Set up account to access Azure services
To start using Azure services, the first thing you have to do to create an Azure account.
This article provides links to detailed guides to create individual and organizational user accounts.
Individual user
For individual users, use your personal Microsoft account to get access to Azure and all consumer-oriented Microsoft products and cloud services.
For more information, see Microsoft account overview. For step-by-step tutorial, see the learning module - Create an Azure account.
Organizational user
Sign up for Azure
Organizational users can set up their account either by purchasing directly from microsoft or enlisting an Azure partner for a managed cloud solution.
Purchase directly from Microsoft. Get the same pay-as-you-go pricing through the Azure website or through an Azure sales specialist.
- Get started with Azure right away through the Azure website - Create an Azure account.
- Get help getting started with Azure through an Azure sales specialist - Contact sales.
Work with a partner for complete, managed cloud solutions for Azure. To get started, go to Find a partner.
Setting up Azure Active Directory
Azure Active Directory (Azure AD) is a cloud-based identity and access management service. This service helps your employees access external resources, such as Microsoft 365, the Azure portal, and thousands of other SaaS applications. Azure Active Directory will help your employees access Azure services.
Sign up your organization to use Azure Active Directory.
Setting up a tenant
To build apps that use the Microsoft identity platform for identity and access management, you need access to an Azure Active Directory (Azure AD) tenant. A tenant represents an organization. It's a dedicated instance of Azure AD that an organization or app developer receives at the beginning of a relationship with Microsoft.
These are links to resources to help you set up a tenant.
- Create a new tenant in Azure Active Directory
- Set up a tenant
- Associate or add an Azure subscription to your Azure Active Directory tenant
Managing users
Resources to help you manage users from your Azure Active Directory (Azure AD) organization. To manage users, you must be a User administrator or Global administrator.
- Add or delete users
- Add or change user profile info
- Assign roles to users
- Create a group and add members
- Manage group members
- Manage access to resources with groups