diff --git a/pkg/multicloud/azure/azure.go b/pkg/multicloud/azure/azure.go
index fee6333289..dcbd3af6fc 100644
--- a/pkg/multicloud/azure/azure.go
+++ b/pkg/multicloud/azure/azure.go
@@ -465,15 +465,20 @@ func (self *SAzureClient) _apiVersion(resource string, params url.Values) string
 	return AZURE_API_VERSION
 }
 
-func (self *SAzureClient) _list(resource string, params url.Values) (jsonutils.JSONObject, error) {
-	subId := self.subscriptionId
-	if len(subId) == 0 {
-		for _, sub := range self.subscriptions {
-			if sub.State == "Enabled" {
-				subId = sub.SubscriptionId
-			}
+func (self *SAzureClient) _subscriptionId() string {
+	if len(self.subscriptionId) > 0 {
+		return self.subscriptionId
+	}
+	for _, sub := range self.subscriptions {
+		if sub.State == "Enabled" {
+			return sub.SubscriptionId
 		}
 	}
+	return ""
+}
+
+func (self *SAzureClient) _list(resource string, params url.Values) (jsonutils.JSONObject, error) {
+	subId := self._subscriptionId()
 	path := "subscriptions"
 	switch resource {
 	case "subscriptions", "providers/Microsoft.Billing/enrollmentAccounts":
diff --git a/pkg/multicloud/azure/region.go b/pkg/multicloud/azure/region.go
index a209d5db82..11ecef25d2 100644
--- a/pkg/multicloud/azure/region.go
+++ b/pkg/multicloud/azure/region.go
@@ -540,12 +540,16 @@ func (self *SRegion) checkResourceGroup(resourceGroup string) (string, error) {
 	if len(resourceGroup) == 0 {
 		resourceGroup = "Default"
 	}
-	for i := range self.client.ressourceGroups {
-		if strings.ToLower(self.client.ressourceGroups[i].Name) == strings.ToLower(resourceGroup) {
+	projs, err := self.client.GetIProjects()
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", errors.Wrapf(err, "GetIProjects")
+	}
+	for _, proj := range projs {
+		if strings.ToLower(proj.GetGlobalId()) == strings.ToLower(resourceGroup) {
 			return resourceGroup, nil
 		}
 	}
-	_, err := self.CreateResourceGroup(resourceGroup)
+	_, err = self.CreateResourceGroup(resourceGroup)
 	return resourceGroup, err
 }
 
diff --git a/pkg/multicloud/azure/resourcegroup.go b/pkg/multicloud/azure/resourcegroup.go
index e83eef6da2..09f918d911 100644
--- a/pkg/multicloud/azure/resourcegroup.go
+++ b/pkg/multicloud/azure/resourcegroup.go
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ type SResourceGroup struct {
 
 func (self *SRegion) GetResourceGroupDetail(groupName string) (*SResourceGroup, error) {
 	resourceGroup := SResourceGroup{}
-	idStr := fmt.Sprintf("subscriptions/%s/resourcegroups/%s", self.client.subscriptionId, groupName)
+	idStr := fmt.Sprintf("subscriptions/%s/resourcegroups/%s", self.client._subscriptionId(), groupName)
 	return &resourceGroup, self.get(idStr, url.Values{}, &resourceGroup)
 }
 
@@ -56,12 +56,12 @@ func (self *SRegion) UpdateResourceGroup(groupName string, newName string) error
 
 func (self *SRegion) CreateResourceGroup(groupName string) (jsonutils.JSONObject, error) {
 	resourceGroup := SResourceGroup{Location: self.Name}
-	idStr := fmt.Sprintf("subscriptions/%s/resourcegroups/%s", self.client.subscriptionId, groupName)
+	idStr := fmt.Sprintf("subscriptions/%s/resourcegroups/%s", self.client._subscriptionId(), groupName)
 	return self.client.put(idStr, jsonutils.Marshal(resourceGroup))
 }
 
 func (self *SRegion) DeleteResourceGroup(groupName string) error {
-	idStr := fmt.Sprintf("subscriptions/%s/resourcegroups/%s", self.client.subscriptionId, groupName)
+	idStr := fmt.Sprintf("subscriptions/%s/resourcegroups/%s", self.client._subscriptionId(), groupName)
 	return self.del(idStr)
 }