Emergency access accounts
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title: Manage emergency access admin accounts
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description: This article describes how to use emergency access accounts to help prevent being inadvertently locked out of your Microsoft Entra organization.
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−ms.date: 04/17/2026
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+ms.date: 04/22/2026
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ms.topic: how-to
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ms.custom: it-pro, sfi-ga-nochange
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ms.reviewer: mwahl
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1. Sign in to the [Azure portal](https://portal.azure.com) as at least a [Monitoring Contributor](/azure/role-based-access-control/built-in-roles#monitoring-contributor).
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−1. Browse to **Monitor** > **Log Analytics workspaces**.
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+1. Search for and open **Monitor**.
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−1. Select a workspace.
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+1. In the left menu, select **Alerts**.
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−1. In your workspace, select **Alerts** > **New alert rule**.
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+1. Click **+ Create** > **Alert rule**.
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+1. In the **Select a resource** pane, find and select your Log Analytics workspace. Select **Apply**.
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1. Under **Resource**, select your **Log Analytics workspace** as the resource type. Verify that the subscription matches the workspace you configured in the prerequisites.
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1. Under **Condition**, select **Add**.
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