can't create new tenant

Question

I'm trying to create a new tenant but it doesn't show my subscription in the drop down menu for *subscription.

I have a basic pay as you go subscription. Why isn't it showing up?

Answer 1

Hi @joe yang ,

an Azure Subscription can only be associated with one Azure Tenant.

If you have already an Azure Tenant with a related Azure Subscription and you create a new Azure Tenant the new tentant is "empty" as long as you don't associate or create an Azure Subscription.

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Andreas Baumgarten

Answer 2

@joe yang

Thank you for posting this in Microsoft Q&A.

Earlier, we were allowing the establishment of additional free Microsoft Entra trial tenants using an existing free Microsoft Entra trial tenant.

However, our security team recently identified this practice for fraudulent and abusive activities.

In order to enhance your organization's security, Microsoft is now limiting this functionality to only those customers who have paid Microsoft Entra P1/P2 license. Customers on trial license will not be able to create additional tenants from the Microsoft Entra admin center. Customers in this situation who need a new trial tenant can sign up for a Free Azure Account.   

Reference - https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/entra/fundamentals/whats-new#general-availability---restrict-microsoft-entra-id-tenant-creation-to-only-paid-subscription

Let me know if you have any further questions.

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