Autodesk administrator roles

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As an admin, you assign users to products and services under the User management function of Autodesk Account.

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User management includes four types of administrative roles.

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The primary admin manages users and their access to products,

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assigns secondary admins and SSO admins,

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and can reassign another secondary admin to become primary admin.

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Primary admins can manage a single sign-on (SSO) configuration, which serves as a main point of contact to Autodesk.

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A team can have only one primary admin, and that same person can serve as the primary admin for more than one team.

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By default, the initial purchaser—also known as the contract manager—takes on the role of primary admin.

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The role of primary admin can be reassigned to another person who has the role of secondary admin.

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The contract manager receives notification emails relating to a subscription or contract,

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manages billing and renewals, assigns new subscriptions to a team,

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moves subscriptions to a different team (note that this requires also holding a primary or secondary admin role),

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and serves as a main point of contact to Autodesk.

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By default, the initial purchaser of the license becomes the contract manager.

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There is only one contract manager per subscription or contract.

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The same person can be contract manager for multiple subscriptions or contracts.

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The role of contract manager can be reassigned for licenses purchased through resellers,

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but not for licenses purchased from the Autodesk store.

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The secondary admin manages users and their access to products,

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assigns additional secondary admins and can reassign the primary admin,

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manages billing and renewals (please note that this requires also holding a contract manager role),

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and views and exports product usage reports for all teams.

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A team can have multiple secondary admins.

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Secondary admins are assigned by the primary admin, by another secondary admin,

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or by an SSO admin.

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Secondary admins have visibility into users and products of the team to which they are assigned.

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The single sign-on (SSO) admin manages users and their access to products,

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assigns additional secondary admins and can reassign the primary admin,

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and views and exports product usage reports for all teams within single user subscriptions

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and Flex (note that this excludes Token Flex).

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A team can have multiple SSO admins.

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SSO admins can manage an SSO configuration (as can the primary admin).

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Understanding the different roles of account admins allows you to streamline your workflows and optimize task delegation.