Why do I get the message "No subscriptions are associated with the logged in account in Azure Service Management (RDFE)" when executing Add-AzureAccount in Windows PowerShell?

Question

My account is the "Owner" of an Azure subscription. Why do I get this message in Windows Powershell?

PS C:\Users\micha> Add-AzureAccount
WARNING: Because the Az modules have all the capabilities of AzureRM modules and more, we will retire the AzureRM modules on 29 February 2024. Learn more about the migration to Az: http://aka
.ms/azpsmigrate.
Add-AzureAccount : No subscriptions are associated with the logged in account in Azure Service Management (RDFE). This means that the logged in user is not an administrator or 
co-administrator for any account.\r\nDid you mean to execute Connect-AzureRmAccount?
At line:1 char:1
+ Add-AzureAccount
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : CloseError: (:) [Add-AzureAccount], ArgumentException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : Microsoft.WindowsAzure.Commands.Profile.AddAzureAccount
 

Answer 1

@MikeOtown

Welcome to the Microsoft Q&A Platform. Thank you for reaching out & I hope you are doing well.

I understand that you are experiencing "No subscriptions are associated with the logged in account in Azure Service Management (RDFE)".

Please note RDFE refers to Azure Classic resources and Add-AzureAccount is used to manage such classic resources.

Are you trying to work with any legacy RDFE resources in your subscription?

If yes,

• Make sure you either have "Service Administrator" or "Co-administrator" permission.
• If you are not an existing "Service Administrator", you must add yourself as the Co-administrator.
• Refer : Azure classic subscription administrators
• 

If not,

• You should use Connect-AzAccount to login and manage Azure Resource Manager resources

Kindly let us know if this helps or you need further assistance on this issue.

Thanks,

Kapil

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