az-account

List all subscriptions for the logged-in account

$ az account list

$ az account show

$ az account set --subscription [subscription-id-or-name]

$ az account get-access-token

$ az account get-access-token --resource-type ms-graph

$ az account list-locations

$ az account clear

az account subcommand [options]

az account manages Azure subscription information and access tokens. It allows you to list, select, and manage subscriptions associated with your Azure account, as well as obtain access tokens for programmatic access to Azure resources.
This command group is essential for working with multiple Azure subscriptions and switching between them during CLI sessions.

--subscription value

Name or ID of the subscription to use

Type of resource for access token (aad-graph, arm, ms-graph, etc.)

Space-separated scopes for the access token

Tenant ID for cross-tenant token requests

Subscription Management

list, show, set, clear, list-locations

get-access-token

management-group create, management-group delete, management-group list, management-group show, management-group update

lock create, lock delete, lock list, lock show, lock update

alias create, alias delete, alias list, alias show

subscription list, subscription show

Access tokens are valid for a minimum of 5 minutes up to a maximum of 60 minutes. The expires_on field in token output is a POSIX timestamp (UTC), while expiresOn is local datetime. Starting in September 2025, Microsoft requires MFA for user identities; scripts should migrate to service principals or managed identities.

az(1), az-login(1), az-logout(1)