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Savings plan scopes

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Setting the scope for a savings plan selects where the benefits apply.

You have the following options to scope a savings plan, depending on your needs:

Scope options

  • Single resource group scope - Applies the savings plan benefit to eligible resources in the selected resource group only.
  • Single subscription scope - Applies the savings plan benefit to eligible resources in the selected subscription.
  • Management group - Applies the savings plan benefit to eligible resources within all subscriptions contained in both the management group and billing scope.
  • Shared scope - Applies the savings plan benefit to eligible resources within subscriptions that are in the billing context. If a subscription was moved to different billing context, the benefit will no longer be applied to this subscription and will continue to apply to other subscriptions in the billing context.
    • For Enterprise Agreement customers, the billing context is the enrollment. The savings plan shared scope would include multiple Microsoft Entra tenants in an enrollment.
    • For Microsoft Customer Agreement customers, the billing scope is the billing profile. Usage from all billing subscriptions under the billing profile, is eligible to receive benefits for a Shared scoped savings plan.

Scope processing order

While applying savings plan benefits to your usage, Azure processes savings plans in the following order:

  1. Savings plans with a single resource group scope.
  2. Savings plans with a single subscription scope.
  3. Savings plans scoped to a management group.
  4. Savings plans with a shared scope.

You can always update the scope after you buy a savings plan. To do so, go to the savings plan, select Configuration, and rescope the savings plan. Rescoping a savings plan isn't a commercial transaction, so your savings plan term isn't changed. For more information about updating the scope, see Update the scope after you purchase a savings plan.

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