# Azure error creating resource group
**URL:** https://forum.serverless.com/t/azure-error-creating-resource-group/1516
**Category:** Serverless Framework
**Tags:** azure
**Created:** [March 20, 2017, 11:33am UTC](https://forum.serverless.com/t/azure-error-creating-resource-group/1516 "2017-03-20T11:33:14Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author:  [@alanwhite](https://forum.serverless.com/u/alanwhite)
#### Post date: [March 20, 2017, 11:33am UTC](https://forum.serverless.com/t/azure-error-creating-resource-group/1516/1 "2017-03-20T11:33:14Z")
Hey folks, am familiar with serverless and AWS, and am running through the examples to try and prove how this framework makes it easier to work multicloud, however ground to a halt in my first foray with azure. I don’t know azure, however I’m following the instructions in the [serverless.com](http://serverless.com) for getting a boilerplate function deployed and all went well until the first serverless deploy. Hoping someone can point out what I’ve missed / got wrong or if I should go ahead and raise a bug report. Note it’s a completely new azure account, never used for anything before this.
➜ nplay-azure serverless deploy
WARNING: You are running v1.9.0. v1.10.0 will include the following breaking changes:
- Some lifecycle events for the deploy plugin will move to a new package plugin. More info -\> [https://git.io/vy1zC](https://git.io/vy1zC)
You can opt-out from these warnings by setting the “SLS\_IGNORE\_WARNING=\*” environment variable.
Serverless: Packaging service…
Serverless: Logging in to Azure
Serverless: Creating resource group: nplay-rg
Error --------------------------------------------------
```
The client 'd266f5f9-c2b5-4c49-b120-9c06602fb700' with
object id 'd266f5f9-c2b5-4c49-b120-9c06602fb700' does
not have authorization to perform action 'Microsoft.Resources/subscriptions/resourcegroups/write'
over scope '/subscriptions/edba9b98-3bb8-4c6b-b0b9-bcd5737cebd3/resourcegroups/nplay-rg'.
For debugging logs, run again after setting the "SLS_DEBUG=*" environment variable.
```
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Docs: [docs.serverless.com](http://docs.serverless.com)
Bugs: [github.com/serverless/serverless/issues](http://github.com/serverless/serverless/issues)
```
Please report this error. We think it might be a bug.
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Your Environment Information -----------------------------
OS: darwin
Node Version: 6.10.0
Serverless Version: 1.9.0
My identities in use are:
➜ nplay-azure azure account show
info: Executing command account show
data: Name : Free Trial
data: ID : edba9b98-3bb8-4c6b-b0b9-bcd5737cebd3
data: State : Enabled
data: Tenant ID : 0bfd13a6-34c6-4bb6-b0aa-d4983688cb1b
data: Is Default : true
data: Environment : AzureCloud
data: Has Certificate : No
data: Has Access Token : Yes
info: Executing command ad sp create
- Creating application nplay
- Creating service principal for application 43f4f6e7-9a8a-4d32-a045-4876490ed8bb
data: Object Id: d266f5f9-c2b5-4c49-b120-9c06602fb700
data: Display Name: nplay
data: Service Principal Names:
data: 43f4f6e7-9a8a-4d32-a045-4876490ed8bb
data: [http://nplay](http://nplay)
info: ad sp create command OK
➜ nplay-azure export azureSubId='edba9b98-3bb8-4c6b-b0b9-bcd5737cebd3’
➜ nplay-azure export azureServicePrincipalTenantId='0bfd13a6-34c6-4bb6-b0aa-d4983688cb1b’
➜ nplay-azure export azureServicePrincipalClientId=‘43f4f6e7-9a8a-4d32-a045-4876490ed8bb’
Thanks in advance!
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### Author:  [@GroundedSage](https://forum.serverless.com/u/GroundedSage)
#### Post date: [March 20, 2017, 11:35pm UTC](https://forum.serverless.com/t/azure-error-creating-resource-group/1516/2 "2017-03-20T23:35:29Z")
Hey @alanwhite I get passed this issue by doing this from the credentials [https://serverless.com/framework/docs/providers/azure/guide/credentials/](https://serverless.com/framework/docs/providers/azure/guide/credentials/) set-up.
`azure role assignment create --objectId -o Contributor`
I think this is just an issue with the docs. Though I get an issue right after this step.
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### Author:  [@alanwhite](https://forum.serverless.com/u/alanwhite)
#### Post date: [March 21, 2017, 9:46am UTC](https://forum.serverless.com/t/azure-error-creating-resource-group/1516/3 "2017-03-21T09:46:28Z")
Thanks @GroundedSage! Makes sense, this line is indeed missing from the quickstart page but is indeed there on credentials. Speedy response much appreciated!