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Name Reservation on App Service for Web Apps and App Service Environment (ASE)

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Stefan_Schackow
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Nov 14, 2022
App Service will be rolling out a Name Reservation feature to protect customers from the threat of subdomain takeovers.  The rollout is starting now (November 14th) and is expected to run through app...
Updated Nov 14, 2022
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Thomas_Dam
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Apr 24, 2023

Stefan_Schackow , I appreciate the intention, but have the same question as above.

 

I was learning how to create a Wordpress site on one tenant with my preferred web app name. I have since deleted it and would like to re-create it under a separate tenant. Is it possible to release it from tenant A?

 

Alternatively, can I re-create the web app with the desired name in Tenant A under a separate subscription and then assign the billing of the subscription and move it to Tenant B?

 

Edit: Sounds like the reservation lasts for 7 days https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/answers/questions/1151487/why-is-it-not-possible-to-hard-delete-an-azure-web?orderBy=Oldest

Seems like it is at least a month. Would have been nice if there was a way to release it other than paying EUR 20 for a support subscription...