Accessing budgets and cost analysis in Azure subscription

Hi Tobi,

Thanks for reaching out to Microsoft Q&A.

The issue you are experiencing may be due to a permission or role propagation delay or other underlying access control mechanisms in azure, even though you've assigned yourself the relevant roles. Here are a few steps to troubleshoot and potentially resolve this issue:

• Ensure the roles (Billing Reader, Cost Management Contributor, Cost Management Reader) are applied at the subscription level and not at a resource group or management group level. Go to Subscriptions → Select your subscription. Under Access control (IAM), verify that you are assigned those roles at the subscription level.
• Sometimes, Azure can take a little time to propagate role assignments across its services. Wait for 10-15 minutes after assigning yourself these roles and try accessing the Budgets or Cost Analysis section again.
• Try assigning the Global Reader role at the subscription level, as this role provides read-only access to the entire subscription, including cost management. It can sometimes resolve access issues in scenarios like this.
• If you are using Azure AD identities to manage permissions, ensure that there is no conflicting deny assignment blocking your access. Check for any deny assignments or policies at the subscription level that might be restricting access.
• For nonprofit grants, sometimes access to billing-related information is managed at the billing account level, separate from subscription-level roles. You might need additional permissions for the billing account --> Go to Cost Management + Billing → Billing accounts and check if you need to assign any roles at this level.

If none of the above steps resolves the issue, consider opening a ticket with azure support.

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