Subscription is valid but Sorry, we are unable to set up billing. Give it a few minutes and then please try again when linking ogranization

Hello, I hope you are doing well

That error usually happens when linking an Azure subscription to an organization (e.g., in Entra ID or Cost Management + Billing) but the billing profile isn’t yet fully provisioned or there are role/permission mismatches.

Billing account provisioning delay, After creating a new subscription or billing profile, it can take a few minutes to several hours before it is fully ready.

• Permissions not sufficient
• You must be a Billing Account Owner / Contributor or Billing Profile Contributor.
• Having only Subscription Owner rights is not enough for linking billing.

Organization mismatch

• The subscription may be associated with a different tenant (directory) than the one you’re trying to link.
• Portal caching / temporary backend error
• Sometimes the error is transient, as the message suggests (“try again in a few minutes”).

Go to Cost Management + Billing → Billing profiles → Select your billing profile → Access control (IAM) → confirm you are an Owner or Contributor.

In the top-right of the Azure portal, ensure you’ve selected the directory/tenant that matches the subscription billing account.

If it’s a brand-new subscription, give it at least 30–60 minutes. In some cases, it may take up to 24 hours for billing links to stabilize.

Try PowerShell/CLI (alternative to portal)

Connect-AzAccount

Get-AzSubscription

Then check if the subscription is visible and billing account is attached.

If still failing after a few hours

Open a support request under Billing → Subscription Management → Link subscription to directory/organization.