Savings plan scopes
Setting the scope for a savings plan selects where the benefits apply.
You have the following options to scope a savings plan, depending on your needs:
Scope options
- Resource group scope - Applies benefits to eligible resources in the selected resource group.
- Subscription scope - Applies benefits to eligible resources in the selected subscription.
- Management group - Applies benefits to eligible resources from all subscriptions in both the management group and billing scope.
- Shared scope - Applies benefits to eligible resources within subscriptions that are in the EA enrollment or MCA billing profile.
- If a subscription is moved to different enrollment/billing profile, benefits will no longer be applied to the subscription.
- For EA customers, shared scope can include multiple Microsoft Entra tenants in the enrollment.
- For Microsoft Customer Agreement customers, the billing scope is the billing profile. The shared scope can include multiple Microsoft Entra tenants in a billing profile.
Scope processing order
While applying savings plan benefits to your usage, Azure processes savings plans in the following order:
- Savings plans with resource group scope.
- Savings plans with subscription scope.
- Savings plans with management group scope.
- Savings plans shared scope.
You can always update the scope after you buy a savings plan. To do so, go to the savings plan, select Configuration, and rescope the savings plan. Rescoping a savings plan isn't a commercial transaction, so your savings plan term isn't changed. For more information about updating the scope, see Update the scope after you purchase a savings plan.