Microsoft Entra ID
FundamentalsCreate New Tenant
In brief
The documentation refreshes troubleshooting guidance for creating Governed Workforce tenants, including paid Azure subscription and billing-account requirements.
What Entra admins need to know
Administrators troubleshooting tenant creation should verify the associated subscription uses Enterprise Agreement or pay-as-you-go billing.
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- If you're unable to create a Microsoft Entra ID or Azure AD B2C tenant, review your user settings page to ensure that tenant creation isn't switched off. If it isn't enabled you must be assigned at least the Tenant Creator role.
- This article doesn't cover creating an external tenant configuration for consumer-facing apps; learn more about using Microsoft Entra External ID for your customer identity and access management (CIAM) scenarios.
- If you're unable to create a Governed Workforce tenant, verify that you have a paid Azure subscription associated with an Enterprise Agreement (EA) or pay-as-you-go billing account. Legacy and modern billing experiences are supported. You also need the required Azure Resource Manager (ARM) permissions for the selected subscription through the Tenant Contributor or Subscription Owner/Creator role. To identify your billing account type, see View your billing accounts in the Azure portal.
To create a new tenant
- Select your desired cloud subscription and resource group for storing the Microsoft Entra ID Free billing asset for your new tenant.
- Select Next: Review + Create. Review the information you entered and if the information is correct, select Create in the lower left corner.
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ After you sign in to the [Azure portal](https://portal.azure.com), you can creat > > - If you're unable to create a Microsoft Entra ID or Azure AD B2C tenant, review your user settings page to ensure that tenant creation isn't switched off. If it isn't enabled you must be assigned at least the [Tenant Creator](../identity/role-based-access-control/permissions-reference.md#tenant-creator) role. > - This article doesn't cover creating an *external* tenant configuration for consumer-facing apps; learn more about using [Microsoft Entra External ID](~/external-id/customers/overview-customers-ciam.md) for your customer identity and access management (CIAM) scenarios.-> - If you're unable to create a Governed Workforce tenant, verify that you have a paid Azure subscription associated with an [Enterprise Agreement (EA)](/azure/cost-management-billing/manage/understand-ea-roles) or [pay-as-you-go](https://azure.microsoft.com/pricing/offers/ms-azr-0003p?cid=msft_learn) billing account. Legacy and modern billing experiences are supported. You also need the required permissions for the selected subscription through the Tenant Contributor or Subscription Owner/Creator role. To identify your billing account type, see [View your billing accounts in the Azure portal](/azure/cost-management-billing/manage/view-all-accounts).+> - If you're unable to create a Governed Workforce tenant, verify that you have a paid Azure subscription associated with an [Enterprise Agreement (EA)](/azure/cost-management-billing/manage/understand-ea-roles) or [pay-as-you-go](https://azure.microsoft.com/pricing/offers/ms-azr-0003p?cid=msft_learn) billing account. Legacy and modern billing experiences are supported. You also need the required Azure Resource Manager (ARM) permissions for the selected subscription through the Tenant Contributor or Subscription Owner/Creator role. To identify your billing account type, see [View your billing accounts in the Azure portal](/azure/cost-management-billing/manage/view-all-accounts). ### To create a new tenant @@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ In order to automatically establish governance relationships with add-on tenants - Select your desired cloud subscription and resource group for storing the Microsoft Entra ID Free billing asset for your new tenant. > [!NOTE]- > Use a paid Azure subscription associated with an [Enterprise Agreement (EA)](/azure/cost-management-billing/manage/understand-ea-roles) or [pay-as-you-go](https://azure.microsoft.com/pricing/offers/ms-azr-0003p?cid=msft_learn) billing account. Legacy and modern billing experiences are supported. You also need the required permissions for the selected subscription through the Tenant Contributor or Subscription Owner/Creator role. To identify your billing account type, see [View your billing accounts in the Azure portal](/azure/cost-management-billing/manage/view-all-accounts).+ > Use a paid Azure subscription associated with an [Enterprise Agreement (EA)](/azure/cost-management-billing/manage/understand-ea-roles) or [pay-as-you-go](https://azure.microsoft.com/pricing/offers/ms-azr-0003p?cid=msft_learn) billing account. Legacy and modern billing experiences are supported. You also need the required Azure Resource Manager (ARM) permissions for the selected subscription through the Tenant Contributor or Subscription Owner/Creator role. To identify your billing account type, see [View your billing accounts in the Azure portal](/azure/cost-management-billing/manage/view-all-accounts). 1. Select **Next: Review + Create**. Review the information you entered and if the information is correct, select **Create** in the lower left corner.