Change App Service Plan Subscription on Azure

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Change App Service Plan Subscription on Azure

Dave Nottingham 121

Hi

NOTE - This post has been edited as initially only one service plan was showing in the list and confused the issue!

Recently I posted a question about moving subscriptions. But everything suggested just generated errors. In the end I created new apps, uploaded with VS and deleted the old ones. Everything seemed to be good, but I have just noticed charges are still mounting to the old subscription (that was converted to pay-as-you-go).

Short history - the original subscription was against Action Pack and $100.00 a month was applied to the account. Last year it was changed to the MCPP subscription which is an annual amount. I didn't have a problem changing that subscription to MCPP, but this year has turned into something of a nightmare.

This is a list of all resources - the app service plans are highlighted.

AppServicePlan_004

Here are the App Service Plans

AppServicePlan_005

There are no apps assigned to one service plan, and two assigned to the correct one. There are still charges being applied to the old subscription. I'm thinking that either the service plan or the resource group need to delete (and I guess deleting the resource group will take out the plan as well.

Is my assumption correct?

Thank you for any assistance.

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Answer 1

Hi @Dave Nottingham ,

Thanks for reaching out in Microsoft Q&A forum,

Based on the screenshots you shared, it appears that the migration of your web apps to the new MCPP subscription was successful. Both of your App Services are now associated with the new App Service Plan, while the old App Service Plan in the Microsoft Partner Network subscription no longer has any apps assigned to it.

However, the old App Service Plan is still configured with the Standard (S1) pricing tier. App Service Plans are billed independently of the number of apps they host, so an App Service Plan can continue to incur charges even when it has 0 apps assigned.

Before deleting the old App Service Plan, we recommend confirming the following:

The old App Service Plan has 0 apps assigned (as shown in your screenshot).
There are no deployment slots, WebJobs, or other dependencies associated with the plan.
All required applications are running successfully from the new App Service Plan in the MCPP subscription.

If these checks are complete, it should be safe to delete the old App Service Plan. There is no need to delete the entire Resource Group unless you have confirmed that none of the remaining resources within it (such as Application Insights or other Azure resources) are still required.

If you continue to see charges after deleting the App Service Plan (keeping in mind that billing data may take some time to update), you can use Cost Management + Billing > Cost Analysis on the old subscription and group costs by Resource to identify whether another resource is generating the charges.

For more information, please refer to the official Microsoft documentation:

Azure App Service pricing: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/pricing/details/app-service/windows/
Delete an App Service plan: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/app-service/app-service-plan-manage?tabs=asyncscaleout
Analyze costs with Cost Management: https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/cost-management-billing/costs/cost-analysis-common-uses

Kindly let us know if the above helps or you need further assistance on this issue.

Please do not forget to and “up-vote” wherever the information provided helps you, this can be beneficial to other community members.

Dave Nottingham 121 Reputation points

2026-07-26T10:44:52.9833333+00:00

Thank you for confirming this - history has taught me to be wary of the 'delete' button until I am very, very sure.

For some reason I can't see the 'up-vote' button anywhere (although it appears in other MS forums). I think I can also accept this as an answer as well as the first one - is that correct?
Venkatesan S 10,830 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator

2026-07-26T11:05:35.74+00:00

Hi @Dave Nottingham ,

You're very welcome! It's completely understandable to be cautious with the Delete button, especially when working with Azure resources.

Regarding Microsoft Q&A, yes, you can accept this answer as well if you found it helpful. Microsoft Q&A allows multiple accepted answers, so if more than one answer helped resolve your question, you can mark each of them as accepted.

For more information, please refer to the official Microsoft documentation: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/answers/support/accept-answer#change-an-accepted-answer

Thank you, and I'm glad we could help! If you have any further questions, please feel free to ask.
Dave Nottingham 121 Reputation points

2026-07-26T11:19:38.36+00:00

For some reason the upvote button only appears in comments, not the actual question. Of course, I have been cooking with wine (sometimes I even add some to the food) - perhaps I am staring at it and not seeing it - just like I do with the supermarket shelves.

Have upvoted the comment :-)

Answer 2

TP 163.2K Volunteer Moderator

Hi,

In order to stop future charges from accruing, you need to delete "AuthorWeb20231123223308Plan" App Service Plan (ASP). An ASP accrues charges even if it doesn't have apps/slots within it, unless it is on Free (F1) SKU.

Additionally, please consider deleting other resources that are still in old subscription, assuming you no longer need them.

Please click Accept Answer and upvote if the above was helpful.

Thanks.

-TP

Dave Nottingham 121 Reputation points

2026-07-26T10:28:44.6133333+00:00

Hi TP

Thank you for replying :-)

Whilst you were posting an answer I did edit it.
TP 163.2K Reputation points Volunteer Moderator

2026-07-26T10:32:08.0633333+00:00

Hi, I see your edits. Answer is still basically the same. Delete App Service Plan you are not using to stop future charges. If you want to delete the Resource Group that it is in (and thus delete everything contained in the group), you can do that too.