Merge pull request #13806 from LHL407/articles-about-managing-subscriptions

[AQ] edit pass: Articles about managing Visual Studio subscriptions

Author: ShawnJackson

subscriptions/add-monthly-subs.md

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-title: Link new monthly subscriptions to Subscriptions Admin Portal
+title: Link New Monthly Subscriptions to Subscriptions Admin Portal
 author: joseb-rdc
 ms.author: amast
 manager: shve
 ms.date: 03/20/2025
 ms.topic: how-to
-description:  Learn how to link newly purchased monthly Visual Studio subscriptions to the Subscriptions Admin Portal.
+description:  Learn how to link newly purchased monthly Visual Studio subscriptions to the Subscriptions Admin portal.
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-# Link new monthly Visual Studio subscriptions to the Subscriptions Admin Portal
 
-If you're an Azure Admin and already completed the purchase process in the [Marketplace](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/subscriptions) of new monthly Visual Studio subscriptions using an Azure subscription, you might need to link them into your specific admin group using the Admin Portal. 
+# Link new monthly Visual Studio subscriptions to the Subscriptions Admin portal
+
+If you're an Azure admin and purchased new monthly Visual Studio subscriptions by using an Azure subscription in the [Visual Studio Marketplace](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/subscriptions), you might need to link them into your specific admin group. You can link them by using the Subscriptions Admin portal.
 
 ## How do I know if I need to link my subscriptions?
 
-The steps to link monthly subscriptions depend on what kinds of subscriptions your organization already has, and whether you're a new admin.
-+ If you're a new admin, we check for Azure subscriptions on which you have User Access Administrator rights when you sign in to the Subscriptions Admin portal the first time. If we find monthly subscriptions for you, we link them automatically. 
-+ If you linked or administered monthly subscriptions purchased using an Azure subscription, we check for new monthly subscriptions each time you sign in. 
-+ If you're already an admin for Volume Licensing subscriptions but **haven't** linked or managed monthly subscriptions, you need to link them using the following steps.
+Whether you need to link your subscription depends on the type of subscriptions your organization already has, and whether you're a new admin.
+
+* If you're a new admin, the first time you sign in to the Subscriptions Admin portal, we check to see if you have User Access Administrator rights for any Azure subscriptions. If we find monthly subscriptions for you, we link them automatically.
+* If you linked or administered monthly subscriptions that you purchased by using an Azure subscription, we check for new monthly subscriptions each time you sign in.
+* If you're already an admin for Volume Licensing subscriptions but *haven't* linked or managed monthly subscriptions, you need to link them by using the following steps.
 
 ## How to link monthly subscriptions
 
-1. Sign in to the Subscriptions Admin portal at <https://manage.visualstudio.com>.
-0. On the **Manage subscribers** tab, choose the **Add agreement** drop-down.
-0. Choose **New monthly subscriptions** in the drop-down.
+1. Sign in to the [Subscriptions Admin portal](https://manage.visualstudio.com).
+0. On the **Manage subscribers** tab, select the **Add agreement** dropdown menu and then select **New monthly subscription(s)**.
    > [!div class="mx-imgBorder"]
-   > ![Add new monthly subscriptions drop-down](_img/add-monthly-subs/add-subs-drop-down.png "Screenshot of Add agreement drop-down. New monthly subscriptions option is highlighted.")
+   > ![Add new monthly subscriptions dropdown menu](_img/add-monthly-subs/add-subs-drop-down.png "Screenshot of Add agreement dropdown menu with the new monthly subscriptions option highlighted.")
 
-> [!NOTE]
-> If the "New monthly subscription(s)" option isn't visible when you select the "Add agreements" drop-down, it indicates that a monthly subscription hasn't been purchased in the marketplace or the monthly subscriptions were automatically linked, allowing for immediate assignment.
+   > [!NOTE]
+   > If the **New monthly subscription(s)** option isn't visible when you select the **Add agreement** dropdown menu, it indicates that no monthly subscriptions were purchased in the marketplace, or that the monthly subscriptions were automatically linked, allowing for immediate assignment.
 
-4. The system searches for any Azure subscriptions on which you have User Access Administrator rights and imports any Visual Studio subscriptions purchased with those Azure subscriptions.
+4. The system searches to see if you have User Access Administrator rights for any Azure subscriptions and imports any Visual Studio subscriptions purchased with those Azure subscriptions.
 0. If you don't have User Access Administrator rights on any Azure subscriptions, or no Visual Studio subscriptions are found, you receive the following message:
    > [!div class="mx-imgBorder"]
-   > ![No new monthly subscriptions found](_img/add-monthly-subs/no-subs-found.png "Screenshot of Error message indicating that there are no Azure subscriptions or Visual Studio subscriptions are available to you.")
+   > ![No new monthly subscriptions found](_img/add-monthly-subs/no-subs-found.png "Screenshot of error message that indicates that no Azure subscriptions or Visual Studio subscriptions are available to you.")
 0. If new monthly subscriptions are found, you receive a confirmation message.
    > [!div class="mx-imgBorder"]
-   > ![Subscriptions added confirmation message](_img/add-monthly-subs/subs-added-confirmation.png "Screenshot of a message confirming that new monthly subscriptions have been added.")
+   > ![Subscriptions added confirmation message](_img/add-monthly-subs/subs-added-confirmation.png "Screenshot of a message that confirms that new monthly subscriptions have been added.")
 
 ## Things to keep in mind
 
-+ The option to link new monthly subscriptions is only available the first time you purchase them. After you link monthly subscriptions, we check for new subscriptions each time you sign in to the portal. 
-+ When new subscriptions are found, you might see that they're already assigned to subscribers. That behavior is because there are other admins with access to the Azure subscription, and they assigned the new Visual Studio subscriptions to users. Now that you linked them to your portal, you can administer those subscriptions. 
+* The option to link new monthly subscriptions is available only the first time you purchase them. After you link monthly subscriptions, we check for new subscriptions each time you sign in to the portal.
+* When new subscriptions are found, you might see that they're already assigned to subscribers. The reason is that there are other admins with access to the Azure subscription, and they can also assign the new Visual Studio subscriptions to users. Now that you linked them to your portal, you can administer those subscriptions.
 
 ## Support resources
 
-For assistance with administration of Visual Studio Subscriptions, contact [Visual Studio subscriptions support](https://aka.ms/vsadminhelp).
+For assistance with administration of Visual Studio subscriptions, contact [Visual Studio subscriptions support](https://aka.ms/vsadminhelp).
 
-## Next steps
+## Related content
 
 Now that you linked subscriptions, you're ready to assign them to users. You can do that in several ways:
-+ [Assign subscriptions individually](assign-license.md)
-+ [Assign subscriptions to multiple users](assign-license-bulk.md)
-+ [Assign specific subscriptions to specific users](assign-guid.md)
-
-## See also
-
-+ [Visual Studio documentation](/visualstudio/)
-+ [Azure DevOps Services documentation](/azure/devops/)
-+ [Azure documentation](/azure/)
-+ [Microsoft 365 documentation](/microsoft-365/)
+* [Assign subscriptions individually](assign-license.md)
+* [Assign subscriptions to multiple users](assign-license-bulk.md)
+* [Assign specific subscriptions to specific users](assign-guid.md)
+
+For more help, see:
+* [Visual Studio documentation](/visualstudio/)
+* [Azure DevOps Services documentation](/azure/devops/)
+* [Azure documentation](/azure/)
+* [Microsoft 365 documentation](/microsoft-365/)