Merge pull request #233424 from bandersmsft/create-sub-other-tenant

MCM - Update to add Create subscription in other tenant and view tran…

Author: JamesJBarnett

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

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ ms.reviewer: amberb
 ms.service: cost-management-billing
 ms.subservice: billing
 ms.topic: conceptual
-ms.date: 03/29/2023
+ms.date: 04/04/2023
 ms.author: banders
 ---
 
@@ -39,21 +39,21 @@ Use the following procedure to create a subscription for yourself or for someone
 1. Navigate to **Subscriptions** and then select **Add**.  
     :::image type="content" source="./media/create-subscription/subscription-add.png" alt-text="Screenshot showing the Subscription page where you Add a subscription." lightbox="./media/create-subscription/subscription-add.png" :::
 1. On the Create a subscription page, on the **Basics** tab, type a **Subscription name**.
-1. Select the **Billing account** where the new subscription will get created.
-1. Select the **Billing profile** where the subscription will get created.
-1. Select the **Invoice section** where the subscription will get created.
-1. Next to **Plan**, select **Microsoft Azure Plan for DevTest** if the subscription will be used for development or testing workloads. Otherwise, select **Microsoft Azure Plan**.  
+1. Select the **Billing account** where the new subscription gets created.
+1. Select the **Billing profile** where the subscription gets created.
+1. Select the **Invoice section** where the subscription gets created.
+1. Next to **Plan**, select **Microsoft Azure Plan for DevTest** if the subscription is used for development or testing workloads. Otherwise, select **Microsoft Azure Plan**.  
     :::image type="content" source="./media/create-subscription/create-subscription-basics-tab.png" alt-text="Screenshot showing the Basics tab where you enter basic information about the subscription." lightbox="./media/create-subscription/create-subscription-basics-tab.png" :::
 1. Select the **Advanced** tab.
-1. Select your **Subscription directory**. It's the Azure Active Directory (Azure AD) where the new subscription will get created.
+1. Select your **Subscription directory**. It's the Azure Active Directory (Azure AD) where the new subscription gets created.
 1. Select a **Management group**. It's the Azure AD management group that the new subscription is associated with. You can only select management groups in the current directory.
 1. Select one or more **Subscription owners**. You can select only users or service principals in the selected subscription directory. You can't select guest directory users. If you select a service principal, enter its App ID.   
     :::image type="content" source="./media/create-subscription/create-subscription-advanced-tab.png" alt-text="Screenshot showing the Advanced tab where you can specify the directory, management group, and owner. " lightbox="./media/create-subscription/create-subscription-advanced-tab.png" :::
 1. Select the **Tags** tab.
 1. Enter tag pairs for **Name** and **Value**.  
     :::image type="content" source="./media/create-subscription/create-subscription-tags-tab.png" alt-text="Screenshot showing the tags tab where you enter tag and value pairs." lightbox="./media/create-subscription/create-subscription-tags-tab.png" :::
 1. Select **Review + create**. You should see a message stating `Validation passed`.
-1. Verify that the subscription information is correct, then select **Create**. You'll see a notification that the subscription is getting created.  
+1. Verify that the subscription information is correct, then select **Create**. A notification that the subscription is getting created is shown.  
 
 After the new subscription is created, the owner of the subscription can see it in on the **Subscriptions** page.
 
@@ -69,6 +69,34 @@ To clear the filter and view all subscriptions:
     :::image type="content" source="./media/create-subscription/subscriptions-filter-item.png" alt-text="Screenshot showing the Subscriptions filter box with options." lightbox="./media/create-subscription/subscriptions-filter-item.png" :::
 4. Select **Apply** to close the box and refresh the list of subscriptions.
 
+## Create subscription in other tenant and view transfer requests
+
+A user with the following permission can create subscriptions in their customer's directory if they're allowed or exempted with subscription policy. For more information, see [Setting subscription policy](manage-azure-subscription-policy.md#setting-subscription-policy).
+
+- Billing account owner or contributor
+- Billing profile owner or contributor
+- Invoice section owner
+
+When you try to create a subscription for someone in a directory outside of the current directory (such as a customer's tenant), a _subscription creation request_ is created.
+
+:::image type="content" source="./media/create-subscription/create-subscription-other-directory.png" alt-text="Screenshot showing Create a subscription outside the current directory." lightbox="./media/create-subscription/create-subscription-other-directory.png" :::
+
+When the request is created, the subscription owner (the customer) is sent an email letting them know that they need to accept subscription ownership. The email contains a link used to accept ownership in the Azure portal. The customer must accept the request within seven days. If not accepted within seven days, the request expires. The person that created the request can also manually send their customer the ownership URL to accept the subscription.
+
+After the request is created, it's visible in the Azure portal at **Subscriptions** > **View Requests** by the following people:
+
+- The tenant global administrator of the source tenant where the subscription provisioning request is made.
+- The user who made the subscription creation request for the subscription being provisioned in the other tenant.
+- The user who made the request to provision the subscription in a different tenant than where they make the [Subscription – Alias REST API](/rest/api/subscription/) call instead of the Azure portal.
+
+The subscription owner in the request who resides in the target tenant doesn't see this subscription creation request on the View requests page. Instead, they receive an email with the link to accept ownership of the subscription in the target tenant.
+
+:::image type="content" source="./media/create-subscription/view-requests.png" alt-text="Screenshot showing View Requests page that lists all subscription creation requests." lightbox="./media/create-subscription/view-requests.png" :::
+
+Anyone with access to view the request can view its details. In the request details, the **Accept ownership URL** is visible. You can copy it to manually share it with the subscription owner in the target tenant for subscription ownership acceptance.
+
+:::image type="content" source="./media/create-subscription/request-details.png" alt-text="Screenshot showing request details to view Accept ownership URL." lightbox="./media/create-subscription/request-details.png" :::
+
 ## Create an Azure subscription programmatically
 
 You can also create subscriptions programmatically. For more information, see [Create Azure subscriptions programmatically](programmatically-create-subscription.md).