AWSSSODirectoryAdministrator

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Summary

Administrator access for SSO Directory

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

Identity

ARN: arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/AWSSSODirectoryAdministrator
Default version: v7
Created: 2018-10-31
Last edited: 2026-02-12
Services: identitystore, identitystore-auth, kms, sso, sso-directory

Control-plane actions (91)

By access level: 7 List, 36 Read, 48 Write.

Control-plane actions by service
Service	Granted	Access levels and limits	Granted by
Identity Store	All 29 actions (see the Identity Store page)	6 List, 9 Read, 14 Write; 0 restricted, 0 conditional	identitystore:*
Identity Store Auth	All 3 actions (see the Identity Store Auth page)	1 List, 1 Read, 1 Write; 0 restricted, 0 conditional	identitystore-auth:*
KMS	1 of 58	1 Write; 1 restricted, 1 conditional	kms:Decrypt
IAM Identity Center	1 of 126	1 Read; 0 restricted, 0 conditional	sso:ListDirectoryAssociations
IAM Identity Center directory	All 57 actions (see the IAM Identity Center directory page)	25 Read, 32 Write; 0 restricted, 0 conditional	sso-directory:*

KMS: 1 actions

kms:Decrypt (Write)

IAM Identity Center: 1 actions

sso:ListDirectoryAssociations (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: 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: identitystore (14 of 14), sso-directory (32 of 32).

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": "AWSSSODirectoryAdministrator",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "sso-directory:*",
        "identitystore:*",
        "identitystore-auth:*",
        "sso:ListDirectoryAssociations"
      ],
      "Resource": "*"
    },
    {
      "Sid": "AllowKMSKeyUseViaAWSIdentityStoreService",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "kms:Decrypt"
      ],
      "Resource": "*",
      "Condition": {
        "StringLike": {
          "kms:ViaService": "identitystore.*.amazonaws.com",
          "kms:EncryptionContext:aws:identitystore:identitystore-arn": "*"
        }
      }
    }
  ]
}

Version history

Current version v7, 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/AWSSSODirectoryAdministrator
aws iam attach-user-policy --user-name USER_NAME --policy-arn arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/AWSSSODirectoryAdministrator
aws iam attach-group-policy --group-name GROUP_NAME --policy-arn arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/AWSSSODirectoryAdministrator

CloudFormation

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

Terraform

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

CDK (TypeScript)

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

Sources

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