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Jose Rocha
Jose Rocha

Reputation: 1115

How to move resources from subscriptions in different directories in Azure

In my azure account I have 2 directories, lets call them directory A and B. With some recent changes I need to switch a app service from a subscription in directory A to a subscription that is on directory B.

Is this possible to achieve, and if it is how?

EDIT 1

As directory I mean the directory that you can see in the image below: enter image description here

EDIT 2

Since It seems that I have mislead people I will try to explain what i want to achieve with images. I want to move the App Service from the App Service Plan in the directory A as you can see in here: enter image description here to the App Service Plan in the directory B that you can see in here: enter image description here

Upvotes: 0

Views: 2607

Answers (2)

Andy Sinclair
Andy Sinclair

Reputation: 2303

It looks like you want to move resources between subscriptions. It is possible to do this but there are a few restictions and rules around what you can do.

You can definitely move an App Service between subscriptions. However, in your case, as the subscriptions in question exist in different AD tenants, you will need to change the tenant of one of the subscriptions. You can only do this if you are a Service Administrator and signed in using a Microsoft i.e non organizational account.

Check this reference document from Microsoft, it explains in detail how the transfer process works.

Upvotes: 1

Dan
Dan

Reputation: 186

I think we might need some additional information, since it seems that the terms we're using are sometimes equivocal. Microsoft Azure subscriptions are not associated to Azure Active Directories, but to an Service Account. You can add how many Azure ADs you want to an Azure subscription, but the Azure subscription itself will be managed by the service account (which is not necessarily member of a certain Azure AD).

Further, only the service administrator can manage Azure resources, like VMs, App Services and so on. Azure AD admins can only manage identity aspects that define identity life cycles within that specific Azure AD. The service admin could add a co-admin a user from the default Azure AD and that user would then also be able to manage Azure resources, like App Services and so on.

So the Azure App Service is tied to a Azure subscription that is managed by a service account, not by the Azure AD. Please check the official documentation on this topic. Also please clarify exactly what you would like to do.

Upvotes: 1

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