Manage multiple Azure subscriptions

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If you're brand new to Azure, you probably only have a single subscription. But if you have been using Azure for a while, you may have created multiple Azure subscriptions. You can configure Azure PowerShell to execute commands against a particular subscription.

1. Get a list of all subscriptions in your account.

   Get-AzureRmSubscription
   

   Environment           : AzureCloud
   Account               : username@contoso.com
   TenantId              : 00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000
   SubscriptionId        : 00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000
   SubscriptionName      : My Production Subscription
   CurrentStorageAccount :
   
   Environment           : AzureCloud
   Account               : username@contoso.com
   TenantId              : 00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000
   SubscriptionId        : 00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000
   SubscriptionName      : My DevTest Subscription
   CurrentStorageAccount :
   
   Environment           : AzureCloud
   Account               : username@contoso.com
   TenantId              : 00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000
   SubscriptionId        : 00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000
   SubscriptionName      : My Demos
   CurrentStorageAccount :
   

2. Set the default.

   Select-AzureRmSubscription -Subscription 'My Demos'
   

3. Verify the change by running the Get-AzureRmContext cmdlet.

   Get-AzureRmContext
   

   Environment           : AzureCloud
   Account               : username@contoso.com
   TenantId              : 00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000
   SubscriptionId        : 00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000
   SubscriptionName      : My Demos
   CurrentStorageAccount :
   

Once you set your default subscription, all Azure PowerShell commands run against this subscription.