Administrative Units

The Administrative Units page provides a list of enumerated administrative units in entire Azure. The list contains the Display Name, Description, Member Management Restricted, Visibility, Member Count and Tier 0.

Administrative Units

Administrative Units Details

Details page contains the Risk Score of the administrative Units,Exposure Point, Information panes.

You can analyze objects in the Graph module by clicking the Visualize button on the upper left side of the Information Pane.

Administrative Units Details

Information

Information Pane can contain different badges to highlight important attributes.

Badge
Description

Tier

Indicates that the object tier according to risk score and importance.

Information Pane contains Details, Users, Groups, and Devices tabs respectively.

Details

Details tab contains attributes below about administrative unit object.

Attribute
Description

Display Name

The name of the Administrative Unit as shown in the Azure portal; used to identify and organize groups of users, devices, or groups for delegated administration.

Membership Rule

This field defines the dynamic membership criteria, if any. It's blank when the AU uses manual (static) membership.

Description

An optional text field describing the purpose or usage of the Administrative Unit; this is blank if not set.

Membership Type

Indicates whether members are added dynamically (based on rules) or assigned manually. If not specified, the AU is likely using manual assignments.

Visibility

Defines who can see the Administrative Unit. When blank, it defaults to standard visibility within the tenant based on assigned permissions.

Membership Rule Processing State

Shows the status of dynamic rule evaluation (e.g., Processing, Completed, or NotStarted). If blank, the AU does not use dynamic membership.

Tenant ID

The unique identifier (GUID) of the Azure AD tenant where the Administrative Unit resides.

Is Member Management Restricted

When set to False, it means global administrators and other authorized roles can manage members without restrictions.

Object ID

A globally unique identifier (GUID) assigned to the Administrative Unit within the Azure AD directory.

Users

Users tab contains a list of users that the administrative unit is a member of. This list also contains Enabled and On Prem Sync Enabled columns to identify the status of these users.

Users

Groups

Groups tab contains a list of groups that the administrative unit is a member of. This list also contains Enabled and On Prem Sync Enabled columns to identify the privilege levels of these groups.

Groups

Devices

Devices tab contains a list of devices that the administrative unit is a member of. This list also contains Account Enabled , Operating System , Operating System Version and Owner Users columns to identify the status of these devices.

Devices

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