Select-AZSubscription

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To change Azure subscription in PowerShell, we can simply use the Select-AZSubscription Azure PowerShell cmdlet. It’s really easy to use. Well, let’s discuss how to change Azure subscriptions using PowerShell. As part of this topic, we will discuss the Select-AZSubscription Azure PowerShell cmdlet and its syntax with examples of how to use this command.

Select-AZSubscription

Select-AZSubscription is an excellent Azure PowerShell cmdlet that can be used to change the Azure subscription.

Let’s discuss the syntax of the Select-AZSubscription Azure PowerShell cmdlet and Examples that will give you enough idea to change your Azure subscription with PowerShell.

Syntax-1

You can change or set the Azure subscription with the help of the Subscription Name parameter.

Select-AzSubscription -SubscriptionName 'The name of your subscription'

Example

Below is an example where Visual Studio Enterprise is the name of my Azure subscription

Select-AzSubscription -SubscriptionName 'Visual Studio Enterprise'

Once you execute the above Azure PowerShell cmdlet, you will get the output like the one below. Check out the screenshot below.

PS C:\WINDOWS\system32> Select-AzSubscription -SubscriptionName 'Visual Studio Enterprise'

Name                                     Account     Subscriptio Environmen TenantId  
                                                     nName       t                    
----                                     -------     ----------- ---------- --------  
Visual Studio Enterprise (1cdf4300-de... fewlines... Visual S... AzureCloud 5d9d690...
change subscription azure powershell

Syntax-2

You can also use the Subscription ID as a parameter to change the Azure subscription.

Select-AzSubscription -SubscriptionId 'Your Azure Subscription Id'

Example

1cdf4300-xxxx-4518-6c6c-xxxxxxxxxxxx is my Azure subscription ID.

Select-AzSubscription -SubscriptionId '1cdf4300-dee5-4518-9c9c-feaa72a5cbd1'

Once you execute the above Azure PowerShell cmdlet, you will get the same output as below. Check out the screenshot below.

select-azsubscription

Read: How to get tenant ID in Azure using PowerShell

Syntax-3

Another syntax is to use Azure TenantID to change Azure subscription

Select-AzSubscription -Tenant 'your tenantId'

Example

5d9d690a-0310-474d-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxxx is the tenant Id for me.

Select-AzSubscription -Tenant '5d9d690a-0310-474d-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxxx'

If you will execute the above Azure PowerShell cmd, you will get the execute as below

azure powershell change subscription

When you have more than one active Azure subscription, you can even use Set-AzContext to change the other Azure subscription.

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Final Words

Well, it’s simple, and we discussed How to change Azure subscription using PowerShell using Select-AZSubscription Azure PowerShell cmdlet.