| title | Move Azure VMware Solution subscription to another subscription | |||
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| description | This article describes how to move Azure VMware Solution subscription to another subscription. You might move your resources for various reasons, such as billing. | |||
| ms.topic | how-to | |||
| ms.service | azure-vmware | |||
| ms.date | 03/13/2026 | |||
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This article describes how to move an Azure VMware Solution subscription to another subscription. You might move your subscription for various reasons, like billing.
You should have at least contributor rights on both source and target subscriptions.
Important
Virtual network and virtual network gateway can't be moved from one subscription to another. Additionally, moving your subscriptions has no effect on the management and workloads, like the vCenter Server, NSX-T Data Center, vSAN, and workload virtual machines.
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In the Azure portal, select the private cloud you want to move.
:::image type="content" source="media/move-subscriptions/source-subscription-id.png" alt-text="Screenshot that shows the overview details of the selected private cloud."lightbox="media/move-subscriptions/source-subscription-id.png":::
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From a command prompt, ping the components and workloads to verify that they're pinging from the same subscription.
:::image type="content" source="media/move-subscriptions/verify-components-workloads.png" alt-text="Screenshot shows the ping command and the results of the ping.":::
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Select the Subscription (change) link.
:::image type="content" source="media/move-subscriptions/private-cloud-overview-subscription-id.png" alt-text="Screenshot shows the private cloud details."lightbox="media/move-subscriptions/private-cloud-overview-subscription-id.png":::
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Provide the subscription details for Target and select Next.
:::image type="content" source="media/move-subscriptions/move-resources-subscription-target.png" alt-text="Screenshot of the target resource."lightbox="media/move-subscriptions/move-resources-subscription-target.png":::
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Confirm the validation of the resources you selected to move. During the validation, you see Pending validation under Validation status.
:::image type="content" source="media/move-subscriptions/pending-move-resources-subscription-target.png" alt-text="Screenshot shows the resource being moved."lightbox="media/move-subscriptions/pending-move-resources-subscription-target.png":::
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Once the validation is successful, select Next to start the migration of your private cloud.
:::image type="content" source="media/move-subscriptions/move-resources-succeeded.png" alt-text=" Screenshot shows the validation status of Succeeded."lightbox="media/move-subscriptions/move-resources-succeeded.png":::
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Select the check box indicating you understand that the tools and scripts associated don't work until you update them to use the new resource IDs. Then select Move.
:::image type="content" source="media/move-subscriptions/review-move-resources-subscription-target.png" alt-text="Screenshot showing the summary of the selected resource being moved."lightbox="media/move-subscriptions/review-move-resources-subscription-target.png":::
A notification appears once the resource move is complete.
:::image type="content" source="media/move-subscriptions/notification-move-resources-subscription-target.png" alt-text="Screenshot of the notification after the resources move is complete."lightbox="media/move-subscriptions/notification-move-resources-subscription-target.png":::
The new subscription appears in the private cloud Overview.
:::image type="content" source="media/move-subscriptions/moved-subscription-target.png" alt-text="Screenshot showing a new subscription."lightbox="media/move-subscriptions/moved-subscription-target.png":::
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