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System Administrator vs Security Administrator

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What are the difference between System Administrator and Security Administrator roles in AX? except limitations in viewing the modules and cannot use Cntrl + D for opening AOT window, what other limitations are there in security administrator? thanks

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    Ludwig Reinhard Profile Picture
    Ludwig Reinhard Microsoft Employee on at

    Hello Ali,

    Have you check the following site: technet.microsoft.com/.../hh527122.aspx ?

    Ludwig

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    Community Member on at

    Hello Ludwig, thanks but I need a comprehensive comparison between them.

  • Sohaib Cheema Profile Picture
    Sohaib Cheema 49,677 Super User 2026 Season 1 on at

    1) download security report

    2) take a test user

    3) assign SystemAdmin Role to TestUser : run security report. save report in pdf or excel

    4) assign SecurityAdmin Role to TestUser: run security report again. save report in excel or pdf

    5) do comparison or analysis or whatever

    or

    open SDT and do analysis manually using SDT 

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    Sohaib Cheema 49,677 Super User 2026 Season 1 on at

    another point, no need think anything about SystemAdmin.

    System admin has access to everything of ax application all modules all tables AOT, classes ect.

    just think about other roles

  • André Arnaud de Calavon Profile Picture
    André Arnaud de Cal... 303,730 Super User 2026 Season 1 on at

    Hi Ali,

    Just in a few words: A system administrator is like a domain administrator on Windows. It has access to all functionality and also the development environment.

    The security administrator is a role to create and maintain users in AX. Also this person can assign role and I thought also change the contents of roles and privileges.

    This person cannot assign the system administrator role to himself or another user. That is still done by a system administrator himself.

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