-group-policy --group-name GROUP_NAME --policy-arn arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/AWSManagementConsoleBasicUserAccess

CloudFormation

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

Terraform

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

CDK (TypeScript)

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

Sources

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