Project Update 06232019

We learned the painful lesson that while you can have many Azure Subscription to a directory, you can only have one directory for each subscription. So what does this mean. Lets take the following example.

I have two Azure Directories named "Directory A" and "Directory B". I create a Microsof Azure Subscription so that I can have services for "Directory A". However, only directory A, can use the Subscription. So, in order to have a Subscription in "Directory B" you must choose one of the following?

1. Move the exsisting Subscription from "Directory A" to "Directory B"

2. Create a new Scription in "Directory B".

While it is tempting to use the first option. It's not recomended if you haec existing projects for the followig reason.

1. When you move a subscription from one directory to another. The previous directory no longer has access to it and will loose permissions to it.

2. The directory to where the subscription has been moved to will not have full permissions to it until they have been propergrated. This usually takes from one to two hours. You may see information in the subscription with the exception of billing information. And administrator menu function will be unavaiable until the permissions transfer is completed.

3. Some resources which were displayed before the move will not be visiable after the move. This includes resources which are Subscription dependednt and have now been moved to the new directory. For example, You have an app which resides in ressource Group A, and nothing in resource Group B. When a scription is moved the resource "Group A" will also be moved since it contains the app which is subscriptionm dependent. However, resource "Group B" will still remain in the old directory since it does not have any Subscription dependent resources assoicated with it.