How to move an azure subscription from one tenant to another.
Have you ever wondered if you can move an Azure Subscription from one tenant to another? In this article we will walk through the steps of moving an Azure Subscription from one tenant to another. If you already have an active Azure subscription, jump to step 7.
First access the your MPN Azure Subscription via the link https://my.visualstudio.com/Benefits
You would get an option to activate your Azure Subscription if you have just purchased it.
You will be asked to complete a registration form and agreement.
After filling the form > it would start the process of setting up your Azure subscription
Once your azure subscription is set up you will be redirected to https://portal.azure.com
Navigate to the Subscriptions blade via https://portal.azure.com/?feature.quickstart=true#blade/Microsoft_Azure_Billing/SubscriptionsBlade
For this exercise we will be using 2 tenants. We will be moving the Azure subscription from the source tenant (tenantA.com) to the destination tenant (tenantB.com)
Source Tenant: TenantA.com
Destination Tenant: TenantB.com
Now that your Subscription is associated to a tenant (tenantA.com), let’s start moving the subscription from one tenant to another tenant (tenantB.com)
Start by adding the Destination tenant directory (tenantB.com) to the Source Directory (tenantA.com).
To add the destination directory (tenantB.com) the user in the source directory (tenantA.com), needs to be added to the destination directory (tenantB.com) as an Azure B2B Guest user. To know more about this process, feel free to refer to one of my previous blog posts "How to add a guest user to a tenant via Azure B2B"
By doing this the user in the source directory (tenantA.com), will be able to switch directories to the destination directory (tenantB.com)
Sign in to the destination directory (tenantB.com) via portal.azure.com > Azure Active Directory > Users > New Guest User
You can also do this via PowerShell: Connect-AzureAD -AccountId [email protected]
New-AzureADMSInvitation -InvitedUserDisplayName "Name of the User" -InvitedUserEmailAddress [email protected] -InviteRedirectURL https://myapps.azure.com -SendInvitationMessage $true
Once the user is added as a guest > Navigate to the source directory (tenantA.com) > Click on the Profile Picture > Switch directory >
If you see the other Destination Directory (tenantB.com), you know that another directory is added.
Then navigate to the subscriptions tab in the source directory (tenantA.com) https://portal.azure.com/?feature.quickstart=true#blade/Microsoft_Azure_Billing/SubscriptionsBlade
Click on “Change Directory”
Select the directory that you want to move this subscription to, Destination Directory (tenantB.com) > Change:
This process will take approx. 5 minutes and then the subscription will be moved to the Destination Directory (tenantB.com).
If you are looking to transfer ownership of an Azure subscription to another account including billing, feel free to look at a Microsoft Article as well. https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/billing/billing-subscription-transfer
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