Does User Access Administrator Let Admin1 Assign Scaling1 to Pool1?
Note: This section contains one or more sets of questions with the same scenario and problem. Each question presents a unique solution to the problem. You must determine whether the solution meets the stated goals. More than one solution in the set might solve the problem. It is also possible that none of the solutions in the set solve the problem. After you answer a question in this section, you will NOT be able to return. As a result, these questions do not appear on the Review Screen. You have an Azure subscription named Sub1 that contains the resources shown in the following table. You have a user named Admin1 that is assigned the Desktop Virtualization Contributor role for Sub1. You need to ensure that Admin1 can assign Scaling1 to Pool1. Solution: You assign Admin1 the User Access Administrator role for Sub1. Does this meet the goal? - 
Community Votes
67% of anonymous learners picked answer B. Votes are pick records left by other test-takers — they are not the verified answer.
Community Insight
This item tests Azure RBAC role boundaries on AVD resources: User Access Administrator manages role assignments only, while attaching a scaling plan to a host pool requires Desktop Virtualization Contributor (or Owner) permissions on the host pool and scaling plan.
Adding the User Access Administrator role to Admin1 does not grant the Azure Virtual Desktop permissions needed to attach scaling plan Scaling1 to host pool Pool1, so the proposed solution fails (answer B). The subscription-scoped Desktop Virtualization Contributor role Admin1 already holds is the role that authorizes scaling-plan assignment.
The classic error is assuming any role with 'Administrator' in its name grants resource operations; User Access Administrator only lets you read and create role assignments, so it adds nothing toward assigning a scaling plan.
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Expert Analysis
Why the Answer Is Correct
Assigning a scaling plan to a host pool is a Microsoft.DesktopVirtualization control-plane operation (scaling plan plus host pool writes), and Admin1 already holds Desktop Virtualization Contributor for Sub1, which carries Microsoft.DesktopVirtualization/* across the subscription including Scaling1 and Pool1. The added User Access Administrator role contributes only Microsoft.Authorization permissions, meaning Admin1 can now read and create role assignments but gains no Desktop Virtualization action whatsoever. Because the solution changes RBAC-management ability rather than the ability to attach Scaling1 to Pool1, the goal is not met by this solution, so the answer is B. Desktop Virtualization Contributor is also the role Microsoft documents for creating and assigning autoscale scaling plans, which confirms no extra authorization role is required.Why the Other Options Are Wrong
Answer A ('Yes') would only hold if User Access Administrator itself conveyed the resource-level permission to attach a scaling plan, and it does not. The strongest argument for 'Yes' is that autoscale setup involves granting the Azure Virtual Desktop service principal Desktop Virtualization Contributor permissions, which requires Owner or User Access Administrator rights, but that consent step is a prerequisite for the feature to function, not the assignment of Scaling1 to Pool1 that the question asks about. Choosing A also implies over-privileging Admin1 with subscription-wide RBAC control for an operation their existing AVD role already covers, which contradicts least-privilege exam doctrine. The host pool/scaling plan resource scope is what governs the assignment, and Admin1 already has it at subscription level.Community Comment Notes
Most commenters side with B, mirroring the reasoning above; hwoccurrence notes the role "only grants someone the ability to manage RBAC permissions (i.e., who else has access)", and jeff1988 states it "does not grant the necessary permissions to assign scaling plans to host pools". SteveR73 voted A yet actually argues that Admin1 needs Contributor on both Pool1 and Scaling1 — a resource-role argument that points back to Desktop Virtualization Contributor rather than User Access Administrator. ClintC03 also chose A and linked the Microsoft autoscale article, arguing Admin1 needs Owner or User Access Administrator to give the AVD service principal the correct RBAC role; that prerequisite exists in the docs but is distinct from performing the assignment itself, which is why the suggested key and the majority treat B as correct. dan1111 simply concurs that B is right without further detail.Exam Strategy
For 'does this meet the goal?' items, isolate the exact operation the goal names and ask which Azure RBAC role carries that action — here, scaling plan assignment maps to Desktop Virtualization Contributor, not to any authorization-management role. Then check whether the proposed role changes that capability at all; if it only touches role assignments, the solution fails regardless of vote counts. Ignore the tendency to pick 'Yes' simply because a broad administrator-sounding role was added.Official Reference
Exam Strategy
Identify the precise operation first — assigning a scaling plan to a host pool is a Microsoft.DesktopVirtualization action covered by Desktop Virtualization Contributor, so any solution that only changes RBAC-management rights cannot satisfy the goal. Remember that User Access Administrator and Owner-based access management govern who can grant permissions, not which AVD operations a user can perform.
Frequently Asked Questions
Why doesn't User Access Administrator let Admin1 assign Scaling1 to Pool1?
User Access Administrator only manages role assignments; assigning a scaling plan is a Microsoft.DesktopVirtualization operation allowed by Desktop Virtualization Contributor, already held by Admin1.
Does Admin1 already have permission to assign the scaling plan?
Yes. Desktop Virtualization Contributor at subscription scope includes Microsoft.DesktopVirtualization actions, so Admin1 can already assign Scaling1 to Pool1.
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