How to create a Microsoft Azure subscription

Microsoft Azure is a public cloud computing service provided by Microsoft. It includes a lot of services:

• Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)
• Platform as a Service (PaaS)
• Database services, storage capabilities, virtual machines, IoT services, etc.

Create a Microsoft Azure subscription

Follow these steps to create a Microsoft Azure subscription:

Step 1: Sign in to the Azure portal

Sign in to the Azure portal by entering your credentials and clicking the “Sign in” button.

Step 2: Navigate to the subscriptions

Scroll down and click the “Subscriptions” tab.

Step 3: Add a subscription

Click the “Add” button to add a new subscription.

Step 4: Select your subscription

Select the subscription according to your requirements. It will navigate to the billing profile if it is not set up already.

Step 5: Billing account

Set up your billing profile by adding your credit card information.

Step 6: Create a subscription

Once the billing account is completed, go to the “Subscription” page and click the “Add” button.

Click the “Basic” tab and do the following:

• Write the subscription name.
• Select the billing account for the payment of the new subscription.
• Select the billing profile for the payment of the new subscription.
• Select the invoice section for the payment of the new subscription.
• Select your plan.
  • If you are using the subscription for development or testing purposes, select Microsoft Azure Plan for DevTest.
  • Select Microsoft Azure Plan otherwise.

Click the “Advanced” tab and do the following:

• Select the subscription directory. Your subscription will be attached to the selected Azure Active Directory (Azure AD).
• Select the management group. Your subscription will be attached to the selected Azure AD management group.
• Select the subscription owner. You can add multiple owners from the selected subscription directory only.

Tags

Enter the tag pairs for the Name and Value in the “Tags” tab.

Review + create

Go to the “Review + create” tab and confirm the subscription details. You’ll see a Validation passed message.

Once you review the subscription details, click the “Create” button to create the subscription.

We have created a Microsoft Azure subscription.