# AWSSSOServiceRolePolicy
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**Description**: Grants AWS SSO permissions to manage AWS resources, including IAM roles, policies and SAML IdP on your behalf.

`AWSSSOServiceRolePolicy` is an [AWS managed policy](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/IAM/latest/UserGuide/access_policies_managed-vs-inline.html#aws-managed-policies).

## Using this policy
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This policy is attached to a service-linked role that allows the service to perform actions on your behalf. You cannot attach this policy to your users, groups, or roles.

## Policy details
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+ **Type**: Service-linked role policy 
+ **Creation time**: December 05, 2017, 18:36 UTC 
+ **Edited time:** February 11, 2025, 18:37 UTC
+ **ARN**: `arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/aws-service-role/AWSSSOServiceRolePolicy`

## Policy version
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**Policy version:** v18 (default)

The policy's default version is the version that defines the permissions for the policy. When a user or role with the policy makes a request to access an AWS resource, AWS checks the default version of the policy to determine whether to allow the request. 

## JSON policy document
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```
{
  "Version" : "2012-10-17",
  "Statement" : [
    {
      "Sid" : "IAMRoleProvisioningActions",
      "Effect" : "Allow",
      "Action" : [
        "iam:AttachRolePolicy",
        "iam:CreateRole",
        "iam:PutRolePolicy",
        "iam:UpdateRole",
        "iam:UpdateRoleDescription",
        "iam:UpdateAssumeRolePolicy",
        "iam:PutRolePermissionsBoundary",
        "iam:DeleteRolePermissionsBoundary"
      ],
      "Resource" : [
        "arn:aws:iam::*:role/aws-reserved/sso.amazonaws.com/*"
      ],
      "Condition" : {
        "StringNotEquals" : {
          "aws:PrincipalOrgMasterAccountId" : "${aws:PrincipalAccount}"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Sid" : "IAMRoleReadActions",
      "Effect" : "Allow",
      "Action" : [
        "iam:GetRole",
        "iam:ListRoles"
      ],
      "Resource" : [
        "*"
      ]
    },
    {
      "Sid" : "IAMRoleCleanupActions",
      "Effect" : "Allow",
      "Action" : [
        "iam:DeleteRole",
        "iam:DeleteRolePolicy",
        "iam:DetachRolePolicy",
        "iam:ListRolePolicies",
        "iam:ListAttachedRolePolicies"
      ],
      "Resource" : [
        "arn:aws:iam::*:role/aws-reserved/sso.amazonaws.com/*"
      ]
    },
    {
      "Sid" : "IAMSLRCleanupActions",
      "Effect" : "Allow",
      "Action" : [
        "iam:DeleteServiceLinkedRole",
        "iam:GetServiceLinkedRoleDeletionStatus",
        "iam:DeleteRole",
        "iam:GetRole"
      ],
      "Resource" : [
        "arn:aws:iam::*:role/aws-service-role/sso.amazonaws.com/AWSServiceRoleForSSO"
      ]
    },
    {
      "Sid" : "IAMSAMLProviderCreationAction",
      "Effect" : "Allow",
      "Action" : [
        "iam:CreateSAMLProvider"
      ],
      "Resource" : [
        "arn:aws:iam::*:saml-provider/AWSSSO_*"
      ],
      "Condition" : {
        "StringNotEquals" : {
          "aws:PrincipalOrgMasterAccountId" : "${aws:PrincipalAccount}"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Sid" : "IAMSAMLProviderUpdateAction",
      "Effect" : "Allow",
      "Action" : [
        "iam:UpdateSAMLProvider"
      ],
      "Resource" : [
        "arn:aws:iam::*:saml-provider/AWSSSO_*"
      ]
    },
    {
      "Sid" : "IAMSAMLProviderCleanupActions",
      "Effect" : "Allow",
      "Action" : [
        "iam:DeleteSAMLProvider",
        "iam:GetSAMLProvider"
      ],
      "Resource" : [
        "arn:aws:iam::*:saml-provider/AWSSSO_*"
      ]
    },
    {
      "Effect" : "Allow",
      "Action" : [
        "organizations:DescribeAccount",
        "organizations:DescribeOrganization",
        "organizations:ListAccounts",
        "organizations:ListDelegatedAdministrators",
        "organizations:ListAWSServiceAccessForOrganization"
      ],
      "Resource" : [
        "*"
      ]
    },
    {
      "Sid" : "AllowUnauthAppForDirectory",
      "Effect" : "Allow",
      "Action" : [
        "ds:UnauthorizeApplication"
      ],
      "Resource" : [
        "*"
      ]
    },
    {
      "Sid" : "AllowDescribeForDirectory",
      "Effect" : "Allow",
      "Action" : [
        "ds:DescribeDirectories",
        "ds:DescribeTrusts"
      ],
      "Resource" : [
        "*"
      ]
    },
    {
      "Sid" : "AllowDescribeAndListOperationsOnIdentitySource",
      "Effect" : "Allow",
      "Action" : [
        "identitystore:DescribeUser",
        "identitystore:DescribeGroup",
        "identitystore:ListGroups",
        "identitystore:ListUsers"
      ],
      "Resource" : [
        "*"
      ]
    },
    {
      "Sid" : "AllowDeleteSyncProfile",
      "Effect" : "Allow",
      "Action" : [
        "identity-sync:DeleteSyncProfile"
      ],
      "Resource" : [
        "arn:aws:identity-sync:*:*:profile/*"
      ]
    }
  ]
}
```

## Learn more
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+ [Understand versioning for IAM policies](https://docs.aws.amazon.com//IAM/latest/UserGuide/access_policies_managed-versioning.html)
+ [Get started with AWS managed policies and move toward least-privilege permissions](https://docs.aws.amazon.com//IAM/latest/UserGuide/best-practices.html#bp-use-aws-defined-policies)