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Trouble with Adding a Contributor to a Subscription

Liz Wanless 0 Reputation points
2025-10-25T19:19:29.07+00:00

I am trying to add a user as a Contributor to our license, but he is not showing up when I attempt to select him as a member. I can, however, see that he has been added to our directory. I also verified with him that he has accepted my invitation. I am an Owner of the subscription. Can you help? What could be the issue.

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  1. SUNOJ KUMAR YELURU 18,336 Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator
    2025-10-26T04:10:09.39+00:00

    Hello @Liz Wanless

    Confirm that you are assigning the role at the subscription -> Access control (IAM) blade. Use the user's full email address (UPN) when searching for the user. As a workaround, assign the Contributor role to a temporary security group containing the user.

    The Issue: If you are trying to add the user via the Azure Active Directory blade or the Users blade, you are managing the identity, not the access to the subscription resources. Role assignments must be done via the Access control (IAM) blade of the resource/scope you want to grant access to.

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