diff --git a/pkg/apimachinery/utils/resource.go b/pkg/apimachinery/utils/resource.go
index 17725db2c0c..683b984e201 100644
--- a/pkg/apimachinery/utils/resource.go
+++ b/pkg/apimachinery/utils/resource.go
@@ -40,6 +40,10 @@ func (info *ResourceInfo) WithGroupAndShortName(group string, shortName string)
 	}
 }
 
+func (info *ResourceInfo) GetName() string {
+	return info.resourceName
+}
+
 func (info *ResourceInfo) GetSingularName() string {
 	return info.singularName
 }
diff --git a/pkg/apiserver/endpoints/filters/requester.go b/pkg/apiserver/endpoints/filters/requester.go
index 63baf363619..acb2127abd3 100644
--- a/pkg/apiserver/endpoints/filters/requester.go
+++ b/pkg/apiserver/endpoints/filters/requester.go
@@ -51,7 +51,9 @@ func WithRequester(handler http.Handler) http.Handler {
 					Permissions: map[int64]map[string][]string{
 						orgId: {
 							"*": {"*"}, // all resources, all scopes
-
+							// FIXME(kalleep): We don't support wildcard actions so we need to list all possible actions
+							// for this user. This is not scalable and we should look into how to fix this.
+							"org.users:read": {"*"},
 							// Dashboards do not support wildcard action
 							// dashboards.ActionDashboardsRead:   {"*"},
 							// dashboards.ActionDashboardsCreate: {"*"},
diff --git a/pkg/registry/apis/iam/authorizer.go b/pkg/registry/apis/iam/authorizer.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..022f6b34618
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/registry/apis/iam/authorizer.go
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+package iam
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"fmt"
+
+	"github.com/grafana/authlib/claims"
+	"k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/authorization/authorizer"
+
+	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/registry/apis/iam/legacy"
+	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/services/accesscontrol"
+	gfauthorizer "github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/services/apiserver/auth/authorizer"
+)
+
+func newLegacyAuthorizer(ac accesscontrol.AccessControl, store legacy.LegacyIdentityStore) (authorizer.Authorizer, claims.AccessClient) {
+	client := accesscontrol.NewLegacyAccessClient(ac, accesscontrol.ResourceAuthorizerOptions{
+		Resource: "users",
+		Attr:     "id",
+		Mapping: map[string]string{
+			"get":  accesscontrol.ActionOrgUsersRead,
+			"list": accesscontrol.ActionOrgUsersRead,
+		},
+		Resolver: accesscontrol.ResourceResolverFunc(func(ctx context.Context, ns claims.NamespaceInfo, name string) ([]string, error) {
+			res, err := store.GetUserInternalID(ctx, ns, legacy.GetUserInternalIDQuery{
+				UID: name,
+			})
+			if err != nil {
+				return nil, err
+			}
+			return []string{fmt.Sprintf("users:id:%d", res.ID)}, nil
+		}),
+	})
+
+	return gfauthorizer.NewResourceAuthorizer(client), client
+}
diff --git a/pkg/registry/apis/iam/legacy/sql.go b/pkg/registry/apis/iam/legacy/sql.go
index 554bd114412..47b29e65e82 100644
--- a/pkg/registry/apis/iam/legacy/sql.go
+++ b/pkg/registry/apis/iam/legacy/sql.go
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ import (
 type LegacyIdentityStore interface {
 	ListDisplay(ctx context.Context, ns claims.NamespaceInfo, query ListDisplayQuery) (*ListUserResult, error)
 
+	GetUserInternalID(ctx context.Context, ns claims.NamespaceInfo, query GetUserInternalIDQuery) (*GetUserInternalIDResult, error)
 	ListUsers(ctx context.Context, ns claims.NamespaceInfo, query ListUserQuery) (*ListUserResult, error)
 	ListUserTeams(ctx context.Context, ns claims.NamespaceInfo, query ListUserTeamsQuery) (*ListUserTeamsResult, error)
 
@@ -37,6 +38,11 @@ func NewLegacySQLStores(sql legacysql.LegacyDatabaseProvider) LegacyIdentityStor
 
 type legacySQLStore struct {
 	sql legacysql.LegacyDatabaseProvider
+	ac  claims.AccessClient
+}
+
+func (s *legacySQLStore) WithAccessClient(ac claims.AccessClient) {
+	s.ac = ac
 }
 
 // Templates setup.
diff --git a/pkg/registry/apis/iam/legacy/user.go b/pkg/registry/apis/iam/legacy/user.go
index f1f51c43481..3b479cf25eb 100644
--- a/pkg/registry/apis/iam/legacy/user.go
+++ b/pkg/registry/apis/iam/legacy/user.go
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package legacy
 
 import (
 	"context"
+	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"text/template"
 
@@ -13,6 +14,79 @@ import (
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/storage/unified/sql/sqltemplate"
 )
 
+type GetUserInternalIDQuery struct {
+	OrgID int64
+	UID   string
+}
+
+type GetUserInternalIDResult struct {
+	ID int64
+}
+
+var sqlQueryUserInternalIDTemplate = mustTemplate("user_internal_id.sql")
+
+func newGetUserInternalID(sql *legacysql.LegacyDatabaseHelper, q *GetUserInternalIDQuery) getUserInternalIDQuery {
+	return getUserInternalIDQuery{
+		SQLTemplate:  sqltemplate.New(sql.DialectForDriver()),
+		UserTable:    sql.Table("user"),
+		OrgUserTable: sql.Table("org_user"),
+		Query:        q,
+	}
+}
+
+type getUserInternalIDQuery struct {
+	sqltemplate.SQLTemplate
+	UserTable    string
+	OrgUserTable string
+	Query        *GetUserInternalIDQuery
+}
+
+func (r getUserInternalIDQuery) Validate() error {
+	return nil // TODO
+}
+
+func (s *legacySQLStore) GetUserInternalID(ctx context.Context, ns claims.NamespaceInfo, query GetUserInternalIDQuery) (*GetUserInternalIDResult, error) {
+	query.OrgID = ns.OrgID
+	if query.OrgID == 0 {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("expected non zero org id")
+	}
+
+	sql, err := s.sql(ctx)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	req := newGetUserInternalID(sql, &query)
+	q, err := sqltemplate.Execute(sqlQueryUserInternalIDTemplate, req)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("execute template %q: %w", sqlQueryUserInternalIDTemplate.Name(), err)
+	}
+
+	rows, err := sql.DB.GetSqlxSession().Query(ctx, q, req.GetArgs()...)
+	defer func() {
+		if rows != nil {
+			_ = rows.Close()
+		}
+	}()
+
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	if !rows.Next() {
+		return nil, errors.New("user not found")
+	}
+
+	var id int64
+	if err := rows.Scan(&id); err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	return &GetUserInternalIDResult{
+		id,
+	}, nil
+}
+
 type ListUserQuery struct {
 	OrgID int64
 	UID   string
diff --git a/pkg/registry/apis/iam/legacy/user_internal_id.sql b/pkg/registry/apis/iam/legacy/user_internal_id.sql
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..b2d8e4092fd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/registry/apis/iam/legacy/user_internal_id.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+SELECT u.id
+FROM {{ .Ident .UserTable }} as u
+INNER JOIN {{ .Ident .OrgUserTable }} as o ON u.id = o.user_id
+WHERE o.org_id = {{ .Arg .Query.OrgID }}
+AND u.uid = {{ .Arg .Query.UID }}
+AND NOT u.is_service_account
+LIMIT 1;
diff --git a/pkg/registry/apis/iam/register.go b/pkg/registry/apis/iam/register.go
index c1536f08aec..ff6d89b48b7 100644
--- a/pkg/registry/apis/iam/register.go
+++ b/pkg/registry/apis/iam/register.go
@@ -3,19 +3,6 @@ package iam
 import (
 	"context"
 
-	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/apimachinery/identity"
-	iamv0 "github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/apis/iam/v0alpha1"
-	grafanarest "github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/apiserver/rest"
-	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/infra/db"
-	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/registry/apis/iam/legacy"
-	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/registry/apis/iam/serviceaccount"
-	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/registry/apis/iam/sso"
-	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/registry/apis/iam/team"
-	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/registry/apis/iam/user"
-	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/services/apiserver/builder"
-	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/services/featuremgmt"
-	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/services/ssosettings"
-	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/storage/legacysql"
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime/schema"
@@ -25,14 +12,34 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/registry/rest"
 	genericapiserver "k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/server"
 	common "k8s.io/kube-openapi/pkg/common"
+
+	"github.com/grafana/authlib/claims"
+	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/apimachinery/identity"
+	iamv0 "github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/apis/iam/v0alpha1"
+	grafanarest "github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/apiserver/rest"
+	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/infra/db"
+	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/registry/apis/iam/legacy"
+	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/registry/apis/iam/serviceaccount"
+	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/registry/apis/iam/sso"
+	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/registry/apis/iam/team"
+	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/registry/apis/iam/user"
+	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/services/accesscontrol"
+	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/services/apiserver/builder"
+	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/services/featuremgmt"
+	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/services/ssosettings"
+	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/storage/legacysql"
 )
 
 var _ builder.APIGroupBuilder = (*IdentityAccessManagementAPIBuilder)(nil)
 
 // This is used just so wire has something unique to return
 type IdentityAccessManagementAPIBuilder struct {
-	Store      legacy.LegacyIdentityStore
-	SSOService ssosettings.Service
+	store        legacy.LegacyIdentityStore
+	authorizer   authorizer.Authorizer
+	accessClient claims.AccessClient
+
+	// Not set for multi-tenant deployment for now
+	sso ssosettings.Service
 }
 
 func RegisterAPIService(
@@ -40,20 +47,44 @@ func RegisterAPIService(
 	apiregistration builder.APIRegistrar,
 	ssoService ssosettings.Service,
 	sql db.DB,
+	ac accesscontrol.AccessControl,
 ) (*IdentityAccessManagementAPIBuilder, error) {
 	if !features.IsEnabledGlobally(featuremgmt.FlagGrafanaAPIServerWithExperimentalAPIs) {
-		return nil, nil // skip registration unless opting into experimental apis
+		// skip registration unless opting into experimental apis
+		return nil, nil
 	}
 
+	store := legacy.NewLegacySQLStores(legacysql.NewDatabaseProvider(sql))
+	authorizer, client := newLegacyAuthorizer(ac, store)
+
 	builder := &IdentityAccessManagementAPIBuilder{
-		Store:      legacy.NewLegacySQLStores(legacysql.NewDatabaseProvider(sql)),
-		SSOService: ssoService,
+		store:        store,
+		sso:          ssoService,
+		authorizer:   authorizer,
+		accessClient: client,
 	}
 	apiregistration.RegisterAPI(builder)
 
 	return builder, nil
 }
 
+func NewAPIService(store legacy.LegacyIdentityStore) *IdentityAccessManagementAPIBuilder {
+	return &IdentityAccessManagementAPIBuilder{
+		store: store,
+		authorizer: authorizer.AuthorizerFunc(
+			func(ctx context.Context, a authorizer.Attributes) (authorizer.Decision, string, error) {
+				user, err := identity.GetRequester(ctx)
+				if err != nil {
+					return authorizer.DecisionDeny, "no identity found", err
+				}
+				if user.GetIsGrafanaAdmin() {
+					return authorizer.DecisionAllow, "", nil
+				}
+				return authorizer.DecisionDeny, "only grafana admins have access for now", nil
+			}),
+	}
+}
+
 func (b *IdentityAccessManagementAPIBuilder) GetGroupVersion() schema.GroupVersion {
 	return iamv0.SchemeGroupVersion
 }
@@ -80,27 +111,27 @@ func (b *IdentityAccessManagementAPIBuilder) GetAPIGroupInfo(
 	storage := map[string]rest.Storage{}
 
 	teamResource := iamv0.TeamResourceInfo
-	storage[teamResource.StoragePath()] = team.NewLegacyStore(b.Store)
-	storage[teamResource.StoragePath("members")] = team.NewLegacyTeamMemberREST(b.Store)
+	storage[teamResource.StoragePath()] = team.NewLegacyStore(b.store)
+	storage[teamResource.StoragePath("members")] = team.NewLegacyTeamMemberREST(b.store)
 
 	teamBindingResource := iamv0.TeamBindingResourceInfo
-	storage[teamBindingResource.StoragePath()] = team.NewLegacyBindingStore(b.Store)
+	storage[teamBindingResource.StoragePath()] = team.NewLegacyBindingStore(b.store)
 
 	userResource := iamv0.UserResourceInfo
-	storage[userResource.StoragePath()] = user.NewLegacyStore(b.Store)
-	storage[userResource.StoragePath("teams")] = user.NewLegacyTeamMemberREST(b.Store)
+	storage[userResource.StoragePath()] = user.NewLegacyStore(b.store, b.accessClient)
+	storage[userResource.StoragePath("teams")] = user.NewLegacyTeamMemberREST(b.store)
 
 	serviceaccountResource := iamv0.ServiceAccountResourceInfo
-	storage[serviceaccountResource.StoragePath()] = serviceaccount.NewLegacyStore(b.Store)
-	storage[serviceaccountResource.StoragePath("tokens")] = serviceaccount.NewLegacyTokenREST(b.Store)
+	storage[serviceaccountResource.StoragePath()] = serviceaccount.NewLegacyStore(b.store)
+	storage[serviceaccountResource.StoragePath("tokens")] = serviceaccount.NewLegacyTokenREST(b.store)
 
-	if b.SSOService != nil {
+	if b.sso != nil {
 		ssoResource := iamv0.SSOSettingResourceInfo
-		storage[ssoResource.StoragePath()] = sso.NewLegacyStore(b.SSOService)
+		storage[ssoResource.StoragePath()] = sso.NewLegacyStore(b.sso)
 	}
 
 	// The display endpoint -- NOTE, this uses a rewrite hack to allow requests without a name parameter
-	storage["display"] = user.NewLegacyDisplayREST(b.Store)
+	storage["display"] = user.NewLegacyDisplayREST(b.store)
 
 	apiGroupInfo.VersionedResourcesStorageMap[iamv0.VERSION] = storage
 	return &apiGroupInfo, nil
@@ -116,16 +147,5 @@ func (b *IdentityAccessManagementAPIBuilder) GetAPIRoutes() *builder.APIRoutes {
 }
 
 func (b *IdentityAccessManagementAPIBuilder) GetAuthorizer() authorizer.Authorizer {
-	// TODO: handle authorization based in entity.
-	return authorizer.AuthorizerFunc(
-		func(ctx context.Context, a authorizer.Attributes) (authorizer.Decision, string, error) {
-			user, err := identity.GetRequester(ctx)
-			if err != nil {
-				return authorizer.DecisionDeny, "no identity found", err
-			}
-			if user.GetIsGrafanaAdmin() {
-				return authorizer.DecisionAllow, "", nil
-			}
-			return authorizer.DecisionDeny, "only grafana admins have access for now", nil
-		})
+	return b.authorizer
 }
diff --git a/pkg/registry/apis/iam/user/store.go b/pkg/registry/apis/iam/user/store.go
index b67ce7cf22a..26104cf9638 100644
--- a/pkg/registry/apis/iam/user/store.go
+++ b/pkg/registry/apis/iam/user/store.go
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime"
 	"k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/registry/rest"
 
+	"github.com/grafana/authlib/claims"
+	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/apimachinery/identity"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/apimachinery/utils"
 	iamv0 "github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/apis/iam/v0alpha1"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/registry/apis/iam/common"
@@ -28,12 +30,13 @@ var (
 
 var resource = iamv0.UserResourceInfo
 
-func NewLegacyStore(store legacy.LegacyIdentityStore) *LegacyStore {
-	return &LegacyStore{store}
+func NewLegacyStore(store legacy.LegacyIdentityStore, ac claims.AccessClient) *LegacyStore {
+	return &LegacyStore{store, ac}
 }
 
 type LegacyStore struct {
 	store legacy.LegacyIdentityStore
+	ac    claims.AccessClient
 }
 
 func (s *LegacyStore) New() runtime.Object {
@@ -64,23 +67,92 @@ func (s *LegacyStore) List(ctx context.Context, options *internalversion.ListOpt
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
-	found, err := s.store.ListUsers(ctx, ns, legacy.ListUserQuery{
-		OrgID:      ns.OrgID,
-		Pagination: common.PaginationFromListOptions(options),
+	if s.ac != nil {
+		return s.listWithCheck(ctx, ns, common.PaginationFromListOptions(options))
+	}
+
+	return s.listWithoutCheck(ctx, ns, common.PaginationFromListOptions(options))
+}
+
+func (s *LegacyStore) listWithCheck(ctx context.Context, ns claims.NamespaceInfo, p common.Pagination) (runtime.Object, error) {
+	ident, err := identity.GetRequester(ctx)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	check, err := s.ac.Compile(ctx, ident, claims.AccessRequest{
+		Verb:      "list",
+		Resource:  resource.GetName(),
+		Namespace: ns.Value,
 	})
+
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	list := func(p common.Pagination) ([]iamv0.User, int64, int64, error) {
+		found, err := s.store.ListUsers(ctx, ns, legacy.ListUserQuery{
+			Pagination: p,
+		})
+
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, 0, 0, err
+		}
+
+		out := make([]iamv0.User, 0, len(found.Users))
+		for _, u := range found.Users {
+			if check(ns.Value, strconv.FormatInt(u.ID, 10)) {
+				out = append(out, toUserItem(&u, ns.Value))
+			}
+		}
+
+		return out, found.Continue, found.RV, nil
+	}
+
+	items, c, rv, err := list(p)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+outer:
+	for len(items) < int(p.Limit) && c != 0 {
+		var more []iamv0.User
+		more, c, _, err = list(common.Pagination{Limit: p.Limit, Continue: c})
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+
+		for _, u := range more {
+			if len(items) == int(p.Limit) {
+				break outer
+			}
+			items = append(items, u)
+		}
+	}
+
+	obj := &iamv0.UserList{Items: items}
+	obj.ListMeta.Continue = common.OptionalFormatInt(c)
+	obj.ListMeta.ResourceVersion = common.OptionalFormatInt(rv)
+	return obj, nil
+}
+
+func (s *LegacyStore) listWithoutCheck(ctx context.Context, ns claims.NamespaceInfo, p common.Pagination) (runtime.Object, error) {
+	found, err := s.store.ListUsers(ctx, ns, legacy.ListUserQuery{
+		Pagination: p,
+	})
+
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
 	list := &iamv0.UserList{}
 	for _, item := range found.Users {
-		list.Items = append(list.Items, *toUserItem(&item, ns.Value))
+		list.Items = append(list.Items, toUserItem(&item, ns.Value))
 	}
 
 	list.ListMeta.Continue = common.OptionalFormatInt(found.Continue)
 	list.ListMeta.ResourceVersion = common.OptionalFormatInt(found.RV)
-
-	return list, err
+	return list, nil
 }
 
 func (s *LegacyStore) Get(ctx context.Context, name string, options *metav1.GetOptions) (runtime.Object, error) {
@@ -100,10 +172,12 @@ func (s *LegacyStore) Get(ctx context.Context, name string, options *metav1.GetO
 	if len(found.Users) < 1 {
 		return nil, resource.NewNotFound(name)
 	}
-	return toUserItem(&found.Users[0], ns.Value), nil
+
+	obj := toUserItem(&found.Users[0], ns.Value)
+	return &obj, nil
 }
 
-func toUserItem(u *user.User, ns string) *iamv0.User {
+func toUserItem(u *user.User, ns string) iamv0.User {
 	item := &iamv0.User{
 		ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
 			Name:              u.UID,
@@ -125,5 +199,5 @@ func toUserItem(u *user.User, ns string) *iamv0.User {
 		Name: "SQL",
 		Path: strconv.FormatInt(u.ID, 10),
 	})
-	return item
+	return *item
 }
diff --git a/pkg/services/accesscontrol/accesscontrol.go b/pkg/services/accesscontrol/accesscontrol.go
index d833654d46e..5e614226f3e 100644
--- a/pkg/services/accesscontrol/accesscontrol.go
+++ b/pkg/services/accesscontrol/accesscontrol.go
@@ -28,6 +28,10 @@ type AccessControl interface {
 	// RegisterScopeAttributeResolver allows the caller to register a scope resolver for a
 	// specific scope prefix (ex: datasources:name:)
 	RegisterScopeAttributeResolver(prefix string, resolver ScopeAttributeResolver)
+	// WithoutResolvers copies AccessControl without any configured resolvers.
+	// This is useful when we don't want to reuse any pre-configured resolvers
+	// for a authorization call.
+	WithoutResolvers() AccessControl
 }
 
 type Service interface {
diff --git a/pkg/services/accesscontrol/acimpl/accesscontrol.go b/pkg/services/accesscontrol/acimpl/accesscontrol.go
index 4a6b8a99e3e..acd1edc7149 100644
--- a/pkg/services/accesscontrol/acimpl/accesscontrol.go
+++ b/pkg/services/accesscontrol/acimpl/accesscontrol.go
@@ -205,6 +205,16 @@ func (a *AccessControl) RegisterScopeAttributeResolver(prefix string, resolver a
 	a.resolvers.AddScopeAttributeResolver(prefix, resolver)
 }
 
+func (a *AccessControl) WithoutResolvers() accesscontrol.AccessControl {
+	return &AccessControl{
+		features:  a.features,
+		log:       a.log,
+		zclient:   a.zclient,
+		metrics:   a.metrics,
+		resolvers: accesscontrol.NewResolvers(a.log),
+	}
+}
+
 func (a *AccessControl) debug(ctx context.Context, ident identity.Requester, msg string, eval accesscontrol.Evaluator) {
 	ctx, span := tracer.Start(ctx, "accesscontrol.acimpl.debug")
 	defer span.End()
diff --git a/pkg/services/accesscontrol/actest/fake.go b/pkg/services/accesscontrol/actest/fake.go
index d916f553f32..ce23a52544e 100644
--- a/pkg/services/accesscontrol/actest/fake.go
+++ b/pkg/services/accesscontrol/actest/fake.go
@@ -75,6 +75,10 @@ func (f FakeAccessControl) Evaluate(ctx context.Context, user identity.Requester
 func (f FakeAccessControl) RegisterScopeAttributeResolver(prefix string, resolver accesscontrol.ScopeAttributeResolver) {
 }
 
+func (f FakeAccessControl) WithoutResolvers() accesscontrol.AccessControl {
+	return f
+}
+
 type FakeStore struct {
 	ExpectedUserPermissions       []accesscontrol.Permission
 	ExpectedBasicRolesPermissions []accesscontrol.Permission
diff --git a/pkg/services/accesscontrol/authorizer.go b/pkg/services/accesscontrol/authorizer.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..5ff41207592
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/services/accesscontrol/authorizer.go
@@ -0,0 +1,131 @@
+package accesscontrol
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"errors"
+	"fmt"
+
+	"github.com/grafana/authlib/claims"
+	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/apimachinery/identity"
+)
+
+// ResourceResolver is called before authorization is performed.
+// It can be used to translate resoruce name into one or more valid scopes that
+// will be used for authorization. If more than one scope is returned from a resolver
+// only one needs to match to allow call to be authorized.
+type ResourceResolver interface {
+	Resolve(ctx context.Context, ns claims.NamespaceInfo, name string) ([]string, error)
+}
+
+// ResourceResolverFunc is an adapter so that functions can implement ResourceResolver.
+type ResourceResolverFunc func(ctx context.Context, ns claims.NamespaceInfo, name string) ([]string, error)
+
+func (r ResourceResolverFunc) Resolve(ctx context.Context, ns claims.NamespaceInfo, name string) ([]string, error) {
+	return r(ctx, ns, name)
+}
+
+type ResourceAuthorizerOptions struct {
+	// Resource is the resource name in plural.
+	Resource string
+	// Attr is attribute used for resource scope. It's usually 'id' or 'uid'
+	// depending on what is stored for the resource.
+	Attr string
+	// Mapping is used to translate k8s verb to rbac action.
+	// Key is the desired verb and value the rbac action it should be translated into.
+	Mapping map[string]string
+	// Resolver if passed can translate into one or more scopes used to authorize resource.
+	// This is useful when stored scopes are based on something else than k8s name or
+	// for resources that inherit permission from folder.
+	Resolver ResourceResolver
+}
+
+var _ claims.AccessClient = (*LegacyAccessClient)(nil)
+
+func NewLegacyAccessClient(ac AccessControl, opts ...ResourceAuthorizerOptions) *LegacyAccessClient {
+	stored := map[string]ResourceAuthorizerOptions{}
+
+	for _, o := range opts {
+		if o.Mapping == nil {
+			o.Mapping = map[string]string{}
+		}
+		stored[o.Resource] = o
+	}
+
+	return &LegacyAccessClient{ac.WithoutResolvers(), stored}
+}
+
+type LegacyAccessClient struct {
+	ac   AccessControl
+	opts map[string]ResourceAuthorizerOptions
+}
+
+// HasAccess implements claims.AccessClient.
+func (c *LegacyAccessClient) HasAccess(ctx context.Context, id claims.AuthInfo, req claims.AccessRequest) (bool, error) {
+	ident, ok := id.(identity.Requester)
+	if !ok {
+		return false, errors.New("expected identity.Requester for legacy access control")
+	}
+
+	opts, ok := c.opts[req.Resource]
+	if !ok {
+		// For now we fallback to grafana admin if no options are found for resource.
+		if ident.GetIsGrafanaAdmin() {
+			return true, nil
+		}
+		return false, nil
+	}
+
+	action, ok := opts.Mapping[req.Verb]
+	if !ok {
+		return false, fmt.Errorf("missing action for %s %s", req.Verb, req.Resource)
+	}
+
+	ns, err := claims.ParseNamespace(req.Namespace)
+	if err != nil {
+		return false, err
+	}
+
+	var eval Evaluator
+	if req.Name != "" {
+		if opts.Resolver != nil {
+			scopes, err := opts.Resolver.Resolve(ctx, ns, req.Name)
+			if err != nil {
+				return false, err
+			}
+			eval = EvalPermission(action, scopes...)
+		} else {
+			eval = EvalPermission(action, fmt.Sprintf("%s:%s:%s", opts.Resource, opts.Attr, req.Name))
+		}
+	} else if req.Verb == "list" {
+		// For list request we need to filter out in storage layer.
+		eval = EvalPermission(action)
+	} else {
+		// Assuming that all non list request should have a valid name
+		return false, fmt.Errorf("unhandled authorization: %s %s", req.Group, req.Verb)
+	}
+
+	return c.ac.Evaluate(ctx, ident, eval)
+}
+
+// Compile implements claims.AccessClient.
+func (c *LegacyAccessClient) Compile(ctx context.Context, id claims.AuthInfo, req claims.AccessRequest) (claims.AccessChecker, error) {
+	ident, ok := id.(identity.Requester)
+	if !ok {
+		return nil, errors.New("expected identity.Requester for legacy access control")
+	}
+
+	opts, ok := c.opts[req.Resource]
+	if !ok {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("unsupported resource: %s", req.Resource)
+	}
+
+	action, ok := opts.Mapping[req.Verb]
+	if !ok {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("missing action for %s %s", req.Verb, req.Resource)
+	}
+
+	check := Checker(ident, action)
+	return func(_, name string) bool {
+		return check(fmt.Sprintf("%s:%s:%s", opts.Resource, opts.Attr, name))
+	}, nil
+}
diff --git a/pkg/services/accesscontrol/authorizer_test.go b/pkg/services/accesscontrol/authorizer_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..b53de0326dc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/services/accesscontrol/authorizer_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,118 @@
+package accesscontrol_test
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+
+	"github.com/grafana/authlib/claims"
+	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/apimachinery/identity"
+	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/services/accesscontrol"
+	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/services/accesscontrol/acimpl"
+	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/services/authz/zanzana"
+	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/services/featuremgmt"
+)
+
+func TestResourceAuthorizer_HasAccess(t *testing.T) {
+	ac := acimpl.ProvideAccessControl(featuremgmt.WithFeatures(), zanzana.NewNoopClient())
+
+	t.Run("should have no opinion for non resource requests", func(t *testing.T) {
+		a := accesscontrol.NewLegacyAccessClient(ac, accesscontrol.ResourceAuthorizerOptions{
+			Resource: "dashboards",
+			Attr:     "uid",
+		})
+
+		ok, err := a.HasAccess(context.Background(), &identity.StaticRequester{}, claims.AccessRequest{
+			Verb:      "get",
+			Resource:  "dashboards",
+			Namespace: "default",
+			Name:      "1",
+		})
+		assert.Error(t, err)
+		assert.Equal(t, false, ok)
+	})
+
+	t.Run("should reject when user don't have correct scope", func(t *testing.T) {
+		a := accesscontrol.NewLegacyAccessClient(ac, accesscontrol.ResourceAuthorizerOptions{
+			Resource: "dashboards",
+			Attr:     "uid",
+			Mapping: map[string]string{
+				"get": "dashboards:read",
+			},
+		})
+
+		ident := newIdent(
+			accesscontrol.Permission{Action: "dashboards:read", Scope: "dashboards:uid:2"},
+		)
+
+		ok, err := a.HasAccess(context.Background(), ident, claims.AccessRequest{
+			Verb:      "get",
+			Namespace: "default",
+			Resource:  "dashboards",
+			Name:      "1",
+		})
+
+		assert.NoError(t, err)
+		assert.Equal(t, false, ok)
+	})
+
+	t.Run("should just check action for list requests", func(t *testing.T) {
+		a := accesscontrol.NewLegacyAccessClient(ac, accesscontrol.ResourceAuthorizerOptions{
+			Resource: "dashboards",
+			Attr:     "uid",
+			Mapping: map[string]string{
+				"list": "dashboards:read",
+			},
+		})
+
+		ident := newIdent(
+			accesscontrol.Permission{Action: "dashboards:read"},
+		)
+
+		ok, err := a.HasAccess(context.Background(), ident, claims.AccessRequest{
+			Verb:      "list",
+			Namespace: "default",
+			Resource:  "dashboards",
+		})
+
+		assert.NoError(t, err)
+		assert.Equal(t, true, ok)
+	})
+
+	t.Run("should allow when user have correct scope", func(t *testing.T) {
+		a := accesscontrol.NewLegacyAccessClient(ac, accesscontrol.ResourceAuthorizerOptions{
+			Resource: "dashboards",
+			Attr:     "uid",
+			Mapping: map[string]string{
+				"get": "dashboards:read",
+			},
+		})
+
+		ident := newIdent(
+			accesscontrol.Permission{Action: "dashboards:read", Scope: "dashboards:uid:1"},
+		)
+
+		ok, err := a.HasAccess(context.Background(), ident, claims.AccessRequest{
+			Verb:      "get",
+			Namespace: "default",
+			Resource:  "dashboards",
+			Name:      "1",
+		})
+
+		assert.NoError(t, err)
+		assert.Equal(t, true, ok)
+	})
+}
+
+func newIdent(permissions ...accesscontrol.Permission) *identity.StaticRequester {
+	pmap := map[string][]string{}
+	for _, p := range permissions {
+		pmap[p.Action] = append(pmap[p.Action], p.Scope)
+	}
+
+	return &identity.StaticRequester{
+		OrgID:       1,
+		Permissions: map[int64]map[string][]string{1: pmap},
+	}
+}
diff --git a/pkg/services/accesscontrol/checker.go b/pkg/services/accesscontrol/checker.go
index 1b0e7d48e03..94095edfca1 100644
--- a/pkg/services/accesscontrol/checker.go
+++ b/pkg/services/accesscontrol/checker.go
@@ -1,15 +1,12 @@
 package accesscontrol
 
 import (
-	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/services/user"
+	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/apimachinery/identity"
 )
 
-func Checker(user *user.SignedInUser, action string) func(scopes ...string) bool {
-	if user.Permissions == nil || user.Permissions[user.OrgID] == nil {
-		return func(scopes ...string) bool { return false }
-	}
-
-	userScopes, ok := user.Permissions[user.OrgID][action]
+func Checker(user identity.Requester, action string) func(scopes ...string) bool {
+	permissions := user.GetPermissions()
+	userScopes, ok := permissions[action]
 	if !ok {
 		return func(scopes ...string) bool { return false }
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/services/accesscontrol/mock/mock.go b/pkg/services/accesscontrol/mock/mock.go
index ef6f50b9d93..747df53d23e 100644
--- a/pkg/services/accesscontrol/mock/mock.go
+++ b/pkg/services/accesscontrol/mock/mock.go
@@ -265,3 +265,8 @@ func (m *Mock) SyncUserRoles(ctx context.Context, orgID int64, cmd accesscontrol
 	}
 	return nil
 }
+
+// WithoutResolvers implements fullAccessControl.
+func (m *Mock) WithoutResolvers() accesscontrol.AccessControl {
+	return m
+}
diff --git a/pkg/services/apiserver/auth/authorizer/resource.go b/pkg/services/apiserver/auth/authorizer/resource.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a2c0a05534a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/services/apiserver/auth/authorizer/resource.go
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+package authorizer
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"errors"
+
+	"github.com/grafana/authlib/claims"
+	"k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/authorization/authorizer"
+)
+
+func NewResourceAuthorizer(c claims.AccessClient) authorizer.Authorizer {
+	return ResourceAuthorizer{c}
+}
+
+// ResourceAuthorizer is used to translate authorizer.Authorizer calls to claims.AccessClient calls
+type ResourceAuthorizer struct {
+	c claims.AccessClient
+}
+
+func (r ResourceAuthorizer) Authorize(ctx context.Context, attr authorizer.Attributes) (authorizer.Decision, string, error) {
+	if !attr.IsResourceRequest() {
+		return authorizer.DecisionNoOpinion, "", nil
+	}
+
+	ident, ok := claims.From(ctx)
+	if !ok {
+		return authorizer.DecisionDeny, "", errors.New("no identity found for request")
+	}
+
+	ok, err := r.c.HasAccess(ctx, ident, claims.AccessRequest{
+		Verb:        attr.GetVerb(),
+		Group:       attr.GetAPIGroup(),
+		Resource:    attr.GetResource(),
+		Namespace:   attr.GetNamespace(),
+		Name:        attr.GetName(),
+		Subresource: attr.GetSubresource(),
+		Path:        attr.GetPath(),
+	})
+
+	if err != nil {
+		return authorizer.DecisionDeny, "", err
+	}
+
+	if !ok {
+		return authorizer.DecisionDeny, "unauthorized request", nil
+	}
+
+	return authorizer.DecisionAllow, "", nil
+}
diff --git a/pkg/services/ngalert/accesscontrol/testing.go b/pkg/services/ngalert/accesscontrol/testing.go
index 38909578d30..7b79a533a8d 100644
--- a/pkg/services/ngalert/accesscontrol/testing.go
+++ b/pkg/services/ngalert/accesscontrol/testing.go
@@ -32,8 +32,8 @@ func (a *recordingAccessControlFake) RegisterScopeAttributeResolver(prefix strin
 	panic("implement me")
 }
 
-func (a *recordingAccessControlFake) IsDisabled() bool {
-	return a.Disabled
+func (a *recordingAccessControlFake) WithoutResolvers() accesscontrol.AccessControl {
+	panic("unimplemented")
 }
 
 var _ accesscontrol.AccessControl = &recordingAccessControlFake{}
diff --git a/pkg/services/ngalert/api/testing.go b/pkg/services/ngalert/api/testing.go
index 8b85525de78..cb9dba0a02d 100644
--- a/pkg/services/ngalert/api/testing.go
+++ b/pkg/services/ngalert/api/testing.go
@@ -129,6 +129,11 @@ func (a *recordingAccessControlFake) RegisterScopeAttributeResolver(prefix strin
 	panic("implement me")
 }
 
+func (a *recordingAccessControlFake) WithoutResolvers() ac.AccessControl {
+	// TODO implement me
+	panic("implement me")
+}
+
 func (a *recordingAccessControlFake) IsDisabled() bool {
 	return a.Disabled
 }