MICROSOFT ENTRA ID P2 is not activating in my free trial

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MICROSOFT ENTRA ID P2 is not activating in my free trial

Rohit Kumar Jha 45

Tried all below steps, but still not able to activated license in my default tenant instead it's activated in different new tenant every time when clicking on Activate (This is first time only when I'm using subscription to activate P2) :

Sign into Azure Portal in the search box Search for Microsoft Entra ID and select it from the results.
In the left pane select Licenses->Overview In the top right under "Quick tasks" select "Get a free trial." Select Microsoft Entra ID P2 and selected Activate.

Givary-MSFT 35,776 Reputation points Microsoft Employee Moderator

2024-01-17T09:06:58.0866667+00:00

@Rohit Kumar Jha Just checking in to see if below information was helpful. If you have any further updates on this issue, please feel free to post back.
JamesTran-MSFT 37,236 Reputation points Microsoft Employee Moderator

2024-01-22T16:58:10.8733333+00:00

@Rohit Kumar Jha
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JamesTran-MSFT 37,236 Reputation points Microsoft Employee Moderator

2024-01-24T23:14:35.03+00:00

@Rohit Kumar Jha
I wanted to check in and see if you had any other questions or if you were able to resolve this issue?

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Prachi Bhandari 0 Reputation points

2024-07-14T17:00:39.73+00:00

I am having similar Issue
James Nguyen 0 Reputation points

2025-11-20T00:59:50.1966667+00:00

Got "Don't have access" when trying to activate Microsoft Entra ID in my free Azure portal account

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Givary-MSFT 35,776 Reputation points Microsoft Employee Moderator

2024-01-17T09:06:58.0866667+00:00

@Rohit Kumar Jha Just checking in to see if below information was helpful. If you have any further updates on this issue, please feel free to post back.
JamesTran-MSFT 37,236 Reputation points Microsoft Employee Moderator

2024-01-22T16:58:10.8733333+00:00

@Rohit Kumar Jha
I wanted to check in and see if you had any other questions or if you were able to resolve this issue?

If you have any other questions, please let me know. Thank you for your time and patience throughout this issue.

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JamesTran-MSFT 37,236 Reputation points Microsoft Employee Moderator

2024-01-24T23:14:35.03+00:00

@Rohit Kumar Jha
I wanted to check in and see if you had any other questions or if you were able to resolve this issue?

If you have any other questions, please let me know. Thank you for your time and patience throughout this issue.

If the information helped address your question, please Accept the answer. This will help us and also improve searchability for others in the community who might be researching similar information.
Prachi Bhandari 0 Reputation points

2024-07-14T17:00:39.73+00:00

I am having similar Issue
James Nguyen 0 Reputation points

2025-11-20T00:59:50.1966667+00:00

Got "Don't have access" when trying to activate Microsoft Entra ID in my free Azure portal account

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Givary-MSFT 35,776 Microsoft Employee Moderator

@Rohit Kumar Jha Thank you for reaching out to us, could you help which account are you using to activate P2 license in your default tenant personal account or work/school account ?

Also did you get a chance to refer these QnA posts where similar issue has been discussed - https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/answers/questions/1464265/i-cant-activate-the-trial-of-microsoft-entra-id-p2

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/answers/questions/1458038/entra-id-p2-free-trial-is-not-working-with-azure-f

If the above posts doesnt help, help me with more details like screenshot at time of issue so that I can better understand the issue and assist you. or you can reach me offline via email to 'AzCommunity@microsoft.com' with Sub - Attn: Givary and following details in the email body: Link to this thread/post We can connect offline and discuss further on this.

Rohit Kumar Jha 45 Reputation points

2024-01-19T06:14:17.17+00:00

Thanks above provided link, provided the solution
Givary-MSFT 35,776 Reputation points Microsoft Employee Moderator

2024-01-19T06:19:30.65+00:00

@Rohit Kumar Jha Great to hear above mentioned QnA posts helped to resolve your issue.

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SpencerK 60 Reputation points

2024-02-19T12:46:25.7266667+00:00

This is what worked for me – if you find a better - optimal - way , please reply.

Issue: Cannot add an Entra ID P2 trial to your new Azure Free Trial account/ Tenant.

Solution: Create a new user and assign that user the Global Admin role.

STEPS:

1) Login to your Azure Free Account, go into Entra ID and create a new user.

2) Add/assign that user as a Global Administrator and reset that users password.

4) Activate the free Entra ID P2 trial

5) When it asks for the email address, copy the User principal name (from step 2)

It will state that this user name is being used by another MS Service, and gives you the opportunity to login with that user. Login using the password you set earlier.

You should then be redirected to a page that shows you the Entra ID P2 trial with a “Try now” button. After activating the trial, you should - might - get a few error/configuration messages stating that the Sold-to address, Registration number needs amending first.

6) In the MS365 Admin Center (which you are redirected too) - check that the Billing accounts default directory correlates to the email address you used to create the Azure Free Account. (You should have the same created users as you do in the Free Azure account).

7) Amend the Sold-to address details, check the Registration number (which I selected that I didn’t have one) from the Billing Accounts section and then add a valid payment method.

8) Logout, close browsers / clear cache.

9) Log back in to the Azure portal using your Free Azure Account email and start the Entra ID P2 trial process again.

10) Follow step 5 (you should now be able to start the Entra ID P2 trial without any issues or notifications).

11) Go back to the Azure portal (after you have logged out, close all browsers), go to Licences > All Products and assign the MS Entra ID P2 Licence to your main Azure Free Account overlord!

Done - you now have an Entra ID P2 licence assigned to the main Free Account user.

But please, if there is any easier way - let us know!
Abinet Degefa 0 Reputation points

2025-07-09T17:27:29.5066667+00:00

I have been trying to activate P2 license for azure student subscription using virtual card (pre-paid) card. But, it is unable using virtual cards. what should I do?

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Rohit Kumar Jha 45

Thanks for providing the solution and for all future learners who're going to above links to find the solution wanted to tell you solution in this post only so you don't need to go and read other links.

Solution : May be form your admin ID (from which you signed as Azure free account to get $200), you're not able to activate the trail license (due to some kind of limitation with your id noted at Microsoft end), so create one new user and assigned Microsoft Entra ID "Global Administrator" role. Now from this newly created ID you should be able to activate your free trial.

SpencerK 60 Reputation points

2024-02-19T10:14:24.75+00:00

Hello, thanks for the added information.
Wayne Fitter 0 Reputation points

2025-02-26T16:10:45.6533333+00:00

Adding a new user as GA and then signing in as them and following the steps for a free P2 licence trial worked fine for me

Answer 3

Tman 0

Hi all, I'm currently having this same issue and the solution don't seem to work.

Answer 4

anjanch.gcp 0

I cannot activate but my azure trial is already activated.

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MICROSOFT ENTRA ID P2 is not activating in my free trial

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