Azure RBAC Explained: Roles, Scope, and Why Least Privilege Breaks Down

This blog post explains how Azure RBAC works (principal + role + scope = effective access), why standing and overly broad role assignments degrade least privilege over time, and the risks posed by service principals and managed identities; it recommends scoping roles narrowly, using PIM and ABAC, auditing dormant non-human identities, and adopting usage-based enforcement (as offered by Sonrai) to maintain least privilege at scale.