Azure Reservation Alert

Hello Handian

Yes, Azure automatically sends email notifications when a reservation is approaching expiration, and there is no need to create a custom alert rule for this scenario.

Azure Reservations (including Azure Virtual Machine Reservations) have built‑in email notifications that are triggered for key lifecycle events such as:

• Purchase
• Upcoming reservation expiration
• Expiration
• Renewal
• Cancellation
• Scope changes

These notifications are sent automatically by Azure before the reservation expires and again on the expiration date.

Who receives the email notifications?

The recipients depend on the subscription or billing type:

• Enterprise Agreement (EA)
  Notifications are sent to:
  • EA notification contacts
  • EA administrators
  • Reservation owners
  • Reservation contributors and administrators
• Microsoft Customer Agreement (Azure Plan)
  Notifications are sent to:
  • Reservation owners
  • Reservation contributors and administrators
• Cloud Solution Provider (CSP)
  Notifications are sent to:
  • The primary partner contact configured in the partner account
• Pay‑As‑You‑Go / Individual Subscriptions
  Notifications are sent to:
  • Account administrators
  • Reservation owners
  • Reservation contributors and administrators

Notification timing

• For 1‑year or 3‑year reservations, Azure sends notifications:
  • 30 days before expiration
  • On the expiration date
• For shorter‑term reservations, notifications are typically sent:
  • 5 days before expiration
  • On the expiration date

Tip: Please ensure that emails from azure-noreply@microsoft.com are allowed in your organization’s email system so these notifications are not missed.

Where to monitor reservations

You can view all active and expiring reservations at any time in the Azure portal:

• Azure Portal → Cost Management + Billing → Reservations

This view helps you proactively review expiration dates and plan renewals to avoid unexpected Pay‑As‑You‑Go charges.

Link :
https://dotnet.territoriali.olinfo.it/en-us/azure/cost-management-billing/reservations/prepare-buy-reservation#reservation-notifications

Thanks,
Manish.

Hi,

Email notification will be sent before reservation expires. I don't believe you can create an alert yourself to send notification. Below is excerpt from documentation:

Reservation notifications

Depending on how you pay for your Azure subscription, email reservation notifications are sent to the following users in your organization. Notifications are sent for various events including:

• Purchase
• Upcoming reservation expiration
• Expiry
• Renewal
• Cancellation
• Scope change

Notifications are sent to the following users:

• Customers with EA subscriptions
  • Notifications are sent to the EA notification contacts, EA admin, reservation owners, and the reservation contributors and administrators.
• Customers with Microsoft Customer Agreement (Azure Plan)
  • Notifications are sent to the reservation owners, the reservation contributors and administrators.
• Cloud Solution Provider and new commerce partners
  • Notifications are sent to the primary contact partner identified by the partner legal information account settings. For more information about how to update the primary contact email address for partner account settings, see Verify or update your company profile information.
• Individual subscription customers with pay-as-you-go rates
  • Emails are sent to users who are set up as account administrators, reservation owners, the reservation contributors and administrators.

Thanks.

-TP

Yes. Azure already sends reservation-expiration notifications by email; no custom alert rule is required.

For Azure Reservations (including VM reservations):

• Email notifications are sent automatically before expiration and on the expiration date.
• For VM reservations under Enterprise Agreement (EA), notifications go to EA notification contacts, EA admins, reservation owners, and reservation administrators.
• For other purchase types (Microsoft Customer Agreement, CSP, pay-as-you-go), notifications go to the reservation owners/administrators or partner contacts, depending on the subscription type.
• The sender address for renewal notifications is azure-noreply@microsoft.com, which can be added to safe senders/allow lists.

Timing of notifications:

• General reservation guidance: notifications are sent for purchase, upcoming expiration, expiry, renewal, cancellation, and scope change.
• For most reservations (1-year or longer): notifications are sent 30 days before expiration and again on the expiration date.
• For terms less than one year: renewal notifications are sent 5 days before expiration and again on the expiration date.

If additional custom alerting is needed (for example, forwarding or ticket creation), configure rules in the email system (such as Exchange/Outlook rules) that react to messages from azure-noreply@microsoft.com with reservation-related subjects.

References:

• Buy a reservation
• Automatically renew reservations
• Azure EA VM reserved instances