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I am unable to access the Instant Sandbox app in Microsoft Training, I have attached the error message that I am receiving. I am logged in ok to the training account, the window pane on the
left side of the screen indicates I have access, but the right hand side of the screen never loads.
This question is related to the following Learning Module
Hi John,
You should be able to work around the issue by first Activating the sandbox (solving puzzles, reviewing permissions, etc.) and then once you see the sign-in box appear on the right open a new browser tab. In this new tab, browse to https://shell.azure.com. If your existing sandbox hasn't expired you can use that instead of activating a new one.
When prompted, click Bash
Next choose No storage account required, for Subscription select Concierge Subscription, and click Apply.
After several seconds delay while a cloud shell is requested and connected to, you should see $ prompt. At this point you can complete the exercises instructions, copy/paste code from exercise tab to cloud shell tab as needed, etc.
Please click Accept Answer and upvote if the above was helpful.
Thanks.
-TP
Thank you for the advice, the training module shows the sandbox is activated on the left side of the page, the right side is just spinning and waiting for verification.
I followed your instructions and am getting several error messages including that I need to "register".
Do you have your own Azure subscription, for example, Free Trial or Student? Please click on the gear icon in upper right corner, above the cloud shell on separate tab, and see if you can Switch to Microsoft Learn Sandbox.
You might have to click the gear icon twice to get the window to show so you can switch to different directory.
NOTE: If sandbox expires during this process you will need to Activate a new one
Hi, I switched my Azure account to Learn Sandbox as instructed, I am getting the attached error message. I am wondering if there is an issue that I am using the same account for both Azure and the Microsoft Learning portal? My john81nyc@gmail account is what I use for all of my Microsoft accounts.
Hi, I switched my Azure account to Learn Sandbox as instructed, I am getting the attached error message. I am wondering if there is an issue that I am using the same account for both Azure and the Microsoft Learning portal? My john81nyc@gmail account is what I use for all of my Microsoft accounts.
Using same Microsoft account for both is fine. This is issue with Learn sandbox that has been affecting many people lately.The workaround I described has worked for many people, but not you for some reason. One potential is to just try it again in using Guest browser profile (click on person icon in upper right of Chrome --> Open Guest profile). Trying again probably won't work, but is worth a try.
Recently they added MFA requirement for sandbox directory, but in that case you should've been prompted to set up MFA on your Microsoft account.
Another option is to complete exercises in your own Azure subscription instead of using sandbox. This isn't a "fix", but allows you to continue studying which is most important.
You didn't mention which module(s) you are working on right now. In general, to use your own subscription you will need to manually create the "learn-xxxxx" resource group in your Azure subscription, do exercises by copy/pasting code snippets, then delete the resource group from your subscription.
CRITICAL: Always make sure you delete resource groups you create for your exercises immediately after you complete exercises, or if you need to take a break delete them before leaving your computer. Wait a few minutes after telling it to delete, and then verify that the delete actually completed successfully.
Later, after you have more experience/knowledge of Azure and how things are billed, you will know which resources you can leave around without incurring charges. For now it is best to get in habit of deleting immediately after creating.
Additionally you should check your subscription each day for total incurred charges so you know if you did something wrong or forgot.
Please let me know if you have questions.
Hi TP,
Thanks again for all of your advice on this issue. I created a new Outlook email account and tried to access the sandbox with that account. Once again I am getting the same message that I require an "organizational" account to access the sandbox. What's strange is the sandbox loads, passes all of the activation tests, and indicates active on the left side of the screen, it's just the right side of the screen that will not authorize and load. I also tried three different browsers.
Well, at this point I think you have no choice but to use your own Azure subscription to complete the exercises. There is no telling when they will fix this latest issue with the sandbox. Sometimes they fix it in less than a week, other times it takes weeks.
I found this link that describes a similar issue...the recommendation is to create a second Azure account and link it to my main account as a "tenant". Seems like a lot of work and hassle.
I've not tested it, but if you want you could try creating a new user in your Azure Free account Entra ID tenant , something like "******@johnnyc81gmail.onmicrosoft.com" and use that to sign in to Learn, activate sandbox, etc.
OR, you could sign-in to Learn using your MSA account as usual, but then when/if you are prompted to Sign-in after activating sandbox, try your new Entra ID user after clicking sign-in button.
Does that make sense?
There is no charge to create user in your Entra ID.