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Azure Cost management edit permission

Yu-Jeong Seo 230 Reputation points
2025-08-29T01:26:34.63+00:00

Hi,

We’ve recently started using a new SCE agreement, but the subscription owner is currently unable to view cost information. They are seeing an error message that says they don't have permission and should contact the provider.

I believe the setting "Allow Azure subscriptions users to view and optimize costs" under the Billing Account → Cost Management Settings needs to be enabled. However, we don’t have the permission to access or modify this setting.

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I’d like to ask two things:

  1. What is the minimum role or permission required to change this setting?
  2. Once the setting is enabled, what level of subscription-level role is needed for a user to be able to see the 'Cost' tab within the Subscription blade (not the “Cost Management + Billing” menu)?

Thank you in advance for your help!

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  1. Swaroop Kolli 5,160 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
    2025-08-29T02:22:58.5066667+00:00

    Hello @Yu-Jeong Seo,

    What role/permission is required to enable “Allow Azure subscription users to view and optimize costs”?

    That setting lives at the billing account (agreement) level, not at the subscription level. For Enterprise Agreement (EA/SCE) customers, you must be an Enterprise Administrator (EA admin) on the billing account to change it. Department Administrators or Account Owners cannot toggle this setting. For Microsoft Customer Agreement (MCA) customers, you need the Billing account owner or Billing account contributor role at the billing account scope.

    Once enabled, what role is required to see the Cost Tab in the Subscription blade?

    After the billing account setting is enabled, subscription-level RBAC controls access to cost data like Reader, Contributor, or Owner roles at the subscription level can all see the Cost tab. If you only want read access to costs (no ability to change resources), the Cost Management Reader role is the most precise. This is a built-in RBAC role designed specifically for cost visibility and this needs to be assigned at the subscription scope.

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