Merge pull request #311620 from Nicholak-MS/patch-261117

Update create-subscription.md with Azure Service Health info

Author: prmerger-automator[bot]

articles/cost-management-billing/manage/create-subscription.md

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ ms.reviewer: nicholak
 ms.service: cost-management-billing
 ms.subservice: billing
 ms.topic: conceptual
-ms.date: 12/29/2025
+ms.date: 02/10/2026
 ms.custom:
 - sfi-image-nochange
 - sfi-ga-nochange
@@ -72,6 +72,10 @@ Here's an example of the notification:
 
 Or, if you're already on the Subscriptions page, you can refresh your browser's view to see the new subscription.
 
+## Configure Azure Service Health on the new subscription
+
+Azure Service Health alerting is essential alongside your new subscription because it gives you early, personalized awareness of Azure issues that directly affect your environment. Alerting is free, easy to configure and should be considered for all production subscriptions. [Learn More about Azure Service Health](https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/service-health/alerts-activity-log-service-notifications-portal)
+
 ## View all subscriptions
 
 If you created a subscription but can't find it in the Subscriptions list view, a view filter might be applied.