New admin role in Microsoft Entra: Organizational Messages Approver

German post was automatically translated by DeepL and manually reviewed

In November 2022, Microsoft added the admin role Organizational Messages Writer in Entra. The role was intended for Organizational Messages in Intune.
Now, in April Organizational Messages Approver was added as an additional admin role for Organizational Messages. The role is related to the newly announced feature “Organizational messages (preview) in the Microsoft 365 admin center“.

With the two roles, an organization can define accounts for the creation of Organizational Messages and specify an another account must approve the message.

The new role is described in the documentation.
The template ID of the new role is e48398e2-f4bb-4074-8f31-4586725e205b.

Organizational Messages Approver

  • Review, approve, or reject new organizational messages for delivery in the Microsoft 365 admin center before they are sent to users using the Microsoft 365 Organizational Messages platform
  • Read all aspects of organizational messages
  • Read basic properties on all resources in the Microsoft 365 admin center

For comparison Organizational Messages Writer.

Organizational Messages Writer

  • Write, publish, and delete organizational messages using Microsoft 365 admin center or Microsoft Intune
  • Manage organizational message delivery options using Microsoft 365 admin center or Microsoft Intune
  • Read organizational message delivery results using Microsoft 365 admin center or Microsoft Intune
  • View usage reports and most settings in the Microsoft 365 admin center, but can’t make changes

Read the FAQs for information on how Organizational Messages work between the M365 Admin Center and Intune. Colleague Andres Bohren has tried the Organizational Messages in Intune.

Share
Avatar photo

Tobias Asböck

Tobias is a Senior System Engineer with around ten years of professional experience with Microsoft 365 products such as SharePoint Online, OneDrive for Business, Teams Collaboration, Entra ID, Information Protection, Universal Print, and Microsoft 365 Licensing. He also has 15+ years of experience planning, administering, and operating SharePoint Server environments. Tobias is a PowerShell Scripter with certifications for Microsoft 365 products. In his spare time, Tobias is busy with updates in the Microsoft 365 world or on the road with his road bike and other sports activities. If you have additional questions, please contact me via LinkedIn or [email protected].

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *