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Assign a Azure Subscription to a existing user

Gordon Beeming
Gordon Beeming

If you have logged into the Azure Management Portal and see a message like below then you need to have a azure subscription assigned to you in order to use the portal and this post is going to help you (probably your Administrator) assign a subscription to your account.

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To Get started from this point you'd need to login to the Azure Management Portal as an Administrator. One of the ways to assign a user a subscription is to buy one or you can add the user as a co-administrator of an existing subscription (if they would need to admin those resources). In this post we'll show you how to add a co-administrator. Click on the Settings tab and then the Administrators tab and then click on Add.

Azure Management Portal Settings - Administrators tab with Add button highlighted
Azure Management Portal: Navigating to Settings > Administrators and clicking Add.

This dialog is a simple one enter the email address of the user you want to add as a co-administrator and then check the subscription you want to add them to. You will notice that it will automatically detect the AAD that the account is linked to or if it is a MSA.

Azure Management Portal - Add co-administrator dialog with email and subscription selection
Azure Management Portal: Add co-administrator dialog showing email input and subscription selection.
Azure Management Portal - Add co-administrator dialog with AAD auto-detection
Azure Management Portal: Add co-administrator dialog with Azure Active Directory auto-detection.

Click on the tick, you will get a progress message

Azure Management Portal - Progress message after adding co-administrator
Azure Management Portal: Progress message displayed after initiating the co-administrator addition.

shortly followed by a success message

Azure Management Portal - Success message after adding co-administrator
Azure Management Portal: Success message confirming the co-administrator has been added.

At this point if you navigate back to the Azure Management Portal as the user you will be given access and will be shown a quick Azure Management Portal Tour.

Azure Management Portal Tour for the newly added user
Azure Management Portal: The newly added user is greeted with the Azure Management Portal Tour.
Gordon Beeming
Gordon Beeming

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