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articles/cost-management-billing/costs/export-cost-data-storage-account-sas-key.md

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ title: Export cost data with an Azure Storage account SAS key
 description: This article helps partners create a SAS key and configure Cost Management exports.
 author: bandersmsft
 ms.author: banders
-ms.date: 12/06/2023
+ms.date: 11/14/2024
 ms.topic: how-to
 ms.service: cost-management-billing
 ms.subservice: cost-management
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ ms.reviewer: adwise
 
 The following information applies to Microsoft partners only.
 
-Often, partners don't have their own Azure subscriptions in the tenant associated with their own Microsoft Partner Agreement. Partners with a Microsoft Partner Agreement plan who are global admins of their billing account can export and copy cost data into a storage account in a different tenant using a shared access service (SAS) key. In other words, a storage account with a SAS key allows the partner to use a storage account that's outside of their partner agreement to receive exported information. This article helps partners create a SAS key and configure Cost Management exports.
+Often, partners don't have their own Azure subscriptions in the tenant associated with their own Microsoft Partner Agreement. Partners with a Microsoft Partner Agreement plan who are billing admins of their billing account can export and copy cost data into a storage account in a different tenant using a shared access service (SAS) key. In other words, a storage account with a SAS key allows the partner to use a storage account that's outside of their partner agreement to receive exported information. This article helps partners create a SAS key and configure Cost Management exports.
 
 ## Requirements
 
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ Often, partners don't have their own Azure subscriptions in the tenant associate
 - You must be a partner with a Microsoft Partner Agreement. Your customers on the Azure plan must have a signed Microsoft Customer Agreement.
 - SAS key-based export isn't supported for indirect enterprise agreements.
 - SAS key-based export is available for partners that sign in to the Azure portal from a partner tenant. However, the SAS key option isn't supported if you're using Azure Lighthouse for customer management.
-- You must be global admin for your partner organization's billing account.
+- You must be a [billing admin](/partner-center/account-settings/permissions-overview#billing-admin-role) for your partner organization's billing account.
 - You must have access to configure a storage account that's in a different tenant of your partner organization. You're responsible for maintaining permissions and data access when your export data to your storage account.
 - The storage account must not have a firewall configured.
 - The storage account configuration must have the **Permitted scope for copy operations (preview)** option set to **From any storage account**.
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ The SAS token-based export only works while the token remains valid. Reset the t
 The following are common issues that might happen when you configure or use SAS token-based exports.
 
 - You don't see the SAS key option in the Azure portal.
-  - Verify that you're a partner that has a Microsoft Partner Agreement and that you have global admin permission to the billing account. They're the only people who can export with a SAS key.
+  - Verify that you're a partner that has a Microsoft Partner Agreement and that you have billing admin permission to the billing account. They're the only people who can export with a SAS key.
 
 - You get the following error message when trying to configure your export:
 

articles/cost-management-billing/costs/get-started-partners.md

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ titleSuffix: Microsoft Cost Management
 description: This article explains how partners use Cost Management features and how they enable access for their customers.
 author: bandersmsft
 ms.author: banders
-ms.date: 04/22/2024
+ms.date: 11/14/2024
 ms.topic: conceptual
 ms.service: cost-management-billing
 ms.subservice: cost-management
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ ms.custom: secdec18
 
 Cost Management is natively available for direct partners that onboarded their customers to a Microsoft Customer Agreement and [purchased an Azure Plan](/partner-center/purchase-azure-plan). This article explains how partners use [Cost Management](../index.yml) features to view costs for subscriptions in the Azure Plan. It also describes how partners enable Cost Management access at retail rates for their customers.
 
-The global admin and admin agents with direct partners and indirect providers can access Cost Management in the partner tenant and manage costs at invoiced prices.
+The admin agents and [billing admins](/partner-center/account-settings/permissions-overview#billing-admin-role) with direct partners and indirect providers can access Cost Management in the partner tenant and manage costs at invoiced prices.
 
 Resellers and customers can access Cost Management in the customer tenant and view consumption costs for each individual subscription, where costs are computed and shown at retail rates. However, they must have Azure role-based access control (RBAC) access to the subscription in the customer tenant to view costs. The cost visibility policy must get enabled by the provider for the customer tenant.
 
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ To enable Cost Management in the Azure portal, you must confirm customer accepta
 
 Cost Management requires read access to your billing account or subscription.
 
-For more information about enabling and assigning access to Cost Management for a billing account, see [Assign users roles and permissions](/partner-center/permissions-overview). The **Global admin** and **Admin agent** roles can manage costs for a billing account.
+For more information about enabling and assigning access to Cost Management for a billing account, see [Assign users roles and permissions](/partner-center/permissions-overview). The **Admin agent** and [billing admin](/partner-center/account-settings/permissions-overview#billing-admin-role) roles can manage costs for a billing account.
 
 To access Cost Management at the subscription scope, any user with Azure RBAC access to a subscription can view costs at retail (pay-as-you-go) rates. However the [cost visibility policy for the customer tenant](#enable-the-policy-to-view-azure-usage-charges) must be enabled. To view a full list of supported account types, see [Understand Cost Management data](understand-cost-mgt-data.md).
 
@@ -116,15 +116,15 @@ To view costs at the customer scope, in the partner tenant navigate to Cost anal
 
 ## Partner access to billing scopes in Cost Management
 
-Only the users with **Global admin** and **Admin agent** roles can manage and view costs for billing accounts, billing profiles, and customers directly in the partner's Azure tenant. For more information about partner center roles, see [Assign users roles and permissions](/partner-center/permissions-overview).
+Only the users with **Admin agent** and [billing admin](/partner-center/account-settings/permissions-overview#billing-admin-role) roles can manage and view costs for billing accounts, billing profiles, and customers directly in the partner's Azure tenant. For more information about partner center roles, see [Assign users roles and permissions](/partner-center/permissions-overview).
 
 ## Enable Cost Management for customer tenant subscriptions
 
 Partners can enable access to Cost Management after customers are onboarded to a Microsoft Customer Agreement. Then partners can then enable a policy allowing customers to view their costs for Azure consumed services computed at pay-as-you-go retail rates. Costs are shown in the customer's billing currency for their consumed usage at Azure RBAC subscription and resource groups scopes.
 
 When the partner enables the policy for cost visibility, any user with Azure Resource Manager access to the subscription can manage and analyze costs at pay-as-you-go rates. Effectively, resellers and customers that have the appropriate Azure RBAC access to the Azure subscriptions can view cost.
 
-Regardless of the policy, global admins and admin agents of the provider can view subscription costs if they have access to the subscription and resource group.
+Regardless of the policy, admin agents and billing admins of the provider can view subscription costs if they have access to the subscription and resource group.
 
 ### Enable the policy to view Azure usage charges
 
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ When the policy is set to **No**, Cost Management isn't available for subscripti
 
 When the cost policy is set to **Yes**, subscription users associated to the customer tenant can see usage charges at pay-as-you go rates.
 
-When the cost visibility policy is enabled, all services that have subscription usage show costs at pay-as-you-go rates. Reservation usage appears with zero charges for actual and amortized costs. Purchases and entitlements aren't associated to a specific subscription. So, purchases aren't displayed at the subscription scope. The global admin/admin agent of a direct partner or an indirect provider can also use the [Update Customer API](/rest/api/billing/2019-10-01-preview/policies/updatecustomer) to set each customer's cost visibility policy at scale.
+When the cost visibility policy is enabled, all services that have subscription usage show costs at pay-as-you-go rates. Reservation usage appears with zero charges for actual and amortized costs. Purchases and entitlements aren't associated to a specific subscription. So, purchases aren't displayed at the subscription scope. The admin agent of a direct partner or an indirect provider can also use the [Update Customer API](/rest/api/billing/2019-10-01-preview/policies/updatecustomer) to set each customer's cost visibility policy at scale.
 
 ### View subscription costs in the customer tenant
 

articles/cost-management-billing/costs/reservation-utilization-alerts.md

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ title: Reservation utilization alerts
 description: This article helps you set up and use reservation utilization alerts.
 author: bandersmsft
 ms.author: banders
-ms.date: 08/30/2023
+ms.date: 11/14/2024
 ms.topic: how-to
 ms.service: cost-management-billing
 ms.subservice: cost-management
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ You can create a reservation utilization alert rule at any of the following scop
 | --- | --- | --- | --- |
 | Enterprise Agreement | Billing account | Enterprise admin, enterprise read only| Create, read, update, delete |
 |• Microsoft Customer Agreement (MCA) in the Enterprise motion where you buy Azure services through a Microsoft representative. Also called an MCA-E agreement.<br><br>• Microsoft Customer Agreement (MCA) that you bought through the Azure website. Also called an MCA-online agreement. | Billing profile |Billing profile owner, billing profile contributor, billing profile reader, and invoice manager | Create, read, update, delete|
-| Microsoft Partner Agreement (MPA) | Customer scope | Global admin, admin agent | Create, read, update, delete |
+| Microsoft Partner Agreement (MPA) | Customer scope | Admin agent, billing admin | Create, read, update, delete |
 
 For more information, see [scopes and roles](understand-work-scopes.md).
 
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ The following information provides more detail.
 
 **Creation portal** - Azure portal of partner tenant.
 
-**Permissions required for creation and management** - Global admin or admin agent.
+**Permissions required for creation and management** - Admin agent or [billing admin](/partner-center/account-settings/permissions-overview#billing-admin-role).
 
 **Supported scope** - Customer scope. All the reservations that are active for the selected customer are monitored by default.
 

articles/cost-management-billing/costs/understand-work-scopes.md

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ titleSuffix: Microsoft Cost Management
 description: This article helps you understand billing and resource management scopes available in Azure and how to use the scopes in Cost Management and APIs.
 author: bandersmsft
 ms.author: banders
-ms.date: 03/12/2024
+ms.date: 11/14/2024
 ms.topic: conceptual
 ms.service: cost-management-billing
 ms.subservice: cost-management
@@ -275,7 +275,7 @@ The following scopes are supported for CSPs with customers on a Microsoft Custom
 
 - **Customer** - Represents a group of subscriptions that are associated to a specific customer that is onboarded to a Microsoft Customer Agreement by a partner.
 
-Only the users with *Global admin* and *Admin agent* roles can manage and view costs for billing accounts, billing profiles, and customers directly in the partner's Azure tenant. For more information about partner center roles, see [Assign users roles and permissions](/partner-center/permissions-overview).
+Only the users with *Admin agent* and [billing admin](/partner-center/account-settings/permissions-overview#billing-admin-role) roles can manage and view costs for billing accounts, billing profiles, and customers directly in the partner's Azure tenant. For more information about partner center roles, see [Assign users roles and permissions](/partner-center/permissions-overview).
 
 Cost Management only supports CSP partner customers if the customers have a Microsoft Customer Agreement. For CSP supported customers who aren't yet on a Microsoft Customer Agreement, see [Partner Center](/azure/cloud-solution-provider/overview/partner-center-overview).
 

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

@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 ---
 title: Create a subscription for a partner's customer
 titleSuffix: Azure Cost Management + Billing
-description: Learn how a Microsoft Partner creates a subscription for a customer in the Azure portal. 
+description: Learn how a Microsoft Partner creates a subscription for a customer in the Azure portal.
 author: bandersmsft
 ms.reviewer: amberb
 ms.service: cost-management-billing
 ms.subservice: billing
 ms.topic: conceptual
-ms.date: 03/21/2024
+ms.date: 11/14/2024
 ms.author: banders
 ---
 
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ To learn more about billing accounts and identify your billing account type, see
 
 You need the following permissions to create customer subscriptions:
 
-- Global Admin and Admin Agent role in the CSP partner organization.
+- Admin agent role in the CSP partner organization.
 
 For more information, see [Partner Center - Assign users roles and permissions](/partner-center/permissions-overview). The user needs to sign in to the partner tenant to create Azure subscriptions.
 

articles/cost-management-billing/manage/ea-pricing.md

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ ms.reviewer: paagraw
 ms.service: cost-management-billing
 ms.subservice: enterprise
 ms.topic: conceptual
-ms.date: 12/08/2023
+ms.date: 11/14/2024
 ms.author: banders
 ---
 
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ Azure reservation pricing is available in the Azure Price Sheet for the current
 
 ## Download pricing for an MCA or MPA account
 
-If you have an MCA, you must be the billing profile owner, contributor, reader, or invoice manager to view and download pricing. If you have an MPA, you must have the Global Admin and Admin Agent role in the partner organization to view and download pricing.
+If you have an MCA, you must be the billing profile owner, contributor, reader, or invoice manager to view and download pricing. If you have an MPA, you must have the Admin Agent or [billing admin](/partner-center/account-settings/permissions-overview#billing-admin-role) role in the partner organization to view and download pricing.
 
 ### Download price sheets for billed charges
 

articles/cost-management-billing/manage/mpa-request-ownership.md

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ ms.reviewer: amberbhargava
 ms.service: cost-management-billing
 ms.subservice: billing
 ms.topic: how-to
-ms.date: 03/26/2024
+ms.date: 11/14/2024
 ms.author: banders
 ---
 
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ Before you begin, make sure that the people involved in the product transfer hav
 
 ### Required permission for the transfer requestor
 
-To request the billing ownership, you must have **Global Admin** or **Admin Agents** role. To learn more, see [Partner Center - Assign users roles and permissions](/partner-center/permissions-overview).
+To request the billing ownership, you must have the **Admin Agent** or [billing admin](/partner-center/account-settings/permissions-overview#billing-admin-role) role. To learn more, see [Partner Center - Assign users roles and permissions](/partner-center/permissions-overview).
 
 ### Required permission for the subscription transfer recipient 
 
@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ If these two directories aren't the same, the subscriptions couldn't be transfer
 
 ### EA subscription in the non-organization directory
 
-The EA subscriptions from non-organization directories can be transferred as long as the directory has a reseller relationship with the CSP. If the directory doesn’t have a reseller relationship, you need to make sure to have the organization user in the directory as a *Global Administrator* who can accept the partner relationship. The domain name portion of the username must either be the initial default domain name *[domain name].onmicrosoft.com* or a verified, non-federated custom domain name such as *contoso.com*.  
+The EA subscriptions from non-organization directories can be transferred as long as the directory has a reseller relationship with the CSP. If the directory doesn’t have a reseller relationship, you need to make sure to have the organization user in the directory as a [billing admin](/partner-center/account-settings/permissions-overview#billing-admin-role) who can accept the partner relationship. The domain name portion of the username must either be the initial default domain name *[domain name].onmicrosoft.com* or a verified, non-federated custom domain name such as *contoso.com*.  
 
 To add a new user to the directory, see [Quickstart: Add new users to Microsoft Entra ID to add the new user to the directory](../../active-directory/fundamentals/add-users-azure-active-directory.md).
 

articles/cost-management-billing/manage/programmatically-create-subscription-microsoft-partner-agreement.md

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ author: bandersmsft
 ms.service: cost-management-billing
 ms.subservice: billing
 ms.topic: how-to
-ms.date: 08/14/2024
+ms.date: 11/14/2024
 ms.reviewer: sgautam
 ms.author: banders
 ms.custom: devx-track-azurepowershell, devx-track-azurecli, devx-track-arm-template, devx-track-bicep
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ You can't create support plans programmatically. You can buy a new support plan
 
 ## Prerequisites
 
-You must have a Global Admin or  Admin Agent role in your organization's cloud solution provider account to create subscription for your billing account. For more information, see [Partner Center - Assign users roles and permissions](/partner-center/permissions-overview).
+You must have an Admin Agent role in your organization's cloud solution provider account to create subscription for your billing account. For more information, see [Partner Center - Assign users roles and permissions](/partner-center/permissions-overview).
 
 If you don't know whether you have access to a Microsoft Partner Agreement account, see [Check access to a Microsoft Partner Agreement](mpa-request-ownership.md#check-access-to-a-microsoft-partner-agreement).
 

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

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ author: bandersmsft
 ms.service: cost-management-billing
 ms.subservice: billing
 ms.topic: how-to
-ms.date: 02/14/2024
+ms.date: 11/14/2024
 ms.reviewer: sgautam
 ms.author: banders
 ms.custom: devx-track-azurepowershell, devx-track-azurecli
@@ -371,7 +371,7 @@ Use the information in the following sections to create subscriptions for an MPA
 
 ### Prerequisites
 
-You must have a Global Admin or Admin Agent role in your organization's Cloud Solution Provider account to create subscription for your billing account. For more information, see [Partner Center - Assign users roles and permissions](/partner-center/permissions-overview).
+You must have an Admin Agent role in your organization's Cloud Solution Provider account to create subscription for your billing account. For more information, see [Partner Center - Assign users roles and permissions](/partner-center/permissions-overview).
 
 The following examples use REST APIs. Currently, PowerShell and Azure CLI aren't supported.