My Azure subscription cannot be reactivated.

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My Azure subscription cannot be reactivated.

Werner Knudsen 0

My Azure subscription is deactivated. I changed payment card yesterday but after more that 24 hours it is still deactivated.

Reactivation says no outstanding bills. I deleted the old payment after changing to the new one. All attempts at self service circle back to the system verifying that there are no outstanding bills. I have no idea how to proceed or get support.

Don't know if the community can help but I am locked.

Suchitra Suregaunkar 9,270 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator

2026-03-12T00:56:41.6866667+00:00
Hello Werner Knudsen

What exact subscription type are you on (Pay-as-you-go, CSP, EA, Free Trial, Student)?

Are you listed as the Account Administrator or Owner on that subscription?

What status or error message do you see on the Subscriptions blade after running Diagnostics?

Did you ever see a past-due banner or “Settle balance” option?

Was your new card successfully added and set as default?

Thanks,

Suchitra.
Werner Knudsen 0 Reputation points

2026-03-12T19:56:02.0533333+00:00
it's pay-as-you-go, subscription 6e364996-d835-4ad0-8a2c-16de0f071dc8 if that helps.

I am account admin.

All attempts to diagnose suggest I pay to settle balance, but when I click reactivate and try to pay it says "you don't have any outstanding charges for VISA **** 6966" which is my new and valid card. Also there are no due or past-due invoices for the card in the Billings section. The old invalid card is deleted so the issue may be that some balance is still connected to that one, not having been transferred to the new.

There will have been a balance as I haven't used the portal for a while and the old card was invalid.

The new card has been successfully added and set as default.

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Suchitra Suregaunkar 9,270 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator

2026-03-12T00:56:41.6866667+00:00

Hello Werner Knudsen

What exact subscription type are you on (Pay-as-you-go, CSP, EA, Free Trial, Student)?

Are you listed as the Account Administrator or Owner on that subscription?

What status or error message do you see on the Subscriptions blade after running Diagnostics?

Did you ever see a past-due banner or “Settle balance” option?

Was your new card successfully added and set as default?

Thanks,

Suchitra.
Werner Knudsen 0 Reputation points

2026-03-12T19:56:02.0533333+00:00

it's pay-as-you-go, subscription 6e364996-d835-4ad0-8a2c-16de0f071dc8 if that helps.

I am account admin.

All attempts to diagnose suggest I pay to settle balance, but when I click reactivate and try to pay it says "you don't have any outstanding charges for VISA **** 6966" which is my new and valid card. Also there are no due or past-due invoices for the card in the Billings section. The old invalid card is deleted so the issue may be that some balance is still connected to that one, not having been transferred to the new.

There will have been a balance as I haven't used the portal for a while and the old card was invalid.

The new card has been successfully added and set as default.

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Werner Knudsen 0

The AI reply circled the same way. I am the admin and cost management etc show no issues or outstanding bills, yet I cannot reactivate more than 24 hours after having entered the new payment card

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