New in EA: Role Based Access Control

[Holli69]

Observe this superb new feature in Early Access

[alemabrahao]

Yeh

[PhilipDAth]

https://community.meraki.com/t5/Feature-Announcements/Introducing-RBAC-Role-Based-Access-Control-Fou...

[HaydenSeng]

I saw this feature come into EA also. Awesome feature and something that has been needed for a long time.

We enabled it from EA and saw it only supports switching, wireless and SD-WAN. There is no mention of cameras or sensors in the RBAC options. While also using RBAC role's, it doesn't allow us to give assurance tab either. It'd be great to incorporate cameras, sensors and assurance in the RBAC options.

Furthermore, in future iterations of the feature, it'd be great to give certain access within a menu i.e. swtiching... For example, i.e. switch ports, stack's, routing but not ACL's. Giving more granular access could be handy in larger companies that have staff that just manage switch port config as I know the switch port tag RW feature is only available in the old view.

Cheers

Hayden

[HaydenSeng]

Hi  @Katia @MiriamK ,

Just wondering if there are any updates or roadmap items planned around expanding RBAC further in Meraki?

We recently enabled RBAC from Early Access and it’s a fantastic improvement, something that has been needed for a long time.

Currently RBAC roles allow scoping for Switching, Wireless and SD-WAN, but we noticed several key areas are still missing such as:

• Cameras

• Sensors

• Assurance

• Overview

• Network-wide settings

In larger environments (like ours), being able to delegate access to these areas would be extremely helpful.

This would allow organisations to safely delegate tasks without granting site wide privileges.

Are there any plans in the pipeline to expand RBAC to cover these additional product areas?

Cheers,
Hayden

[Katia]

Hi Hayden,

Thank you for reaching out and for your positive feedback on the recent RBAC release! We are thrilled to hear that it has been a valuable addition to your deployment.

Regarding your question: I am happy to confirm that we are actively working on both expanding access controls broader - to include areas like IoT, org-wide and network-wide settings, Automation, SASE etc - and deeper, by increasing access granularity within those specific areas.

We have noted your feedback regarding the need for more granular delegation for Cameras, Sensors, Assurance, and Overview. These are excellent examples of the types of improvements we are targeting. While I cannot share specific release dates at this time, I can confirm that a significant number of enhancements are slated for delivery throughout 2026.

Our product team is very interested in learning more about your specific RBAC requirements to ensure our development aligns with the needs of large-scale environments like yours. Would you be open to a brief call to discuss your use cases in more detail? This would be a great opportunity for us to gather your input as we continue to refine the roadmap.

Please let me know if you are interested, and we would be happy to coordinate a time.

Best regards,

Katia

cc @SamiraB 

[HaydenSeng]

Hi @Katia and @SamiraB 

Thanks for the update and for the detailed response, it’s great to hear that RBAC is continuing to evolve and that broader and more granular access controls are planned.

I really appreciate the engagement from the team. I’ll reach out to you directly with my contact information. 

Cheers,
Hayden

[Katia]

sounds great, thank you!