Microsoft Entra ID · Identity Governance

Tenant Governance Relationship Administrator

Can initiate governance relationships with other tenants and terminate existing governance relationships in Microsoft Entra Tenant Governance.

Scope: Manage governance relationship initiation and termination between tenants

Permissions

  • Initiate new governance relationships with other tenants
  • Terminate existing governance relationships
  • Manage governance relationship lifecycle
  • Configure relationship settings and parameters

Common use cases

  • Establishing governance relationships with subsidiaries
  • Onboarding new tenants into governance framework
  • Offboarding tenants from governance relationships
  • Managing partner tenant governance connections

Best practices

  • Document all governance relationship changes
  • Require dual authorization for relationship initiation
  • Plan relationship termination impact before executing
  • Maintain inventory of all active governance relationships

Security considerations

  • Initiating relationships creates cross-tenant governance links
  • Termination may disrupt connected tenant governance policies
  • Unauthorized relationship creation could expose governance data
  • Monitor for unexpected relationship initiation attempts

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