B2C Tenants - Create

Reference

Service:: Azure AD B2C

API Version:: 2021-04-01

Initiates an async request to create both the Azure AD B2C tenant and the corresponding Azure resource linked to a subscription.

PUT https://management.azure.com/subscriptions/{subscriptionId}/resourceGroups/{resourceGroupName}/providers/Microsoft.AzureActiveDirectory/b2cDirectories/{resourceName}?api-version=2021-04-01

URI Parameters

Name	In	Required	Type	Description
resourceGroupName	path	True	string	The name of the resource group.
resourceName	path	True	string	The initial domain name of the Azure AD B2C tenant.
subscriptionId	path	True	string	Subscription credentials which uniquely identify Microsoft Azure subscription. The subscription ID forms part of the URI for every service call.
api-version	query	True	string	Version of the API to be used with the client request.

Request Body

Name	Required	Type	Description
location	True	string	The location in which the resource is hosted and data resides. Can be one of 'United States', 'Europe', 'Asia Pacific', or 'Australia'. Refer to this documentation for more information.
sku	True	B2CResourceSKU	SKU properties of the Azure AD B2C tenant. Learn more about Azure AD B2C billing at aka.ms/b2cBilling.
properties.createTenantProperties.countryCode		string	Country code of Azure tenant (e.g. 'US'). Refer to aka.ms/B2CDataResidency to see valid country codes and corresponding data residency locations. If you do not see a country code in an valid data residency location, choose one from the list.
properties.createTenantProperties.displayName		string	The display name of the Azure AD B2C tenant.
tags		object	Resource Tags

Responses

Name	Type	Description
200 OK	B2CTenantResource	OK - Response of the URL in Location header if the async operation is successful. Resource will be created.
202 Accepted		Azure AD B2C tenant create request accepted. The Location header indicates the URL/location in which to check to get the async status of the operation. Headers Location: string Retry-After: string
Other Status Codes	CloudError	Error response describing why the operation failed.

Name

Type

Description

200 OK

B2CTenantResource

OK - Response of the URL in Location header if the async operation is successful. Resource will be created.

202 Accepted

Azure AD B2C tenant create request accepted. The Location header indicates the URL/location in which to check to get the async status of the operation.

Headers

Location: string
Retry-After: string

Other Status Codes

CloudError

Error response describing why the operation failed.

Security

azure_auth

Azure Active Directory OAuth2 Flow

Type: oauth2
Flow: implicit
Authorization URL: https://login.microsoftonline.com/common/oauth2/authorize

Scopes

Name	Description
user_impersonation	impersonate your user account

Examples

Create tenant

PUT https://management.azure.com/subscriptions/34adfa4f-cedf-4dc0-ba29-b6d1a69ab345/resourceGroups/contosoResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.AzureActiveDirectory/b2cDirectories/contoso.onmicrosoft.com?api-version=2021-04-01

{
  "location": "United States",
  "sku": {
    "name": "Standard",
    "tier": "A0"
  },
  "properties": {
    "createTenantProperties": {
      "displayName": "Contoso",
      "countryCode": "US"
    }
  }
}

const { ExternalIdentitiesConfigurationClient } = require("@azure/arm-azureadexternalidentities");
const { DefaultAzureCredential } = require("@azure/identity");

/**
 * This sample demonstrates how to Initiates an async request to create both the Azure AD B2C tenant and the corresponding Azure resource linked to a subscription.
 *
 * @summary Initiates an async request to create both the Azure AD B2C tenant and the corresponding Azure resource linked to a subscription.
 * x-ms-original-file: specification/cpim/resource-manager/Microsoft.AzureActiveDirectory/stable/2021-04-01/examples/createTenant.json
 */
async function createTenant() {
  const subscriptionId = "34adfa4f-cedf-4dc0-ba29-b6d1a69ab345";
  const resourceGroupName = "contosoResourceGroup";
  const resourceName = "contoso.onmicrosoft.com";
  const createTenantRequestBody = {
    countryCode: "US",
    displayName: "Contoso",
    location: "United States",
    sku: { name: "Standard", tier: "A0" },
  };
  const options = { createTenantRequestBody };
  const credential = new DefaultAzureCredential();
  const client = new ExternalIdentitiesConfigurationClient(credential, subscriptionId);
  const result = await client.b2CTenants.beginCreateAndWait(
    resourceGroupName,
    resourceName,
    options
  );
  console.log(result);
}

createTenant().catch(console.error);

To use the Azure SDK library in your project, see this documentation. To provide feedback on this code sample, open a GitHub issue

Sample response

Status code:: 200

{
  "type": "Microsoft.AzureActiveDirectory/b2cDirectories",
  "sku": {
    "name": "Standard",
    "tier": "A0"
  },
  "properties": {
    "billingConfig": {
      "billingType": "MAU",
      "effectiveStartDateUtc": "1/1/0001 12:00:00 AM"
    },
    "tenantId": "00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000"
  },
  "id": "/subscriptions/34adfa4f-cedf-4dc0-ba29-b6d1a69ab345/resourceGroups/contosoResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.AzureActiveDirectory/b2cDirectories/contoso.onmicrosoft.com",
  "name": "contoso.onmicrosoft.com",
  "location": "United States",
  "tags": null
}

Status code:: 202

Location: https://management.azure.com/subscriptions/34adfa4f-cedf-4dc0-ba29-b6d1a69ab345/providers/Microsoft.AzureActiveDirectory/operations/99999999-9999-9999-9999-999999999999
Retry-After: 60

Definitions

Name	Description
B2CResourceSKU	SKU properties of the Azure AD B2C tenant. Learn more about Azure AD B2C billing at aka.ms/b2cBilling.
B2CResourceSKUName	The name of the SKU for the tenant.
B2CResourceSKUTier	The tier of the tenant.
B2CTenantResource
BillingConfig	The billing configuration for the tenant.
BillingType	The type of billing. Will be MAU for all new customers. If 'Auths', it can be updated to 'MAU'. Cannot be changed if value is 'MAU'. Learn more about Azure AD B2C billing at aka.ms/b2cBilling.
CloudError	An error response for a resource management request.
createdByType	The type of identity that created the resource.
CreateTenantRequestBody	The information needed to create the Azure AD B2C tenant and corresponding Azure resource, which is used for billing purposes.
ErrorAdditionalInfo	The resource management error additional info.
ErrorResponse	Error Response
systemData	Metadata pertaining to creation and last modification of the resource.
TypeValue	The type of the B2C tenant resource.

B2CResourceSKU

SKU properties of the Azure AD B2C tenant. Learn more about Azure AD B2C billing at aka.ms/b2cBilling.

Name	Type	Description
name	B2CResourceSKUName	The name of the SKU for the tenant.
tier	B2CResourceSKUTier	The tier of the tenant.

B2CResourceSKUName

The name of the SKU for the tenant.

Name	Type	Description
PremiumP1	string	Azure AD B2C usage is billed to a linked Azure subscription and uses number of authentications based billing.
PremiumP2	string	Azure AD B2C usage is billed to a linked Azure subscription and uses number of authentications based billing.
Standard	string	Azure AD B2C usage is billed to a linked Azure subscription and uses a monthly active users (MAU) billing model.

B2CResourceSKUTier

The tier of the tenant.

Name	Type	Description
A0	string	The SKU tier used for all Azure AD B2C tenants.

B2CTenantResource

Name	Type	Description
id	string	An identifier that represents the Azure AD B2C tenant resource.
location	string	The location in which the resource is hosted and data resides. Can be one of 'United States', 'Europe', 'Asia Pacific', or 'Australia'. Refer to this documentation for more information.
name	string	The name of the Azure AD B2C tenant resource.
properties.billingConfig	BillingConfig	The billing configuration for the tenant.
properties.tenantId	string	An identifier of the Azure AD B2C tenant.
sku	B2CResourceSKU	SKU properties of the Azure AD B2C tenant. Learn more about Azure AD B2C billing at aka.ms/b2cBilling.
systemData	systemData	Metadata pertaining to creation and last modification of the resource.
tags	object	Resource Tags
type	TypeValue	The type of the B2C tenant resource.

BillingConfig

The billing configuration for the tenant.

Name	Type	Description
billingType	BillingType	The type of billing. Will be MAU for all new customers. If 'Auths', it can be updated to 'MAU'. Cannot be changed if value is 'MAU'. Learn more about Azure AD B2C billing at aka.ms/b2cBilling.
effectiveStartDateUtc	string	The data from which the billing type took effect

BillingType

The type of billing. Will be MAU for all new customers. If 'Auths', it can be updated to 'MAU'. Cannot be changed if value is 'MAU'. Learn more about Azure AD B2C billing at aka.ms/b2cBilling.

Name	Type	Description
Auths	string	Azure AD B2C usage is billed to a linked Azure subscription and uses number of authentications based billing.
MAU	string	Azure AD B2C usage is billed to a linked Azure subscription and uses a monthly active users (MAU) billing model.

CloudError

An error response for a resource management request.

Name	Type	Description
error	ErrorResponse	Error Response Common error response for all Azure Resource Manager APIs to return error details for failed operations. (This also follows the OData error response format.)

createdByType

The type of identity that created the resource.

Name	Type	Description
Application	string
Key	string
ManagedIdentity	string
User	string

CreateTenantRequestBody

The information needed to create the Azure AD B2C tenant and corresponding Azure resource, which is used for billing purposes.

Name	Type	Description
location	string	The location in which the resource is hosted and data resides. Can be one of 'United States', 'Europe', 'Asia Pacific', or 'Australia'. Refer to this documentation for more information.
properties.createTenantProperties.countryCode	string	Country code of Azure tenant (e.g. 'US'). Refer to aka.ms/B2CDataResidency to see valid country codes and corresponding data residency locations. If you do not see a country code in an valid data residency location, choose one from the list.
properties.createTenantProperties.displayName	string	The display name of the Azure AD B2C tenant.
sku	B2CResourceSKU	SKU properties of the Azure AD B2C tenant. Learn more about Azure AD B2C billing at aka.ms/b2cBilling.
tags	object	Resource Tags

ErrorAdditionalInfo

The resource management error additional info.

Name	Type	Description
info	object	The additional info.
type	string	The additional info type.

ErrorResponse

Error Response

Name	Type	Description
additionalInfo	ErrorAdditionalInfo[]	The error additional info.
code	string	The error code.
details	ErrorResponse[]	The error details.
message	string	The error message.
target	string	The error target.

systemData

Metadata pertaining to creation and last modification of the resource.

Name	Type	Description
createdAt	string	The timestamp of resource creation (UTC).
createdBy	string	The identity that created the resource.
createdByType	createdByType	The type of identity that created the resource.
lastModifiedAt	string	The timestamp of resource last modification (UTC)
lastModifiedBy	string	The identity that last modified the resource.
lastModifiedByType	createdByType	The type of identity that last modified the resource.

TypeValue

The type of the B2C tenant resource.

Name	Type	Description
Microsoft.AzureActiveDirectory/b2cDirectories	string	The resource type for Azure AD B2C tenant resource.

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B2C Tenants - Create

URI Parameters

Request Body

Responses

Security

azure_auth

Scopes

Examples

Create tenant

Sample request

Sample response

Definitions

B2CResourceSKU

B2CResourceSKUName

B2CResourceSKUTier

B2CTenantResource

BillingConfig

BillingType

CloudError

createdByType

CreateTenantRequestBody

ErrorAdditionalInfo

ErrorResponse

systemData

TypeValue

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