Visual Studio Team Services "Link" button is disabled - azure-devops

I am following instructions to link my account to TFS: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/bot-framework/azure/azure-bot-service-continuous-integration
It says to go to Team Services accounts, then to choose the account, and click on "Link" but that button is disabled for me. I tried a different account (different credentials, etc.) and I always see the Link button disabled.
Is it a permission issue? What can I do about it?
Image of disabled Link button

If you are not the team services owner, you won't have permission to link azure subscription.
For more possible reasons you can refer:
Q: Why can't I link my Team Services account?
A: This might happen
because:
You're not the Team Services account owner.
You're not at least Co-administrator on the Azure subscription that
you want to link.
If you don't see any Team Services accounts, your account might
already linked to another Azure subscription.
If your Team Services account uses Azure Active Directory (Azure AD)
to authenticate users, you might have a different directory selected
in the Azure portal than the directory that's connected to your Team
Services account.
To select the directory that your Team Services account uses, open the
Azure portal's Subscriptions list:
More details in https://www.visualstudio.com/en-us/docs/setup-admin/team-services/set-up-billing-for-your-account-vs#qa.

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Update1
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Thank you
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