In order to administer any SharePoint Online features, you'll need to have (at a minimum) the SharePoint Service Administrator role granted through the Microsoft 365 Admin Center. When you create your Office 365 tenant, you'll only have a single Global Administrator, and that user will have full rights to all the services inside the tenant. You can further restrict permissions to manage SharePoint Online by using the built-in SharePoint Admin role.
The following table lists the core rights and responsibilities that are assigned to the SharePoint Admin role:
| Administrative Rights | Description |
|---|---|
| Apps | Create an App Catalog site to make apps available for users to install. |
| Business Connectivity Services | Create Business Connectivity Services (BCS) configurations to external data sources, such as Windows Communication Foundation (WCF... |
