az login does not find subscription

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az login does not find subscription

Mr Wick 0

I am having an annoying issue with CLI.

Then I get more annoyed when I try to get help.

I hope I can find some help here.

First things first: I could not find what I think would be the correct child tag for this request. So please understand me if this question is not posted under correct tags.

Well, to the problem!
I have ONE subscription, with a couple of resources.
I have a microsoft account - which I use to login in azure portal.

however, when I run the command azure login in my computer, it opens a web login small screen, which I use to pick my sole account, and...
ERROR!
says I have NO subscription. This is just terrible... =(
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Marcin Policht 50,735 Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator

2025-04-19T19:43:54.0333333+00:00
You're logging into Azure with your Microsoft account (e.g., Hotmail), and while it works in the Azure Portal, running az login on your local machine gives you a "no subscription found" error. It then asks you to use az login --tenant TENANT_ID.

When you log in with your Microsoft account (MSA) (like Hotmail, Outlook), Azure may associate it with a "personal tenant" or a different directory that doesn't have access to your subscription.

In the Azure Portal, you're automatically logged into the correct tenant (the one with your subscription).

The CLI, however, logs you into the default directory for your account — and that might not be the one where your subscription lives.

To fix this, use az login with the parameter that specifies the GUID of the appropriate tenant

Find your subscription's Tenant ID:

Go to the Azure Portal

Search for and go to Subscriptions

Click on your subscription

Copy the Tenant ID listed under "Directory" or "Tenant"

Login using that tenant explicitly:
az login --tenant YOUR_TENANT_ID
This forces the CLI to authenticate you in the tenant that actually contains your subscription.

Verify your subscription is available:
az account show
Or list all available subscriptions:
az account list --output table

If the above response helps answer your question, remember to "Accept Answer" so that others in the community facing similar issues can easily find the solution. Your contribution is highly appreciated.

hth

Marcin
Mr Wick 0 Reputation points

2025-04-19T23:01:28.3766667+00:00

See what I mean? in order to login using CLI, I must go to the portal and identify my tenant ID.

Seems a LOT of work just to login.

I just checked: I have ONE single directory - obviously the default.

I have ONE single active subscription.

And if you take a look in the screenshot... the CLI suggests my tenant ID. I can copy it from the CLI.
What I do not understand is: Why the CLI does not use the only available - and known - information to log me in.

It is all there. Why should I go thru an error... then copy... then use parameters to specify something that cannot be anything else...

Something similar happens to the subscription.
After login - specifying the only tenant id - it enumerates my subs and I have to pick one. And guest what: there is only on sub to choose.

Really seems the CLI is coded in a way that focus on increase difficult to log me in.
Mr Wick 0 Reputation points

2025-04-19T23:03:33.94+00:00

And thanks foi your quick reply!!! <3
Marcin Policht 50,735 Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator

2025-04-20T01:45:46.9966667+00:00

That's because you are using your Hotmail account to sign in. The platform must be able to identify the tenant. Create a new user account in the Entra ID tenant (i.e. create a cloud account) - and you should be able to sign in using that account without having to specify the tenant

If the above response helps answer your question, remember to "Accept Answer" so that others in the community facing similar issues can easily find the solution. Your contribution is highly appreciated.

hth

Marcin
Pramidha Yathipathi 1,135 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator

2025-04-21T10:04:18.6333333+00:00

Hi Mr Wick

Just checking in to see if you had a chance to review the latest comment on your question. Feel free to reach out if you have any further queries.

If you found the information useful, please click "Upvote" on the post to let us know.

Thank You.

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Marcin Policht 50,735 Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator

2025-04-19T19:43:54.0333333+00:00

You're logging into Azure with your Microsoft account (e.g., Hotmail), and while it works in the Azure Portal, running az login on your local machine gives you a "no subscription found" error. It then asks you to use az login --tenant TENANT_ID.

When you log in with your Microsoft account (MSA) (like Hotmail, Outlook), Azure may associate it with a "personal tenant" or a different directory that doesn't have access to your subscription.

In the Azure Portal, you're automatically logged into the correct tenant (the one with your subscription).

The CLI, however, logs you into the default directory for your account — and that might not be the one where your subscription lives.

To fix this, use az login with the parameter that specifies the GUID of the appropriate tenant

Find your subscription's Tenant ID:

Go to the Azure Portal

Search for and go to Subscriptions

Click on your subscription

Copy the Tenant ID listed under "Directory" or "Tenant"

Login using that tenant explicitly:
az login --tenant YOUR_TENANT_ID
This forces the CLI to authenticate you in the tenant that actually contains your subscription.

Verify your subscription is available:
az account show
Or list all available subscriptions:
az account list --output table

If the above response helps answer your question, remember to "Accept Answer" so that others in the community facing similar issues can easily find the solution. Your contribution is highly appreciated.

hth

Marcin
Mr Wick 0 Reputation points

2025-04-19T23:01:28.3766667+00:00

See what I mean? in order to login using CLI, I must go to the portal and identify my tenant ID.

Seems a LOT of work just to login.

I just checked: I have ONE single directory - obviously the default.

I have ONE single active subscription.

And if you take a look in the screenshot... the CLI suggests my tenant ID. I can copy it from the CLI.
What I do not understand is: Why the CLI does not use the only available - and known - information to log me in.

It is all there. Why should I go thru an error... then copy... then use parameters to specify something that cannot be anything else...

Something similar happens to the subscription.
After login - specifying the only tenant id - it enumerates my subs and I have to pick one. And guest what: there is only on sub to choose.

Really seems the CLI is coded in a way that focus on increase difficult to log me in.
Mr Wick 0 Reputation points

2025-04-19T23:03:33.94+00:00

And thanks foi your quick reply!!! <3
Marcin Policht 50,735 Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator

2025-04-20T01:45:46.9966667+00:00

That's because you are using your Hotmail account to sign in. The platform must be able to identify the tenant. Create a new user account in the Entra ID tenant (i.e. create a cloud account) - and you should be able to sign in using that account without having to specify the tenant

If the above response helps answer your question, remember to "Accept Answer" so that others in the community facing similar issues can easily find the solution. Your contribution is highly appreciated.

hth

Marcin
Pramidha Yathipathi 1,135 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator

2025-04-21T10:04:18.6333333+00:00

Hi Mr Wick

Just checking in to see if you had a chance to review the latest comment on your question. Feel free to reach out if you have any further queries.

If you found the information useful, please click "Upvote" on the post to let us know.

Thank You.

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Mr Wick 0

Well,

None of the answers could set me free from the pain of specify the single tenant in my single account.
Felt like an alien... Why only myself need to go thru this pain to run a simple command like az login.

I got a explanations - which I greatly thanks all for that - but that's all!
I would be soffering the same pain if I did not update my azure CLI from 2.70.0 to 2.71.0
After upgrading, I now only need to choose on subscription among my long list of ... one subscritions ... to finish my login successfully. But I do not need to specify the tenant anymore.

Pramidha Yathipathi 1,135 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator

2025-04-22T01:33:09.2466667+00:00

Hi Mr Wick,

Thank you for informing that the issue has resolved, let me know if you have any further queries.

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