title: Azure subscription payments
intro: >-
Learn about paying for metered usage of {% data variables.product.github %}
plans, licenses, and usage with an Azure subscription.
shortTitle: Azure subscriptions
versions:
fpt: '*'
ghec: '*'
ghes: '*'
topics:
- Billing
- Enterprise
- Team
- Azure subscription
contentType: concepts
product: >-
Organization and enterprise accounts can pay for any metered use of {% data
variables.product.github %} using an Azure subscription. This option is not
available for personal accounts.
Payment using an Azure subscription
You can pay for {% data variables.product.github %} use through an Azure subscription by connecting the subscription to {% data variables.product.github %}. See AUTOTITLE.
{% data variables.product.github %} installs a Subscription Permission Validation app (SPV app) on the Azure tenant, which it uses to get a list of available subscriptions from active directory. Installing the SPV app requires tenant-wide admin consent. You must sign into an Azure account that can provide tenant-wide admin consent, or work with an Azure administrator to configure the admin consent workflow.
- Grant tenant-wide admin consent to an application in Microsoft Docs
- User and admin consent in Azure Active Directory in Microsoft Docs.
If your tenant provides user consent settings, users included in those settings might not require admin consent to install the {% data variables.product.company_short %} SPV app. See User consent in Microsoft Docs.
Billing cycle for Azure
If you link your {% data variables.product.github %} account to Azure, any usage-based costs starting from that point will be billed through Azure and charged on the 1st of each month. However, any remaining {% data variables.product.github %} charges, for example, charges for your {% data variables.product.prodname_dotcom %} plan, will still be billed on your usual billing date.
Prepaid usage is not currently available for usage-based billing through Azure.
Calculation example
You link your Azure subscription to your organization or enterprise account on June 16th and you also have a {% data variables.copilot.copilot_for_business %} subscription.
- From that June 16th onwards, any usage costs for {% data variables.copilot.copilot_business_short %}, with any costs for metered use over the included amounts, is included in your Azure bill and charged on July 1st and on the first of every month.
- Any charges incurred before June 16th are billed separately through {% data variables.product.github %} on your account's usual billing date.
Use of {% data variables.product.prodname_ghe_cloud %} through a Microsoft Enterprise Agreement
If you use {% data variables.product.prodname_ghe_cloud %} through a Microsoft Enterprise Agreement, connecting an Azure subscription is the only way to use {% data variables.product.prodname_GHAS %}, {% data variables.product.prodname_github_codespaces %}, or {% data variables.product.prodname_copilot %}, or to use {% data variables.product.prodname_actions %}, Git Large File Storage (LFS), or {% data variables.product.prodname_registry %} beyond your plan's included amounts.
Next steps
For instructions on connecting your Azure subscription, see AUTOTITLE.
For reference information, see AUTOTITLE.