
In the New user blade, select Invite user, fill out the Identity information for the given user, and we can even add some additional information to the invited user. A list of all users will be listed on the right side, click on New guest user, as depicted in the image below. The process to create the external user to access your Azure resources is this: Click on Azure Active Directory, then click on All Users. If there is no Microsoft account associated with the account before the invite, the association can be created easily before or after by accessing your account. We can use any email address that the vendor may have, as long as they have a Microsoft account assigned to that email address. The process to allow an external user to authenticate and access your subscription is done through Azure Active Directory when we create a guest user.

Here’s the scenario: We will start with a single Azure subscription for which we need help from a vendor to connect and perform some assessment, or to help us in any shape or form. We are going to cover what the cloud administrator can use to track and understand the usage and permissions given to any external account. In this article, we are going to cover the required steps to allow an external user to authenticate and access your Azure resources. I have seen an increasing number of requests between companies and partners to allow remote access to perform activities in Azure subscriptions.


In these difficult times, the use of technology and remote connectivity is crucial.
