Multiple tenants on Azure subscription

Question

As per Microsoft Entra document it says that within an Azure subscription, you can create multiple Microsoft Entra tenants. Having multiple Microsoft Entra tenants might be convenient if you want to test Microsoft Entra functionality in one tenant without affecting the others.

In the below paragraph it says

At any given time, an Azure subscription must be associated with one, and only one, Microsoft Entra tenant.

These above-mentioned bold parts are confusing. Can anyone make the clarification.

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Answer 1

That statement is incorrect. Microsoft Entra tenants are NOT created IN an Azure subscription.

Microsoft Entra tenants and Azure subscriptions are two distinct entities. You don't create one INSIDE the other.

You can create any number of Microsoft Entra tenant independently of any Azure subscription. However, to create an Azure subscription, you have to have at least Microsoft Entra tenant. That tenant contains identities that you can use to access the Azure subscription (by associating that subscription with the tenant).

More at https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/enterprise/subscriptions-licenses-accounts-and-tenants-for-microsoft-cloud-offerings?view=o365-worldwide

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Marcin