Azure: You do not have any subscriptions in the directory

Question

I have a windows account (hotmail.com) that has an associated MSDN Enterprise subscription.

I'm working for a company that has a PAYG subscription and they want to give me access so I can deploy websites, VMs etc.

They made me "co-administrator" but when I login to the portal and switch to that directory I get a "No subscriptions" notification. "You do not have access to any subscriptions in the << redacted >> directory".

In their directory I was a "User" so I thought changing that to "Global Administrator" would help. But I get the same message.

What are we missing?

Answer 1

In the classic portal (https://manage.windowsazure.com), adding you as a co-administrator is enough to give you full access to the subscription.

However, in the new portal (https://portal.azure.com), you should be added as a Co-Owner through the RBAC system. Someone with an appropriate role should go to Browse > Subscriptions > "subscription_name" > All settings > Users to add you with the Owner role for example.

Does it help?

Answer 2

My issue was a little bit different, I had 2 directories, both associated with the same users that got me into the error of not recognising the subscription for any directory.

I just deleted the directory I created and left the subscription associated to "the default directory" via settings in the old portal and it worked like a charm.