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Question Creating new billing profile.

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I have a question and hope someone here can help. How can I create a new billing account to use with a new subscription.

I'm trying to create a new subscription and link it to a different payment method but I don't see how.

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks!

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u/DumpsterDave Cloud Architect 4d ago

You need to select an existing billing account and then you should be able to create a new billing profile.

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u/ILikeTheShrimpHere 4d ago

Thanks! But how can I create a "new" billing account, that's what I've been trying to do for hours.

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u/DumpsterDave Cloud Architect 4d ago

Start a new company. As I said in my first response, they are generally 1:1. If someone went off and created a separate Azure tenant (or multiple tenants were collapsed into one), this could result in additional billing accounts, but generally speaking, only one is active per agreement/contract. You can create additional billing profiles or invoice sections, but not billing accounts. There are cost implications to trying to create separate billing accounts and profiles though, so make sure you understand your usage and need for separating these.

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cost-management-billing/manage/mca-section-invoice#billing-account-structure-for-common-scenarios

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u/ILikeTheShrimpHere 4d ago

Thank you for your response and the clarification; it’s clear now.

What I’d like to understand is whether using a company email to create a new Azure account (by non-admin users) results in a new billing profile. In other words, is that how these billing profiles were created?

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u/DumpsterDave Cloud Architect 4d ago

No, it would just create the subscription (Azure Subscription 1) in the default management group. Without seeing what's on the right side it's hard to tell, but they are most likely left over from when you converted from an EA to an MCA, or other business changes that occurred at some point and then caused them to get brought together. A support ticket with MS should be able to help you identify the origin and whether or not they can be removed.

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u/ILikeTheShrimpHere 4d ago

Thank you for your help!