Azure Subscription RBAC Issue – Role Showing as Unknown

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Azure Subscription RBAC Issue – Role Showing as Unknown

Banu Prakash 0

I created an Azure Free Trial subscription with the account ******@outlook.com. The subscription Azure subscription 1 (ID: PII) is active, but the portal shows My role: Unknown. I cannot view IAM roles, billing, or create resources. Please help assign Owner role to my account or advise how to fix the RBAC access issue.

Rukmini 30,115 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator

2026-03-12T19:34:25.5333333+00:00

Hello Banu Prakash,

I see the Global Admin of the Tenant where the Subscription resides. Hence you need to elevate access and assign yourself the owner role like below:

Go to Azure Portal -> Microsoft Entra ID -> Properties -> Access management for Azure resources -> Yes -> Save

And then Go to Subscriptions -> Select Azure subscription 1 -> Open Access control (IAM) -> Click Add → Add role assignment -> Select Privileged administrator roles -> Select Owner -> Assign it to the same account

Let me know if any further queries - feel free to reach out!