The request did not have a subscription or a valid tenant level resource provider.

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The request did not have a subscription or a valid tenant level resource provider.

Arun Kumar 5

When i trying to run command

az ad sp create-for-rbac --role="Contributor" --scopes="/subscription/<<Subscription ID>>"

I am getting error as

(MissingSubscription) The request did not have a subscription or a valid tenant level resource provider.

Code: MissingSubscription

Message: The request did not have a subscription or a valid tenant level resource provider.

I just created a new azure account where Free Trial subscription is available with subscription ID

Sandeep G-MSFT 21,141 Reputation points Microsoft Employee Moderator

2023-09-13T10:56:18.35+00:00

@Arun Kumar

I am working on this thread. I am able to reproduce this issue on my lab. i will check for solution and will keep you updated.

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Sandeep G-MSFT 21,141 Reputation points Microsoft Employee Moderator

2023-09-13T10:56:18.35+00:00

@Arun Kumar

I am working on this thread. I am able to reproduce this issue on my lab. i will check for solution and will keep you updated.

Answer 1

Staffan Hedström - HMS 145

Hello!

I just ran into this issue. This had worked before but for me the issue was the first forward slash / after --scopes. So this works:

az role assignment create --assignee <appId> --role Contributor --scope subscriptions/<subscriptionId>

But not:

az role assignment create --assignee <appId> --role Contributor --scope /subscriptions/<subscriptionId>

Christer Blomqvist 15 Reputation points

2025-06-24T09:43:15.59+00:00

In Git Bash you can solve this by setting MSYS_NO_PATHCONV=1 to tell it to not try and convert any absolute Unix style path to a Windows style path.

So, this will work fine:
MSYS_NO_PATHCONV=1 az role assignment create --assignee <appId> --role Contributor --scope /subscriptions/<subscriptionId>
Carlos Jimenez Uribe-echeverría 5 Reputation points

2026-02-03T16:01:05.64+00:00

Thank you @Christer Blomqvist for your neat trick to make the problem go away implicitly!

In my case (in Git Bash in a Windows 11) your example didn't work "as is". The tweak to make it work was negligible though, just had to add the "export" to export it as an env variable:

export MSYS_NO_PATHCONV=1

After that, the very same az role assignment create command, which earlier was returning this same MissingSubscription error, worked fine without the need to edit the --scope variable itself.

Answer 2

Garsha Rostami 131

I ran into a similar situation as @Staffan Hedström - HMS reporting. I think this is a bug in some terminals such as git bash. Like Staffan, I had to remove the leading "/" in "/subscriptions".

Christer Blomqvist 15 Reputation points

2025-06-24T09:44:48.91+00:00

It is a feature where Git Bash must behind the scenes convert Unix style paths to Windows style paths.

Setting MSYS_NO_PATHCONV=1 tells Git Bash to not try and convert any absolute Unix style path to a Windows style path. So, this will work fine:
MSYS_NO_PATHCONV=1 az role assignment create --assignee <appId> --role Contributor --scope /subscriptions/<subscriptionId>

Answer 3

Luis Cantero 10

According to the following SO thread, using a double slash just before subscription should work, e.g.: --scopes="//subscription/<<Subscription ID>>" https://stackoverflow.com/questions/69453392/az-tag-update-error-missingsubscription-the-request-did-not-have-a-subscripti

João Pedro Bervalt 5 Reputation points

2024-02-06T16:34:19.02+00:00

As you said, this "double slash" should work. However, I tried using the subscription ID with double and single slash. In my case, both worked fine, I think it was corrected in some update.

Answer 4

Sandeep G-MSFT 21,141 Microsoft Employee Moderator

@Arun Kumar

Command line az ad sp create-for-rbac --role="Contributor" --scopes="/subscription/<<Subscription ID>>" is incorrect.

You will have to mention as "Subscriptions" in the command line instead you have mentioned as Subscription.

You can use below command line to fix the issue,

az ad sp create-for-rbac --role 'Contributor' --scopes '/subscriptions/<<Subscription ID>>'

Let me know if you have any further questions on this.

Please "Accept the answer" if the information helped you. This will help us and others in the community as well.

Givary-MSFT 35,786 Reputation points Microsoft Employee Moderator

2023-10-06T07:29:18.9066667+00:00

@Arun Kumar Just checking in to see if above information was helpful. If you have any further updates on this issue, please feel free to post back.

Please remember to "Accept Answer" if answer helped, so that others in the community facing similar issues can easily find the solution.

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