Order Microsoft Azure subscription

For the general description of the procedure, see Buy subscription in the Customer Control Panel guide.

In this article:

Specifics and limitations

  • Microsoft Azure has only one period — the endless.
  • Changing resources of a Microsoft Azure subscription is not available since all information about its resources is stored on the service side.
  • A subscription is free, and you only pay for the consumed resources (pay-as-you-go).
  • The service provisioning may be delayed for a few days until Microsoft completes the reviews:
    • The account data review. No further action is required in this case.
    • The deal review. Microsoft may request a Purchase Order file and additional information about the deal. Your manager will contact you, collect the necessary data, and provide it to Microsoft.
    • For the review period, the order remains in the Provisioning status, and the subscription remains in the Installing status. As soon as the platform receives information from Microsoft that the reviews have been passed, the order will be completed, and the subscription will be activated.
  • After a subscription is created, the account Owner receives a confirmation email. The confirmation email for a new domain subscription includes the login and password to access Microsoft Partner Center.

Select domain

You need to select a domain if only you order the first subscription to Microsoft services of an account. For subsequent subscriptions, the platform automatically uses previously entered data.

On the Additional information step:

  1. Specify a domain — the name of a Microsoft Tenant Name linked to your account. You can create a new tenant or use an existing one:

    A Microsoft Tenant Name is a domain name used to order a subscription, for example:

    • With a subdomain: example.onmicrosoft.com
    • Without a subdomain: example.com

    New Microsoft Tenant Names (domain names) are always created with the onmicrosoft.com subdomain. Existing Microsoft Tenant Names (domain names) may or may not have the onmicrosoft.com subdomain.

    The domain name is also used to create users of a subscription (yourname@example.onmicrosoft.com).

      1. Turn on the New Microsoft Tenant Name toggle.
      2. Turn on the With Subdomain .onmicrosoft.com toggle.



      3. In the Domain name Office 365 field, enter the domain name (without dots). It will be to be attached to .onmicrosoft.com. 

        For example, if you enter example, the created domain will be: example.onmicrosoft.com

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      1. Go to the account information:

        • If an existing account is used, go to the account details page (see Account details).

        • If a new account is created, go back to the Choosing account step (see Buy subscription).

      2. Make sure the account address information is correct.

      3. Make sure the Owner email is correct.

      4. Make sure the account company name and the Owner email comply with Microsoft requirements.

        For a company name, the following is not permitted:

        • Using only one character.

        • Using only special characters from the list, such as &$^#.


          ~-=_
          #.%-
          +:^[
          $–&]
          @—*(
          ,)”⟩
          `<!\
          (>“/
          ){‘|
          '}،:
          ;⟨’?
          ”⟩\

        • Using only spaces and tabs.

        • Using standalone abbreviations from the list, such as LLC or ltd.


          c p aptyl. l. c.gmbh
          c.p.a.pty ltdl.l.c.plc
          l.l.p.pte ltdl l pwll
          c. p. a.private limitedcorplda
          l. l. p.pvtcorporationsarl
          l l cpvt ltdinckft
          corp.zrtincorporatedltd
          llc.ooolimitedltd.
          llp.llpllcsdn bhd

        • Using names with internet Top-Level Domain (TLD) extensions from the list such as .ru or .by.


          .ac.ba.ca.de
          .ad.bb.cc.dj
          .ae.bd.cd.dk
          .af.be.cf.dm
          .ag.bf.cg.do
          .ai.bg.ch.dz
          .al.bh.ci.fm
          .am.bi.ck.fo
          .an.bj.cl.fr
          .ao.bl.cm.ga
          .aq.bm.cn.gb
          .ar.bn.co.gd
          .as.bo.cr.ge
          .at.bq.cu.gf
          .au.br.cv.gg
          .aw.bs.cw.gh
          .ax.bt.cx.gi
          .az.bv.cy.gl
          .ec.bw.cz.gm
          .ee.by.eu.gn
          .eg.bz.fi.gp
          .eh.es.fj.gq
          .er.et.fk.gr
          .gs.gw.hm.ht
          .gt.gy.hn.hu
          .gu.hk.hr.id
          .ie.kz.mo.nz
          .il.la.mp.om
          .im.lb.mq.pa
          .in.lc.mr.pe
          .io.li.ms.pf
          .iq.lk.mt.pg
          .ir.lr.mu.ph
          .is.ls.mv.pk
          .it.lt.mw.pl
          .je.lu.mx.pm
          .jm.lv.my.pn
          .jo.ly.mz.pr
          .jp.ma.na.ps
          .ke.mc.nc.pt
          .kg.md.ne.pw
          .kh.me.nf.py
          .ki.mf.ng.qa
          .km.mg.ni.re
          .kn.mh.nl.ro
          .kp.mk.no.rs
          .kr.ml.np.ru
          .kw.mm.nr.rw
          .ky.mn.nu.sa
          .sb.tf.vc.中国
          .sc.tg.ve.中國
          .sd.th.vg.భారత్
          .se.tj.vi.ලංකා
          .sg.tk.vn.ભારત
          .sh.tl.vu.भारतम्
          .si.tm.wf.भारत
          .sj.tn.ws.भारोत
          .sk.to.ಭಾರತ.укр
          .sl.tp.한국.香港
          .sm.tr.ଭାରତ.台湾
          .sn.tt.ভাৰত.台灣
          .so.tv.ভারত.мон
          .sr.tw.சிங்கப்பூர்.tc
          .ss.tz.sz.td
          .st.ua.বাংলা.uz
          .su.ug.қаз.va
          .sv.uk.срб.мкд
          .sx.um.бг.ею
          .sy.us.бел.uy
          .tc.uz.мкд

        • Using the same character repeated three or more times with no other characters, such as 999.
        • Using spaces and tabs mixed with individual characters, such as 1 2 3.

        For a customer email address, the following domains are not permitted:

        • @microsoft.com.
        • The domain of the Microsoft CSP partner.
      5. Save the changes.
      6. Try to order a subscription one more time:

        • If an existing account is used, repeat the subscription ordering procedure.

        • If a new account is created, complete the subscription ordering procedure.

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      • Order a subscription using the existing domain.
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      1. Make sure the New Microsoft Tenant Name toggle is turned off.



      2. If your existing Microsoft Tenant Name ends with .onmicrosoft.com, turn on the With Subdomain .onmicrosoft.com toggle.
      3. In the Domain name Office 365 field, enter your existing Microsoft Tenant Name:

        • With a subdomain: enter the domain name (without dots) which precedes .onmicrosoft.com.

          For example, if your existing Microsoft Tenant Name is example.onmicrosoft.com, enter: example

        • Without a subdomain: enter your existing Microsoft Tenant Name.

          For example, enter: example.com

      4. Click Microsoft Cloud Solution Provider and confirm your invitation.
  2. If required, accept the Microsoft agreement:
    1. Click Microsoft Customer Agreement and read the agreement text.
    2. Select the I accept the agreement checkbox.

Select subscription admin

  • If a new domain is used — for your Microsoft tenant, a user with the admin@ name is automatically created and gets the administrator role.
  • If an existing domain name is used — the platform searches the admin@ user among all the tenant users. If the admin@ user is not found, the administrator access rights are not assigned automatically, but you can assign them manually later via the Azure Portal.