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B2C IEF Policy Administrator

Creates and manages custom policies in Azure AD B2C Identity Experience Framework including user flows and federation.

Scope: Full control over B2C custom policies and Identity Experience Framework

Permissions

  • Create and manage custom policies
  • Configure identity providers
  • Manage user flows
  • Edit directory schema
  • Create new users
  • Send data to external systems

Common use cases

  • Custom user journey development
  • External IdP federation setup
  • Claims transformation configuration
  • Multi-step authentication flows
  • Progressive profiling implementation

Best practices

  • Use policy versioning
  • Test in non-production first
  • Document all customizations
  • Follow least privilege in claims
  • Audit policy changes

Security considerations

  • PRIVILEGED: Can modify all authentication flows
  • Can access and migrate user data
  • Changes affect all B2C users
  • Federation changes are sensitive

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