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RBAC in Twilio Console


View role assignments

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  1. In the Twilio Console, go to Settings > Organization settings > Users(link takes you to an external page).
    The User management page lists all the users in your organization and their role assignments. You can search by user's name, email, SID or scope name. Users can be filtered by role name. Scope specifies the boundary within which a role assignment will apply. It can be a managed account, subaccount, or even your organization.
  2. To view a user's role assignment details, click the user's name, then click the Role Assignments tab.
  3. All the user's role assignments, grouped by scope name, will be listed as separate rows. Resource-based role assignments are at the organization scope level but will be listed as separate rows.

Add a new role assignment

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When you assign roles to a user, you start by selecting the scope: organization, account, or subaccount. Then you can assign one or more roles to the user for the specified scope. Depending on the scope, you can select from General or Built-in roles. Learn more about role types.

Users can have multiple roles in multiple scopes. You can assign up to 50 built-in roles per user across all scopes.

  1. In the Twilio Console, go to Settings > Organization settings > Users(link takes you to an external page).
  2. Click the user's name, then click the Role Assignments tab.
  3. Click Create role assignment.
  4. On the Create role assignment page, select the scope type, scopes, and roles. If the role selected is resource-based, also select the additional resource and resource values fields.
  5. Click Save changes.

Delete a user's role assignments

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  1. In the Twilio Console, go to Settings > Organization settings > Users(link takes you to an external page).

  2. Click the user's name, then click the Role Assignments tab.

    • To remove the role assignment for the scope, click Delete.
    • To remove a specific role from the assignment, click Edit, remove the role, and click Save changes.

View roles & permissions

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  1. In the Twilio Console, go to Organization settings > Users(link takes you to an external page).
  2. Click the Roles tab.
  3. To view a role's details, click View details. Resource-based roles will be displayed with a tag below the role name.
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  • Only users with the Organization Owner or Organization Admin role can manage role assignments under Organization Settings.
  • Only users with the Account Owner or Administrator role can manage role assignments under Account Settings.
  • You can't delete the Owner role for an organization or account from the Role Assignment pages.