diff --git a/.azuredevops/pipelineTemplates/jobs.validateModuleDeployment.yml b/.azuredevops/pipelineTemplates/jobs.validateModuleDeployment.yml
index cb80dd5790..207b45e811 100644
--- a/.azuredevops/pipelineTemplates/jobs.validateModuleDeployment.yml
+++ b/.azuredevops/pipelineTemplates/jobs.validateModuleDeployment.yml
@@ -359,6 +359,7 @@ jobs:
                       DeploymentName    = '$(deploymentName)'
                       TemplateFilePath  = $templateFilePath
                       ResourceGroupName = '${{ parameters.resourceGroupName }}'
+                      subscriptionId    = '${{ parameters.subscriptionId }}'
                       ManagementGroupId = '${{ parameters.managementGroupId }}'
                       Verbose           = $true
                   }
diff --git a/utilities/pipelines/resourceRemoval/Initialize-DeploymentRemoval.ps1 b/utilities/pipelines/resourceRemoval/Initialize-DeploymentRemoval.ps1
index e7aad99a7e..4ac7bbd16c 100644
--- a/utilities/pipelines/resourceRemoval/Initialize-DeploymentRemoval.ps1
+++ b/utilities/pipelines/resourceRemoval/Initialize-DeploymentRemoval.ps1
@@ -36,6 +36,9 @@ function Initialize-DeploymentRemoval {
         [Parameter(Mandatory = $false)]
         [string] $ResourceGroupName,
 
+        [Parameter(Mandatory = $false)]
+        [string] $subscriptionId,
+
         [Parameter(Mandatory = $false)]
         [string] $ManagementGroupId
     )
@@ -47,6 +50,12 @@ function Initialize-DeploymentRemoval {
     }
 
     process {
+
+        if (-not [String]::IsNullOrEmpty($subscriptionId)) {
+            Write-Verbose ('Setting context to subscription [{0}]' -f $subscriptionId)
+            $null = Set-AzContext -Subscription $subscriptionId
+        }
+
         $moduleName = Split-Path (Split-Path $templateFilePath -Parent) -LeafBase
 
         # The initial sequence is a general order-recommendation