diff --git a/glauth.md b/glauth.md
index 4c3659f..0b57f55 100644
--- a/glauth.md
+++ b/glauth.md
@@ -67,6 +67,12 @@ GLAuth config — it must be provisioned before dashboard authn or the
 LDAP live tests work. See [Provisioning the GwAdmin
 group](#provisioning-the-gwadmin-group) below.
 
+> **Dashboard role value (Task 1.7):** the LDAP `GwAdmin` group now maps to
+> the canonical dashboard role **`Administrator`** (was `Admin`); `GwReader`
+> maps to `Viewer`. This is a pure value rename via
+> `MxGateway:Dashboard:GroupToRole` — same operations are authorized. (This
+> dashboard role is distinct from the lowercase gRPC `admin` *API-key scope*.)
+
 ## Two bind patterns
 
 ### 1. Direct bind (simplest)
diff --git a/src/ZB.MOM.WW.MxGateway.Server/Dashboard/DashboardRoles.cs b/src/ZB.MOM.WW.MxGateway.Server/Dashboard/DashboardRoles.cs
index fa0b6b7..3caf61a 100644
--- a/src/ZB.MOM.WW.MxGateway.Server/Dashboard/DashboardRoles.cs
+++ b/src/ZB.MOM.WW.MxGateway.Server/Dashboard/DashboardRoles.cs
@@ -8,8 +8,10 @@ public static class DashboardRoles
 {
     /// <summary>
     /// Read-write access: API-key CRUD, settings, any state-changing UI.
+    /// Canonical role value (Task 1.7); formerly <c>"Admin"</c> — pure value
+    /// rename, the operations this role authorizes are unchanged.
     /// </summary>
-    public const string Admin = "Admin";
+    public const string Admin = "Administrator";
 
     /// <summary>
     /// Read-only access: all pages render but write affordances are hidden.
diff --git a/src/ZB.MOM.WW.MxGateway.Server/appsettings.json b/src/ZB.MOM.WW.MxGateway.Server/appsettings.json
index f14bc39..f18ae0d 100644
--- a/src/ZB.MOM.WW.MxGateway.Server/appsettings.json
+++ b/src/ZB.MOM.WW.MxGateway.Server/appsettings.json
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@
       "RecentSessionLimit": 200,
       "ShowTagValues": false,
       "GroupToRole": {
-        "GwAdmin": "Admin",
+        "GwAdmin": "Administrator",
         "GwReader": "Viewer"
       }
     },
diff --git a/src/ZB.MOM.WW.MxGateway.Tests/Configuration/GatewayOptionsTests.cs b/src/ZB.MOM.WW.MxGateway.Tests/Configuration/GatewayOptionsTests.cs
index 2a5aac4..fcb8174 100644
--- a/src/ZB.MOM.WW.MxGateway.Tests/Configuration/GatewayOptionsTests.cs
+++ b/src/ZB.MOM.WW.MxGateway.Tests/Configuration/GatewayOptionsTests.cs
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ public sealed class GatewayOptionsTests
     [InlineData("MxGateway:Events:QueueCapacity", "0", "MxGateway:Events:QueueCapacity must be greater than zero.")]
     [InlineData("MxGateway:Protocol:MaxGrpcMessageBytes", "0", "MxGateway:Protocol:MaxGrpcMessageBytes must be between")]
     [InlineData("MxGateway:Authentication:PepperSecretName", "", "MxGateway:Authentication:PepperSecretName is required")]
-    [InlineData("MxGateway:Dashboard:GroupToRole:GwAdmin", "Sysadmin", "MxGateway:Dashboard:GroupToRole['GwAdmin'] must be 'Admin' or 'Viewer'.")]
+    [InlineData("MxGateway:Dashboard:GroupToRole:GwAdmin", "Sysadmin", "MxGateway:Dashboard:GroupToRole['GwAdmin'] must be 'Administrator' or 'Viewer'.")]
     public void Validation_InvalidConfiguration_FailsClearly(string key, string value, string expectedFailure)
     {
         OptionsValidationException exception = Assert.Throws<OptionsValidationException>(() =>
diff --git a/src/ZB.MOM.WW.MxGateway.Tests/Gateway/Dashboard/DashboardGroupRoleMapperTests.cs b/src/ZB.MOM.WW.MxGateway.Tests/Gateway/Dashboard/DashboardGroupRoleMapperTests.cs
index 7d02fed..935f7c7 100644
--- a/src/ZB.MOM.WW.MxGateway.Tests/Gateway/Dashboard/DashboardGroupRoleMapperTests.cs
+++ b/src/ZB.MOM.WW.MxGateway.Tests/Gateway/Dashboard/DashboardGroupRoleMapperTests.cs
@@ -85,6 +85,41 @@ public sealed class DashboardGroupRoleMapperTests
         Assert.Empty(result.Roles);
     }
 
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Task 1.7 (canonical roles): an LDAP user in the admin group must resolve
+    /// to the canonical role value <c>"Administrator"</c> (not the legacy
+    /// <c>"Admin"</c>), and the reader group to <c>"Viewer"</c>. Asserted with
+    /// string LITERALS — independent of <see cref="DashboardRoles"/> — so a
+    /// regression on the constant's value is caught here.
+    /// </summary>
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task MapAsync_AdminGroup_ResolvesToCanonicalAdministratorValue()
+    {
+        DashboardGroupRoleMapper mapper = CreateMapper(StandardMapping());
+
+        GroupRoleMapping<string> adminResult = await mapper.MapAsync(["GwAdmin"], CancellationToken.None);
+        GroupRoleMapping<string> readerResult = await mapper.MapAsync(["GwReader"], CancellationToken.None);
+
+        Assert.Equal("Administrator", Assert.Single(adminResult.Roles));
+        Assert.Equal("Viewer", Assert.Single(readerResult.Roles));
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Task 1.7: the canonical admin value (<c>"Administrator"</c>) passes the
+    /// admin-only gate while a <c>"Viewer"</c> fails it — asserted with literals,
+    /// proving enforcement is bound to the new value and the legacy <c>"Admin"</c>
+    /// string is no longer what authorizes admin actions.
+    /// </summary>
+    [Fact]
+    public void AdminOnly_AuthorizesCanonicalAdministratorButNotViewer()
+    {
+        IReadOnlyList<string> adminGate = DashboardAuthorizationRequirement.AdminOnly.RequiredRoles;
+
+        Assert.Contains("Administrator", adminGate);
+        Assert.DoesNotContain("Admin", adminGate);
+        Assert.DoesNotContain("Viewer", adminGate);
+    }
+
     /// <summary>
     /// Verifies the extracted shared helper is the single source of truth: it
     /// produces the same roles the mapper does for the same inputs.
diff --git a/src/ZB.MOM.WW.MxGateway.Tests/Gateway/GatewayApplicationTests.cs b/src/ZB.MOM.WW.MxGateway.Tests/Gateway/GatewayApplicationTests.cs
index 22aeed2..887bffe 100644
--- a/src/ZB.MOM.WW.MxGateway.Tests/Gateway/GatewayApplicationTests.cs
+++ b/src/ZB.MOM.WW.MxGateway.Tests/Gateway/GatewayApplicationTests.cs
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ public sealed class GatewayApplicationTests
     [InlineData(
         "MxGateway:Dashboard:GroupToRole:GwAdmin",
         "BogusRole",
-        "MxGateway:Dashboard:GroupToRole['GwAdmin'] must be 'Admin' or 'Viewer'.")]
+        "MxGateway:Dashboard:GroupToRole['GwAdmin'] must be 'Administrator' or 'Viewer'.")]
     [InlineData(
         "MxGateway:Ldap:AllowInsecure",
         "false",