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etienne-143
Mar 17, 2026Occasional Reader
Azure Cloud Shell Instance Failed to provision
Hi everyone, I have an annoying error when I'm starting from the Azure portal a Cloud shell session, telling me this error : {"code":"InvalidSubscription","message":"Invalid subscription identi...
ValentinoC
Mar 18, 2026Copper Contributor
In the Azure Portal
- Go to Subscriptions
- Make sure you have at least one active subscription
- Click "Set as default subscription"
or inside Cloud Shell (if it opens partially)
az account list --output table
az account set --subscription "<subscription-id>"
You Dont have Access to Any Subscription
This happens often with:
- New accounts
- Guest users in another tenant
Check:
- Go to Subcriptions > If empty > you dont have access
- Ask your admin to assign:
- Reader
- Preferably Contributor
- etienne-143Mar 18, 2026Occasional Reader
I'm global admin and have access to all of them