Manage Azure Subscriptions

The Azure node in Server Explorer provides access to manage your subscriptions through its context menu by right-clicking and selecting Manage and Filter Subscriptions. Figure 12.4 shows the Manage Microsoft Azure Subscriptions dialog. You can see here that there are three accounts already associated to Visual Studio. You can add additional accounts using the link in the bottom right: Add an account. This process simply requires you to log in to your additional account. (See the prior section on setting up that account inside the Azure web app.)

FIGURE 12.4 Visual Studio allows you to manage your Azure subscriptions from within Server Explorer.

Notice that three of the accounts in Figure 12.4 already have Azure subscriptions and one does not. You can use the link Sign Up for a Subscription to add subscriptions to your account. An Azure subscription is a usage plan associated with your account. Figure 12.5 shows the current, available options. You can also access this directly from the portal when adding a subscription to your account. In addition to these options, there is the free trial and the standard benefits you get with MSDN (or a similar account/agreement). Subscriptions control how you will likely pay for the Azure services you use and what support agreement you have with Microsoft.

FIGURE 12.5 You add additional subscriptions to your Azure account from the Azure web app.