Merge pull request #215899 from JnHs/jh-portal-subset

clarifications on subscription filters

Author: v-regandowner

articles/azure-portal/set-preferences.md

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
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 title: Manage Azure portal settings and preferences
 description: Change Azure portal settings such as default subscription/directory, timeouts, menu mode, contrast, theme, notifications, language/region and more.
-ms.date: 09/06/2022
+ms.date: 11/7/2022
 ms.topic: how-to
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@@ -31,10 +31,15 @@ To switch to a different directory, select the directory that you want to work i
 
 :::image type="content" source="media/set-preferences/settings-directories-subscriptions-default-filter.png" alt-text="Screenshot showing the Directories settings pane.":::
 
-### Subscription filters
+## Subscription filters
 
 You can choose the subscriptions that are filtered by default when you sign in to the Azure portal. This can be helpful if you have a primary list of subscriptions you work with but use others occasionally.
 
+> [!IMPORTANT]
+> After you apply a subscription filter in the Azure portal settings page, you will only see subscriptions that match the filter across all portal experiences. You won't be able to work with other subscriptions that are excluded from the selected filter. Any new subscriptions that are created after the filter was applied may not be shown if the filter criteria don't match. To see them, you must update the filter criteria to include other subscriptions in the portal, or select **Advanced filters** and use the **Default** filter to always show all subscriptions.
+>
+> Certain features, such as **Management groups** or **Security Center**, may show subscriptions that don't match your filter criteria. However, you won't be able to perform operations on those subscriptions (such as moving a subscription between management groups) unless you adjust your filters to include the subscriptions that you want to work with.
+
 To use customized filters, select **Advanced filters**. You'll be prompted to confirm before continuing.
 
 :::image type="content" source="media/set-preferences/settings-advanced-filters-enable.png" alt-text="Screenshot showing the confirmation dialog box for Advanced filters.":::
@@ -43,7 +48,7 @@ This will enable the **Advanced filters** page, where you can create and manage
 
 :::image type="content" source="media/set-preferences/settings-advanced-filters-disable.png" alt-text="Screenshot showing the confirmation dialog box for disabling Advanced filters.":::
 
-## Advanced filters
+### Advanced filters
 
 After enabling the **Advanced filters** page, you can create, modify, or delete subscription filters.