diff --git a/pkg/services/navtree/navtreeimpl/navtree.go b/pkg/services/navtree/navtreeimpl/navtree.go
index 8c41fb18173..62d0a07e8c4 100644
--- a/pkg/services/navtree/navtreeimpl/navtree.go
+++ b/pkg/services/navtree/navtreeimpl/navtree.go
@@ -396,8 +396,15 @@ func (s *ServiceImpl) buildAlertNavLinks(c *contextmodel.ReqContext) *navtree.Na
 		alertChildNavs = append(alertChildNavs, &navtree.NavLink{Text: "Notification policies", SubTitle: "Determine how alerts are routed to contact points", Id: "am-routes", Url: s.cfg.AppSubURL + "/alerting/routes", Icon: "sitemap"})
 	}
 
-	if hasAccess(ac.EvalAny(ac.EvalPermission(ac.ActionAlertingInstanceRead), ac.EvalPermission(ac.ActionAlertingInstancesExternalRead))) {
+	if hasAccess(ac.EvalAny(
+		ac.EvalPermission(ac.ActionAlertingInstanceRead),
+		ac.EvalPermission(ac.ActionAlertingInstancesExternalRead),
+		ac.EvalPermission(ac.ActionAlertingSilencesRead),
+	)) {
 		alertChildNavs = append(alertChildNavs, &navtree.NavLink{Text: "Silences", SubTitle: "Stop notifications from one or more alerting rules", Id: "silences", Url: s.cfg.AppSubURL + "/alerting/silences", Icon: "bell-slash"})
+	}
+
+	if hasAccess(ac.EvalAny(ac.EvalPermission(ac.ActionAlertingInstanceRead), ac.EvalPermission(ac.ActionAlertingInstancesExternalRead))) {
 		alertChildNavs = append(alertChildNavs, &navtree.NavLink{Text: "Alert groups", SubTitle: "See grouped alerts from an Alertmanager instance", Id: "groups", Url: s.cfg.AppSubURL + "/alerting/groups", Icon: "layer-group"})
 	}
 
diff --git a/public/app/features/alerting/routes.tsx b/public/app/features/alerting/routes.tsx
index f00ebfa8c20..a481cade4ab 100644
--- a/public/app/features/alerting/routes.tsx
+++ b/public/app/features/alerting/routes.tsx
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ export function getAlertingRoutes(cfg = config): RouteDescriptor[] {
       roles: evaluateAccess([
         AccessControlAction.AlertingInstanceRead,
         AccessControlAction.AlertingInstancesExternalRead,
+        AccessControlAction.AlertingSilenceRead,
       ]),
       component: importAlertingComponent(
         () => import(/* webpackChunkName: "AlertSilences" */ 'app/features/alerting/unified/Silences')
diff --git a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/Silences.test.tsx b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/Silences.test.tsx
index 7f338d58962..d3ce1e15afb 100644
--- a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/Silences.test.tsx
+++ b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/Silences.test.tsx
@@ -81,18 +81,6 @@ const ui = {
   },
 };
 
-const resetMocks = () => {
-  jest.resetAllMocks();
-
-  grantUserPermissions([
-    AccessControlAction.AlertingInstanceRead,
-    AccessControlAction.AlertingInstanceCreate,
-    AccessControlAction.AlertingInstanceUpdate,
-    AccessControlAction.AlertingInstancesExternalRead,
-    AccessControlAction.AlertingInstancesExternalWrite,
-  ]);
-};
-
 const setUserLogged = (isLogged: boolean) => {
   config.bootData.user.isSignedIn = isLogged;
   config.bootData.user.name = isLogged ? 'admin' : '';
@@ -115,12 +103,18 @@ const server = setupMswServer();
 
 beforeEach(() => {
   setupDataSources(dataSources.am, dataSources[MOCK_DATASOURCE_NAME_BROKEN_ALERTMANAGER]);
+  grantUserPermissions([
+    AccessControlAction.AlertingInstanceRead,
+    AccessControlAction.AlertingInstanceCreate,
+    AccessControlAction.AlertingInstanceUpdate,
+    AccessControlAction.AlertingInstancesExternalRead,
+    AccessControlAction.AlertingInstancesExternalWrite,
+  ]);
 });
 
-describe('Silences', () => {
-  beforeAll(resetMocks);
-  afterEach(resetMocks);
+afterEach(() => jest.resetAllMocks());
 
+describe('Silences', () => {
   it(
     'loads and shows silences',
     async () => {
@@ -211,8 +205,6 @@ describe('Silences', () => {
 
 describe('Silence create/edit', () => {
   const baseUrlPath = '/alerting/silence/new';
-  beforeAll(resetMocks);
-  afterEach(resetMocks);
 
   beforeEach(() => {
     mockAlertRuleApi(server).getAlertRule(MOCK_SILENCE_ID_EXISTING_ALERT_RULE_UID, grafanaRulerRule);
diff --git a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/GrafanaAlertmanagerDeliveryWarning.test.tsx b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/GrafanaAlertmanagerDeliveryWarning.test.tsx
index 90d33346d38..340bdd52ae7 100644
--- a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/GrafanaAlertmanagerDeliveryWarning.test.tsx
+++ b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/GrafanaAlertmanagerDeliveryWarning.test.tsx
@@ -5,14 +5,20 @@ import { Provider } from 'react-redux';
 import { setupMswServer } from 'app/features/alerting/unified/mockApi';
 import { setAlertmanagerChoices } from 'app/features/alerting/unified/mocks/server/configure';
 import { configureStore } from 'app/store/configureStore';
+import { AccessControlAction } from 'app/types/accessControl';
 
 import { AlertmanagerChoice } from '../../../../plugins/datasource/alertmanager/types';
+import { grantUserPermissions } from '../mocks';
 import { GRAFANA_RULES_SOURCE_NAME } from '../utils/datasource';
 
 import { GrafanaAlertmanagerDeliveryWarning } from './GrafanaAlertmanagerDeliveryWarning';
 setupMswServer();
 
 describe('GrafanaAlertmanagerDeliveryWarning', () => {
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    grantUserPermissions([AccessControlAction.AlertingNotificationsRead]);
+  });
+
   it('Should not render when the datasource is not Grafana', () => {
     setAlertmanagerChoices(AlertmanagerChoice.External, 0);
 
diff --git a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/GrafanaAlertmanagerDeliveryWarning.tsx b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/GrafanaAlertmanagerDeliveryWarning.tsx
index 03be297409f..38016674de7 100644
--- a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/GrafanaAlertmanagerDeliveryWarning.tsx
+++ b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/GrafanaAlertmanagerDeliveryWarning.tsx
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import { Alert, useStyles2 } from '@grafana/ui/src';
 
 import { AlertmanagerChoice } from '../../../../plugins/datasource/alertmanager/types';
 import { alertmanagerApi } from '../api/alertmanagerApi';
+import { AlertingAction, useAlertingAbility } from '../hooks/useAbilities';
 import { GRAFANA_RULES_SOURCE_NAME } from '../utils/datasource';
 
 interface GrafanaAlertmanagerDeliveryWarningProps {
@@ -14,12 +15,17 @@ interface GrafanaAlertmanagerDeliveryWarningProps {
 
 export function GrafanaAlertmanagerDeliveryWarning({ currentAlertmanager }: GrafanaAlertmanagerDeliveryWarningProps) {
   const styles = useStyles2(getStyles);
-  const viewingInternalAM = currentAlertmanager === GRAFANA_RULES_SOURCE_NAME;
+  const externalAlertmanager = currentAlertmanager !== GRAFANA_RULES_SOURCE_NAME;
+
+  const [readConfigurationStatusSupported, readConfigurationStatusAllowed] = useAlertingAbility(
+    AlertingAction.ReadConfigurationStatus
+  );
+  const canReadConfigurationStatus = readConfigurationStatusSupported && readConfigurationStatusAllowed;
 
   const { currentData: amChoiceStatus } = alertmanagerApi.endpoints.getGrafanaAlertingConfigurationStatus.useQuery(
     undefined,
     {
-      skip: !viewingInternalAM,
+      skip: externalAlertmanager || !canReadConfigurationStatus,
     }
   );
 
@@ -27,7 +33,7 @@ export function GrafanaAlertmanagerDeliveryWarning({ currentAlertmanager }: Graf
     amChoiceStatus?.alertmanagersChoice &&
     [AlertmanagerChoice.External, AlertmanagerChoice.All].includes(amChoiceStatus?.alertmanagersChoice);
 
-  if (!interactsWithExternalAMs || !viewingInternalAM) {
+  if (!interactsWithExternalAMs || externalAlertmanager) {
     return null;
   }
 
diff --git a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/silences/SilenceDetails.tsx b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/silences/SilenceDetails.tsx
index 4dfc8ab0782..2a8865a0f54 100644
--- a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/silences/SilenceDetails.tsx
+++ b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/silences/SilenceDetails.tsx
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ export const SilenceDetails = ({ silence }: Props) => {
       <div>{duration}</div>
       <div className={styles.title}>Created by</div>
       <div>{createdBy}</div>
-      {silencedAlerts.length > 0 && (
+      {Array.isArray(silencedAlerts) && (
         <>
           <div className={styles.title}>Affected alerts</div>
           <SilencedAlertsTable silencedAlerts={silencedAlerts} />
diff --git a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/silences/SilencesEditor.tsx b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/silences/SilencesEditor.tsx
index 8ffe1c4dd51..969d048e92e 100644
--- a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/silences/SilencesEditor.tsx
+++ b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/silences/SilencesEditor.tsx
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ import { MATCHER_ALERT_RULE_UID } from 'app/features/alerting/unified/utils/cons
 import { getDatasourceAPIUid, GRAFANA_RULES_SOURCE_NAME } from 'app/features/alerting/unified/utils/datasource';
 import { MatcherOperator, SilenceCreatePayload } from 'app/plugins/datasource/alertmanager/types';
 
+import { AlertmanagerAction, useAlertmanagerAbility } from '../../hooks/useAbilities';
 import { SilenceFormFields } from '../../types/silence-form';
 import { matcherFieldToMatcher } from '../../utils/alertmanager';
 import { makeAMLink } from '../../utils/misc';
@@ -113,6 +114,11 @@ export const SilencesEditor = ({
   onCancel,
   ruleUid,
 }: SilencesEditorProps) => {
+  const [previewAlertsSupported, previewAlertsAllowed] = useAlertmanagerAbility(
+    AlertmanagerAction.PreviewSilencedInstances
+  );
+  const canPreview = previewAlertsSupported && previewAlertsAllowed;
+
   const [createSilence, { isLoading }] = alertSilencesApi.endpoints.createSilence.useMutation();
   const formAPI = useForm({ defaultValues: formValues });
   const styles = useStyles2(getStyles);
@@ -236,7 +242,9 @@ export const SilencesEditor = ({
               />
             </Field>
           )}
-          <SilencedInstancesPreview amSourceName={alertManagerSourceName} matchers={matchers} ruleUid={ruleUid} />
+          {canPreview && (
+            <SilencedInstancesPreview amSourceName={alertManagerSourceName} matchers={matchers} ruleUid={ruleUid} />
+          )}
         </FieldSet>
         <Stack gap={1}>
           {isLoading && (
diff --git a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/silences/SilencesTable.tsx b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/silences/SilencesTable.tsx
index e37071e765c..f590cc4565a 100644
--- a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/silences/SilencesTable.tsx
+++ b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/silences/SilencesTable.tsx
@@ -16,12 +16,12 @@ import {
 import { useQueryParams } from 'app/core/hooks/useQueryParams';
 import { Trans } from 'app/core/internationalization';
 import { alertSilencesApi } from 'app/features/alerting/unified/api/alertSilencesApi';
-import { alertmanagerApi } from 'app/features/alerting/unified/api/alertmanagerApi';
 import { featureDiscoveryApi } from 'app/features/alerting/unified/api/featureDiscoveryApi';
 import { MATCHER_ALERT_RULE_UID, SILENCES_POLL_INTERVAL_MS } from 'app/features/alerting/unified/utils/constants';
 import { GRAFANA_RULES_SOURCE_NAME, getDatasourceAPIUid } from 'app/features/alerting/unified/utils/datasource';
 import { AlertmanagerAlert, Silence, SilenceState } from 'app/plugins/datasource/alertmanager/types';
 
+import { alertmanagerApi } from '../../api/alertmanagerApi';
 import { AlertmanagerAction, useAlertmanagerAbility } from '../../hooks/useAbilities';
 import { parseMatchers } from '../../utils/alertmanager';
 import { getSilenceFiltersFromUrlParams, makeAMLink, stringifyErrorLike } from '../../utils/misc';
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ import { SilenceStateTag } from './SilenceStateTag';
 import { SilencesFilter } from './SilencesFilter';
 
 export interface SilenceTableItem extends Silence {
-  silencedAlerts: AlertmanagerAlert[];
+  silencedAlerts: AlertmanagerAlert[] | undefined;
 }
 
 type SilenceTableColumnProps = DynamicTableColumnProps<SilenceTableItem>;
@@ -47,10 +47,15 @@ interface Props {
 const API_QUERY_OPTIONS = { pollingInterval: SILENCES_POLL_INTERVAL_MS, refetchOnFocus: true };
 
 const SilencesTable = ({ alertManagerSourceName }: Props) => {
+  const [previewAlertsSupported, previewAlertsAllowed] = useAlertmanagerAbility(
+    AlertmanagerAction.PreviewSilencedInstances
+  );
+  const canPreview = previewAlertsSupported && previewAlertsAllowed;
+
   const { data: alertManagerAlerts = [], isLoading: amAlertsIsLoading } =
     alertmanagerApi.endpoints.getAlertmanagerAlerts.useQuery(
       { amSourceName: alertManagerSourceName, filter: { silenced: true, active: true, inhibited: true } },
-      API_QUERY_OPTIONS
+      { ...API_QUERY_OPTIONS, skip: !canPreview }
     );
 
   const {
@@ -83,26 +88,26 @@ const SilencesTable = ({ alertManagerSourceName }: Props) => {
       return alertManagerAlerts.filter((alert) => alert.status.silencedBy.includes(id));
     };
     return filteredSilencesNotExpired.map((silence) => {
-      const silencedAlerts = findSilencedAlerts(silence.id);
+      const silencedAlerts = canPreview ? findSilencedAlerts(silence.id) : undefined;
       return {
         id: silence.id,
         data: { ...silence, silencedAlerts },
       };
     });
-  }, [filteredSilencesNotExpired, alertManagerAlerts]);
+  }, [filteredSilencesNotExpired, alertManagerAlerts, canPreview]);
 
   const itemsExpired = useMemo((): SilenceTableItemProps[] => {
     const findSilencedAlerts = (id: string) => {
       return alertManagerAlerts.filter((alert) => alert.status.silencedBy.includes(id));
     };
     return filteredSilencesExpired.map((silence) => {
-      const silencedAlerts = findSilencedAlerts(silence.id);
+      const silencedAlerts = canPreview ? findSilencedAlerts(silence.id) : undefined;
       return {
         id: silence.id,
         data: { ...silence, silencedAlerts },
       };
     });
-  }, [filteredSilencesExpired, alertManagerAlerts]);
+  }, [filteredSilencesExpired, alertManagerAlerts, canPreview]);
 
   if (isLoading || amAlertsIsLoading) {
     return <LoadingPlaceholder text="Loading silences..." />;
@@ -304,7 +309,7 @@ function useColumns(alertManagerSourceName: string) {
         id: 'alerts',
         label: 'Alerts silenced',
         renderCell: function renderSilencedAlerts({ data: { silencedAlerts } }) {
-          return <span data-testid="alerts">{silencedAlerts.length}</span>;
+          return <span data-testid="alerts">{Array.isArray(silencedAlerts) ? silencedAlerts.length : '-'}</span>;
         },
         size: 2,
       },
diff --git a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/hooks/__snapshots__/useAbilities.test.tsx.snap b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/hooks/__snapshots__/useAbilities.test.tsx.snap
index 02137bf67eb..c67bb2b2285 100644
--- a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/hooks/__snapshots__/useAbilities.test.tsx.snap
+++ b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/hooks/__snapshots__/useAbilities.test.tsx.snap
@@ -136,6 +136,10 @@ exports[`alertmanager abilities should report Create / Update / Delete actions a
     false,
     false,
   ],
+  "preview-silenced-alerts": [
+    true,
+    false,
+  ],
   "update-external-configuration": [
     false,
     false,
@@ -245,6 +249,10 @@ exports[`alertmanager abilities should report everything except exporting for Mi
     false,
     true,
   ],
+  "preview-silenced-alerts": [
+    true,
+    true,
+  ],
   "update-external-configuration": [
     true,
     true,
@@ -354,6 +362,10 @@ exports[`alertmanager abilities should report everything is supported for builti
     true,
     true,
   ],
+  "preview-silenced-alerts": [
+    true,
+    true,
+  ],
   "update-external-configuration": [
     true,
     false,
diff --git a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/hooks/useAbilities.ts b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/hooks/useAbilities.ts
index 84f77d1d03f..0c3bebba8b1 100644
--- a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/hooks/useAbilities.ts
+++ b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/hooks/useAbilities.ts
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ export enum AlertmanagerAction {
   CreateSilence = 'create-silence',
   ViewSilence = 'view-silence',
   UpdateSilence = 'update-silence',
+  PreviewSilencedInstances = 'preview-silenced-alerts',
 
   // mute timings
   ViewMuteTiming = 'view-mute-timing',
@@ -83,6 +84,7 @@ export enum AlertingAction {
   UpdateAlertRule = 'update-alert-rule',
   DeleteAlertRule = 'delete-alert-rule',
   ExportGrafanaManagedRules = 'export-grafana-managed-rules',
+  ReadConfigurationStatus = 'read-configuration-status',
 
   // external (any compatible alerting data source)
   CreateExternalAlertRule = 'create-external-alert-rule',
@@ -110,6 +112,11 @@ export const useAlertingAbilities = (): Abilities<AlertingAction> => {
     [AlertingAction.UpdateAlertRule]: toAbility(AlwaysSupported, AccessControlAction.AlertingRuleUpdate),
     [AlertingAction.DeleteAlertRule]: toAbility(AlwaysSupported, AccessControlAction.AlertingRuleDelete),
     [AlertingAction.ExportGrafanaManagedRules]: toAbility(AlwaysSupported, AccessControlAction.AlertingRuleRead),
+    [AlertingAction.ReadConfigurationStatus]: [
+      AlwaysSupported,
+      ctx.hasPermission(AccessControlAction.AlertingInstanceRead) ||
+        ctx.hasPermission(AccessControlAction.AlertingNotificationsRead),
+    ],
 
     // external
     [AlertingAction.CreateExternalAlertRule]: toAbility(AlwaysSupported, AccessControlAction.AlertingRuleExternalWrite),
@@ -241,6 +248,7 @@ export function useAllAlertmanagerAbilities(): Abilities<AlertmanagerAction> {
     [AlertmanagerAction.CreateSilence]: toAbility(AlwaysSupported, instancePermissions.create),
     [AlertmanagerAction.ViewSilence]: toAbility(AlwaysSupported, instancePermissions.read),
     [AlertmanagerAction.UpdateSilence]: toAbility(AlwaysSupported, instancePermissions.update),
+    [AlertmanagerAction.PreviewSilencedInstances]: toAbility(AlwaysSupported, instancePermissions.read),
     // -- mute timtings --
     [AlertmanagerAction.CreateMuteTiming]: toAbility(hasConfigurationAPI, notificationsPermissions.create),
     [AlertmanagerAction.ViewMuteTiming]: toAbility(AlwaysSupported, notificationsPermissions.read),
diff --git a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/utils/access-control.ts b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/utils/access-control.ts
index ea3a1021aac..edda81712ae 100644
--- a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/utils/access-control.ts
+++ b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/utils/access-control.ts
@@ -48,6 +48,21 @@ export const notificationsPermissions = {
   },
 };
 
+export const silencesPermissions = {
+  read: {
+    grafana: AccessControlAction.AlertingSilenceRead,
+    external: AccessControlAction.AlertingInstanceRead,
+  },
+  create: {
+    grafana: AccessControlAction.AlertingSilenceCreate,
+    external: AccessControlAction.AlertingInstancesExternalWrite,
+  },
+  update: {
+    grafana: AccessControlAction.AlertingSilenceUpdate,
+    external: AccessControlAction.AlertingInstancesExternalWrite,
+  },
+};
+
 export const provisioningPermissions = {
   read: AccessControlAction.AlertingProvisioningRead,
   readSecrets: AccessControlAction.AlertingProvisioningReadSecrets,
diff --git a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/utils/datasource.ts b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/utils/datasource.ts
index 600d72d9245..f4aed4ceacc 100644
--- a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/utils/datasource.ts
+++ b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/utils/datasource.ts
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ import { alertmanagerApi } from '../api/alertmanagerApi';
 import { useAlertManagersByPermission } from '../hooks/useAlertManagerSources';
 import { isAlertManagerWithConfigAPI } from '../state/AlertmanagerContext';
 
-import { instancesPermissions, notificationsPermissions } from './access-control';
+import { instancesPermissions, notificationsPermissions, silencesPermissions } from './access-control';
 import { getAllDataSources } from './config';
 
 export const GRAFANA_RULES_SOURCE_NAME = 'grafana';
@@ -144,9 +144,15 @@ export function getAlertManagerDataSourcesByPermission(permission: 'instance' |
   const permissions = {
     instance: instancesPermissions.read,
     notification: notificationsPermissions.read,
+    silence: silencesPermissions.read,
   };
 
-  if (contextSrv.hasPermission(permissions[permission].grafana)) {
+  const builtinAlertmanagerPermissions = Object.values(permissions).flatMap((permissions) => permissions.grafana);
+  const hasPermissionsForInternalAlertmanager = builtinAlertmanagerPermissions.some((permission) =>
+    contextSrv.hasPermission(permission)
+  );
+
+  if (hasPermissionsForInternalAlertmanager) {
     availableInternalDataSources.push(grafanaAlertManagerDataSource);
   }