Merge pull request #228986 from amsliu/pim-update-1

pim-update-1

Author: Court72

articles/active-directory/privileged-identity-management/media/pim-resource-roles-activate-your-roles/view-my-access.png

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ ms.topic: how-to
 ms.tgt_pltfrm: na
 ms.workload: identity
 ms.subservice: pim
-ms.date: 10/27/2022
+ms.date: 3/1/2023
 ms.author: amsliu
 ms.reviewer: rianakarim
 ms.custom: pim
@@ -23,6 +23,9 @@ Use Privileged Identity Management (PIM) in Azure Active Directory (Azure AD), p
 
 This article is for members who need to activate their Azure resource role in Privileged Identity Management.
 
+>[!NOTE]
+>As of March 2023, you may now activate your assignments and view your access directly from blades outside of PIM in the Azure portal. Read more [here](pim-resource-roles-activate-your-roles.md#activate-with-azure-portal).
+
 ## Activate a role
 
 When you need to take on an Azure resource role, you can request activation by using the **My roles** navigation option in Privileged Identity Management.
@@ -214,6 +217,22 @@ If you do not require activation of a role that requires approval, you can cance
 
 When a role assignment is activated, you'll see a **Deactivate** option in the PIM portal for the role assignment. When you select **Deactivate**, there's a short time lag before the role is deactivated. Also, you can't deactivate a role assignment within five minutes after activation.
 
+## Activate with Azure portal
+
+Privileged Identity Management role activation has been integrated into the Billing and Access Control (AD) extensions within the Azure portal. Shortcuts to Subscriptions (billing) and Access Control (AD) allow you to activate PIM roles directly from these blades.
+
+From the Subscriptions blade, select “View eligible subscriptions” in the horizontal command menu to check your eligible, active, and expired assignments. From there, you can activate an eligible assignment in the same pane.
+
+   ![Screenshot of view eligible subscriptions on the Subscriptions page.](./media/pim-resource-roles-activate-your-roles/view-subscriptions-1.png)
+
+   ![Screenshot of view eligible subscriptions on the Cost Management: Integration Service page.](./media/pim-resource-roles-activate-your-roles/view-subscriptions-2.png)
+
+In Access control (IAM) for a resource, you can now select “View my access” to see your currently active and eligible role assignments and activate directly.
+
+   ![Screenshot of current role assignments on the Measurement page.](./media/pim-resource-roles-activate-your-roles/view-my-access.png)
+
+By integrating PIM capabilities into different Azure portal blades, this new feature allows you to gain temporary access to view or edit subscriptions and resources more easily.
+
 ## Troubleshoot
 
 ### Permissions are not granted after activating a role