How do I sign in to Azure from VS Code?

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How do I sign in to Azure from VS Code?

alma eyre 11

"Selected user account does not exist in tenant 'Microsoft Learn Sandbox' and cannot access the application 'aebc6443-996d-45c2-90f0-388ff96faa56' in that tenant. The account needs to be added as an external user in the tenant first. Please use a different account."

This is the error that I get when I click on "Sign in to Azure" from the Azure Functions extension in VS Code. This is not a step that is covered in the documentation (even in the pre-requisites) for creating an Azure Function. How do I resolve this? It is for all accounts, and it appears to be a missing step in the documentation. Creating a new Azure account does not solve this issue.

alma eyre 11 Reputation points

2022-01-16T20:33:02.093+00:00

I only have one directory (see below) in my Azure AD. Is the Microsoft Learn Sandbox a different directory? How do I find it? I tried searching for it in the Portal.

Also, I am not trying to access Microsoft Learn Sandbox. That is a red herring to me. I only copied and pasted it because it is exactly what appeared on my screen. All I am trying to do is Sign in to Azure from my Azure Functions extension in VSCode. Nothing more. Microsoft Learn Sandbox has nothing to do with what I am trying to do, so please consider that as information to help troubleshoot the error I am experiencing. However, please do not help me troubleshoot anything related to Microsoft Learn Sandbox, as that is not what I am interested in this time.

I am following instructions from this document:
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/learn/modules/develop-azure-functions/5-create-function-visual-studio-code

These are the same instructions that appear in other Azure Functions documents too. Every time and with every subscription, I get the same error when trying to sign in to Azure from the Azure Functions VS Code extension. So you should be aware that it isn't a bug that is only affecting my account. Every time someone tries to connect their Azure Functions extension in VSCode to their Azure subscription, they will be met with the same error, unless they have already done something to resolve this. What is the key step that I am missing? I could not find it in any documentation.

Since it is happening with every subscription, it should be easy to reproduce. After reproducing, please tell me an actual solution instead of just guessing. I will be happy to go through whatever troubleshooting steps I need to for the purpose of narrowing down the problem. But a wild guess isn't going to get me any closer to an answer.
Anto Shojan Bernard 1 Reputation point

2023-01-09T07:02:29.473+00:00

@MayankBargali-MSFT

Am having trouble signin into azure via vscode in mac.

While trying to signin, the login page opens and after successfull signin, the page says "you are signed in now and can close this page" but in vscode it doesn't reflect.
Abhijit Halder 0 Reputation points

2023-05-25T11:37:51.94+00:00

can i use service principal to log in ?
Paul Blaauboer 0 Reputation points

2023-09-01T09:59:19.59+00:00

Cannot login from Visual on Azure CLI, does not give me the option to use az login. What am I missing here?

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alma eyre 11 Reputation points

2022-01-16T20:33:02.093+00:00

I only have one directory (see below) in my Azure AD. Is the Microsoft Learn Sandbox a different directory? How do I find it? I tried searching for it in the Portal.

Also, I am not trying to access Microsoft Learn Sandbox. That is a red herring to me. I only copied and pasted it because it is exactly what appeared on my screen. All I am trying to do is Sign in to Azure from my Azure Functions extension in VSCode. Nothing more. Microsoft Learn Sandbox has nothing to do with what I am trying to do, so please consider that as information to help troubleshoot the error I am experiencing. However, please do not help me troubleshoot anything related to Microsoft Learn Sandbox, as that is not what I am interested in this time.

I am following instructions from this document:
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/learn/modules/develop-azure-functions/5-create-function-visual-studio-code

These are the same instructions that appear in other Azure Functions documents too. Every time and with every subscription, I get the same error when trying to sign in to Azure from the Azure Functions VS Code extension. So you should be aware that it isn't a bug that is only affecting my account. Every time someone tries to connect their Azure Functions extension in VSCode to their Azure subscription, they will be met with the same error, unless they have already done something to resolve this. What is the key step that I am missing? I could not find it in any documentation.

Since it is happening with every subscription, it should be easy to reproduce. After reproducing, please tell me an actual solution instead of just guessing. I will be happy to go through whatever troubleshooting steps I need to for the purpose of narrowing down the problem. But a wild guess isn't going to get me any closer to an answer.
Anto Shojan Bernard 1 Reputation point

2023-01-09T07:02:29.473+00:00

@MayankBargali-MSFT

Am having trouble signin into azure via vscode in mac.

While trying to signin, the login page opens and after successfull signin, the page says "you are signed in now and can close this page" but in vscode it doesn't reflect.
Abhijit Halder 0 Reputation points

2023-05-25T11:37:51.94+00:00

can i use service principal to log in ?
Paul Blaauboer 0 Reputation points

2023-09-01T09:59:19.59+00:00

Cannot login from Visual on Azure CLI, does not give me the option to use az login. What am I missing here?

Answer 1

@alma eyre Apology for the inconvenience with this issue. I have followed the document and Prerequisites but couldn't reproduce the issue at my end.
As per the error, it is coming from the azure sandbox account and the user for which the sandbox account was activated doesn't exist. The sandbox account is activated for a few hours (4 hr) and the error could be observed if you perform any operation on the sandbox subscription post the sandbox account is deactivated.

Selected user account does not exist in tenant 'Microsoft Learn Sandbox' and cannot access the application 'aebc6443-996d-45c2-90f0-388ff96faa56' in that tenant. The account needs to be added as an external user in the tenant first. Please use a different account.

As you have mentioned that you have tried creating the free account still it didn't help. I will suggest you to perform the below steps to sign out from the vs code extension and sign in again with your free trial azure subscription and confirm if you still observe the issue.

Go to the Azure portal and sign out (https://portal.azure.com/)
Now open Visual Studio and Open the Command Palette (Ctrl + Shift + P) --> search for Azure: Sign Out and click on it. It will signout you from the Visual Studio extension and you can verify the same by Azure extension as you will see the sign in option.
Sign in to the Azure portal and your extension should show your subscription (for the testing I have used the sandbox environment that I have activated)

Hope the above helps you to sign in to VS code. If you still facing the issue then please refer to my private comment so I can connect with you offline to resolve the issue.
Feel free to get back to me if you need any assistance.

alma eyre 11 Reputation points

2022-01-18T06:15:42.677+00:00

Someone helped me with the answer on Stack Overflow
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/70734392/how-do-i-sign-in-to-my-azure-account-from-the-vscode-azure-functions-extension/70736476#70736476
MayankBargali-MSFT 70,941 Reputation points Moderator

2022-01-19T06:24:46.717+00:00

@alma eyre Thanks for your response and glad to know that you were able to resolve the issue.
Justin Marshall 0 Reputation points

2023-02-17T14:39:01.84+00:00

My problem is that i was trying to login with my work account not the sandbox account.

In my situation after following the logout instructions i was then prompted to clear my tenant ID. After doing this I was then able to login using my work account normally.

Hope this helps someone else!

Answer 2

Tasadduq Burney 8,956 MVP Volunteer Moderator

Hello,

Hope you are having a great day!
Thank you for asking Question!

As per the error what I can guess is, the VS code is trying to access the application which does not exist in your Learn Sandbox directory.

Could you try changing your Directory as mentioned below?

Regards,
Tasadduq Burney

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