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Unable to create AWS and GCP connectors in Defender for Cloud

Ragusa, Carmelo 0 Reputation points
2025-04-22T11:22:38.5766667+00:00

Hello,

I'm trying to connect an AWS account and a GCP project to Defender for Cloud. My roles is contributor and security admin, but I get an insufficient permissions issue in both cases:

Failed to create security connector. Error: 'Insufficient privileges to complete the operation.

All the prerequisites I believe have been done.

Any suggestions?

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Microsoft Defender for Cloud
An Azure service that provides threat protection for workloads running in Azure, on-premises, and in other clouds. Previously known as Azure Security Center and Azure Defender.
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  1. Marcin Policht 45,155 Reputation points MVP
    2025-04-22T12:23:55.7366667+00:00

    Ensure that the roles are assigned on the subscription level and account for https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/defender-for-cloud/quickstart-onboard-aws#prerequisites and https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/defender-for-cloud/quickstart-onboard-gcp#prerequisites

    You'll also need to have sufficient permissions on the corresponding AWS account and GCP project

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    hth

    Marcin

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