Getting error You are currently signed into the 'Azure AD B2C tenant' directory which does not have any subscriptions. when I try to create a resource in Azure AD B2C.
Please help I am new to Azure
Switch back to the directory where you have your subscription and create the resources there.
Don't take my answer as definitive, since I'm still a newbie, but at this point my understanding is this: B2C needs a new tenant because of the way it is designed (it isn't just an add-on for AD) and you link it to your subscription for billing purposes. But that's it. You don't need to create the resources for your app there, although I guess you could do it if you get a new subscription or transfer another one.
I already created a mobile app in my default tenant and successfully used the linked B2C tenant for authentication and I guess you've done that already. But since this was one of the few results that I got when I googled the message you quoted, I think it's worth sharing.
Have you done this ?
The Azure subscription has a trust relationship with Azure Active
Directory (Azure AD), which means that the subscription trusts Azure
AD to authenticate users, services, and devices. Multiple
subscriptions can trust the same Azure AD directory, but each
subscription can only trust a single directory.
Following link might help (check To associate an existing subscription to your Azure AD directory)
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/active-directory/fundamentals/active-directory-how-subscriptions-associated-directory
Azure AD B2C needs a Microsoft Azure Subscription for billing purposes. You're going to need 3 things to make that message go away:
Azure AD Tenant
MS Azure Subscription
Associate your Azure AD B2C tenant to the MS Azure Subscription
It's a bit strange as Azure AD B2C tenants feel very similar to Azure AD (and run on a lot of the the same infrastructure behind the scenes) ... but from a billing standpoint, they are almost treated like MS Azure resources (e.g. VM, App Service, etc)
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I started learning Microsoft Azure but I'm stuck
Can anyone tell me what is the difference between Microsoft account vs tenant vs Subscription in detail?
When you say "Microsoft account", this usually refers to personal Microsoft accounts (outlook.com/live.com/hotmail.com).
But it could also refer to organizational Azure Active Directory accounts.
They are both kinds of user accounts, both types can exist as members in an Azure Active Directory "tenant".
This tenant is basically an instance of Azure AD for your users, in your control.
When you log in to Azure, you are logging in to Azure AD.
An Azure subscription is where you deploy your services, create resources like databases etc.
A subscription is always linked to an Azure AD tenant.
The users in this linked tenant can be given roles in the subscription to access/modify resources.
If anyone wants access to the subscription, they need to be added to the Azure AD tenant first.
This can be done by creating them an account there, or by inviting them by their email as a "guest".
microsoft account: the one used to log in
tenant: your azure active directory (usually the default is [account].onmicrosoft.com
subscription: your microsoft azure subscription, the one used to create services/ deploy your applications
Following on from this question, I don't understand what the difference between an Azure Tenant, Azure Directory and Azure Active Directory.
When I log in to Azure and click my profile it lets me Switch Directory.
In my case I can switch to my company directory and also to the directory of another company where I have guest credits.
Does Directory in this context mean the same as Azure Active Directory?
The documentation says a tenant is:
Azure tenant: A dedicated and trusted instance of Azure AD that's
automatically created when your organization signs up for a Microsoft
cloud service subscription, such as Microsoft Azure, Microsoft Intune,
or Office 365. An Azure tenant represents a single organization.
So is Tenant the same as Directory in this case as well?
Yes, in this case the tenant is the same as an Azure AD. In the Azure portal you are changing Azure Active Directories when you use the Switch Directory feature. You can currently only be in the context of a single directory at a time; however, as the previous question you pointed to indicates, multiple subscriptions can be tied to a tenant/directory. So when you are in the context of a directory you'll see all the subscriptions under that tenant to which you have access to one or more resources based on security.
To be fair, I use Azure AD Tenant/Azure AD Directory interchangeably. The Portal UI calls them directories; however, the properties on resources, REST APIs, CLI commands, etc. all refer to it as a tenant.
Directory == Tenant.
When you utilize azure services, the TenantId will be requested. The TenantId is non other than the DirectoryId which can be found in the Properties tab within Azure Active Directory.
Furthermore, as answered in the link you provided:
"Subscriptions are tied to tenants. so 1 tenant can have many subscriptions, but not vice versa."
Azure Active Directory is Microsoft’s cloud-based identity and access management service, which helps your employees sign in and access resources
Tenant is a digital representation of the organization.
Azure Active Directory creating a directory objects in the form of tenant name. Azure Active Directory and tenants are interrelated.
In total, the Azure AD Tenant provides identity and access management (IAM) capabilities to applications and resources.
Link : https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/education/deploy/intro-azure-active-directory#what-is-an-azure-ad-tenant
I've created some Microsoft Live accounts for managing my Azure subscriptions (I've got five). I can log in using, for example, joe#mycompany.com and manage my web services using the public portal. I think I've got the hang of Azure Active Directory and the Domain Services that go along with it. So now I'm wondering, can I associate my domain ('mycompany.com') with an Azure Active Directory in my corporate portal, add my user 'joe' to it, and use 'joe#mycompany.com' to sign into the portal? That is, will the Azure Portals use Azure Active Directory for logins?
The Azure Portal allows users to sign in with both Azure AD Accounts AND Microsoft accounts (aka MSAs, LiveIDs, #outlook.com).
If you associate your domain with an Azure AD tenant, you'll be able to log in to the Azure portal with your Azure AD account.
It is important to note that if you have a joe#mycompany.com Microsoft account and a joe#mycompany.com Azure AD account (which you get by adding the mycompany.com domain to an Azure AD tenant and then creating joe#mycompany.com that tenant), you effectively have tow DIFFERENT ACCOUNTS. When you type in joe#mycompany.com, you'll see a prompt like this one:
You'll have to make sure you pick the right one since your existing Azure subscriptions will be associated with your MSA and any new ones you create with your Azure AD account will, by default, not be accessible to your MSA.
Your best bet is to setup an Azure AD tenant, migrate your Azure subscriptions from your MSA to your Azure AD tenant by transfering ownership of the subscription and ensure all new subscriptions are created with Azure AD accounts (and not MSAs). At that point, you can always pick Organizational account and not have to worry about which which Azure subscription is linked to which account.
Other relevant info:
Comprehensive explanation of MSAs, Azure AD and Azure Subscriptions
Creating an Azure subscription using an Azure AD tenant
I am trying out ad-b2c and boy even the first step is turning out to be extremely frustrating. Anyway here's my problem:
I have an existing subscription with a default directory which has its own mydefaultdirectory.onmicrosoft.com domain
According to instructions here: I should be able to create an ad-b2c tenant, and then go into the portal B2C features blade.
I created the tenant, which included me creating a custom ad-b2c directory. I had to choose another domain such as myadb2ctest.onmicrosoft.com.
I go to the portal under b2c blade, but now I have no subscription. This is because now I am logged in to the myadb2ctest directory rather than mydefaultdirectory which has my subscription.
I DO NOT want to create a new subscription. I just want this directory associated with my already existing subscription so I can try this thing out.
An Azure AD (and B2C) is a higher level object than a subscription in the portal user interface. That's why you lose your subscription view when selecting B2C.
Internally this will be linked to your subscription, otherwise Microsoft couldn't send you a bill. if you go to the B2C dashboard, there is text containing the linked subscription:
Subscription status
If there is no subscription linked, there is a warning in the B2C Dashboard:
No Subscription linked to this B2C tenant or the Subscription needs your attention.
And then you will need to take these actions:
This B2C tenant must be linked to an active Azure subscription for communication, support and billing.
If your Subscription status is No Subscription, please link this B2C tenant to an Azure subscription,
Switch Directories to the location of your target Azure subscription
Under Marketplace, search for and select 'B2C'
Select Create to link this B2C Tenant to a subscription
Unfortunately today B2C features cannot be turned on in an existing tenant.
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/active-directory-b2c/active-directory-b2c-faqs
Please make your B2C directory a default directory for an Azure Subscription. You could think of a B2C directory as a normal AAD during this process.
This process of switching the default directory can only be done through Azure Classic Portal using Service Admin (live account ONLY) for the subscription.
You could refer this article for further steps:
https://ballance.in/default-directory-of-an-azure-subscription/
I don't really understand why on this case. My company has an azure subscription for development/testing environment.
At the beginning I am co-admin on this subscription with my Microsoft account. Now I need to manage applications under Azure AD of that subscription. So my Microsoft Account is leveraged to Global Admin of this Azure AD.
But even my MS account is leveraged to Global Admin, I cannot see or have access to Azure AD.
After searching around and based on this article:
https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/dstfs/2015/12/23/issues-with-azure-active-directory-guest-users-in-aad-backed-visual-studio-team-services-accounts/
I am GUEST (user type) on Azure AD, so even I am global admin, I still cannot have access to this Azure AD.
From the link, this happens because:
One way you can become an AAD GUEST is when you are made a co-admin on an Azure subscription before being added to the AAD associated with it
It can be fixed by using powershell like #CtrlDo's answer. But you have to create an global admin with work/school account since this approach does not work with Microsoft account:
PowerShell - Connecting to Azure Active Directory using Microsoft Account
We have another approach which can be done in the UI that we think it's simpler:
Remove my account out of co-admins of subscription.
Remove my account out of Azure AD.
Add my account back to Azure AD as Global Admin.
Add my account back to be co-admin on subscription.
That does work perfectly
When you were added to the AAD, your user type might have been set to "guest"
See https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/documentation/articles/active-directory-create-users/ for more information.
See https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/dstfs/2015/12/23/issues-with-azure-active-directory-guest-users-in-aad-backed-visual-studio-team-services-accounts/ for an older post on how to view the issue in powershell and fix it.