Pay for your Azure subscription by invoice

07/01/2019
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If you switch to pay by invoice, that means you pay your bill within 30 days of the invoice date by check/wire transfer. To become eligible to pay for your Azure subscription by invoice, submit a request to Azure support. Once your request is approved, you can switch to invoice pay (check/wire transfer) in the Azure portal.

Important

Invoice pay (check/wire transfer) is only available for business accounts.
You must pay all outstanding charges before switching to invoice pay.

Request to pay by invoice

Sign in to the Azure portal. Select Help + support > New support request.
Select Billing as the Issue type. The issue type is the support request category. Select the subscription for which you want to pay by invoice, select a support plan, and then select Next.
Select Pay by Invoice in the Problem Type box. The problem type is the support request subcategory.

Enter the following information in the Details box, and then select Next.

  New or existing customer:
  If existing, current payment method:
  Order ID (requesting for invoice option):
  Account Admins Live ID (or Org ID) (should be company domain):
  Commerce Account ID:
  Company Name (as registered under VAT or Government Website):
  Company Address (as registered under VAT or Government Website):
  Company Website:
  Country:
  TAX ID/ VAT ID:
  Company Established on (Year):
  Any prior business with Microsoft:
  Contact Name:
  Contact Phone:
  Contact Email:
  Justification on why you prefer Invoice option over credit card:

 For cores increase, provide the following additional information:

  (Old quota) Existing Cores:
  (New quota) Requested cores:
  Specific region & series of Subscription:

The Company name and Company address should match the information that you provided for the Azure account. To view or update the information, see Change your Azure account profile information.
You must add your billing contact information in the Azure portal before the credit limit can be approved. The contact details should be related to the company's Accounts Payable or Finance department. To update the billing contact information, go to Azure Account Center.

Verify your contact information and preferred contact method, and then click Create.

If we need to run a credit check because of the amount of credit that you need, we'll send you a credit check application.

Switch to invoice pay (check/wire transfer)

Once you are approved to pay by invoice, you can switch to invoice pay (check/wire transfer) in the Azure portal.

If you have a Microsoft Online Services Program account, you can switch your Azure subscription to check/wire transfer. If you have a Microsoft Customer Agreement, you can switch your billing profile to check/wire transfer. Learn how to check your account type.

Switch Azure subscription to check/wire transfer

Follow the steps below to switch your Azure subscription to invoice pay (check/wire transfer). Once you switch to invoice pay (check/wire transfer) you cannot switch back to credit card.

Sign in to the Azure portal as the Account Administrator.
Search for Cost Management + Billing.
Select the subscription you'd like to switch to invoice payment.
Select Payment methods.
In the command bar, click the Pay by invoice button.

Switch billing profile to check/wire transfer

Follow the steps below to switch a billing profile to check/wire transfer. Please note that only the person who signed up for Azure can change the default payment method of a billing profile.

Sign in to the Azure portal.
Search on Cost Management + Billing.
In the menu on the left, click on Billing profiles.
Select a billing profile.
In the menu on the left, select Payment methods.
Click the blue banner that says you are eligible to pay by check/wire transfer.

Check access to a Microsoft Customer Agreement

Check the agreement type to determine whether you have access to a billing account for a Microsoft Customer Agreement.

Sign in to the Azure portal.
Search on Cost Management + Billing.
If you have access to just one billing scope, select Properties from the left-hand side. You have access to a billing account for a Microsoft Customer Agreement if the billing account type is Microsoft Customer Agreement.
If you have access to multiple billing scope, check the type in the billing account column. You have access to a billing account for a Microsoft Customer Agreement if the billing account type for any of the scopes is Microsoft Customer Agreement.