How to solve this subscription spending limit issue

Alice Hong 15 Reputation points
2023-06-14T13:39:17.69+00:00

I tried creating a VM and then got this error message about my Azure Subscription. ( attached in the photo) Note that I'm a new user and just signed up on 4th June and everything was working fine till yesterday. I still have about 199usd free credits which I use for my learning. I'm on a free trial which is scheduled to expire in 19 days. I'm learning an Azure course on udemy and I really need to utilise it.2023-06-13_23-31-56-b3989d9fd9f48faf31f2d316052c65f5

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  1. swey 6 Reputation points
    2024-01-08T16:13:07.7333333+00:00

    I also have a MSDN Subscription, and it is not working for all the newest VM types:

    • Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2 - x64 Gen2 > not possible
    • Windows 11 Pro, version 22H2 - x64 Gen2 > possible
    • Windows 11 Pro, version 21H2 - x64 Gen2 > possible
    • Windows 11 Enterprise, version 23H2 - x64 Gen2 > not possible
    • Windows 11 Enterprise, version 22H2 - x64 Gen2 > possible
    • Windows 11 Enterprise N, version 23H2 - x64 Gen2 > not possible
    • Windows 11 Pro N, version 23H2 - x64 Gen2 > not possible

    This virtual machine requires a subscription without any spending limit or temporary payment method set. Use a different subscription or update your subscription (requires account administrator privileges) at Account Center to continue.

    2 people found this answer helpful.

  2. Yusuf Ranapurwala 35 Reputation points
    2023-06-16T14:32:34.02+00:00

    For me , Mainly issue occurred when selected windows 2016 OS , tried with windows 2022 OS it worked well.

    Other services like recovery vault , azure backup , App services can be configured with the same visual studio subscription.

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  3. KarishmaTiwari-MSFT 20,782 Reputation points Microsoft Employee Moderator
    2023-06-22T23:42:40.37+00:00

    @Alice Hong

    Thanks for reporting this issue.

    This issue has been fixed as of today, as confirmed by the internal teams.

    Issue summary: Customers were receiving this error when trying to create a VM with specific images
    Error - [This virtual machine requires a subscription without any spending limit or temporary payment method set. Use a different subscription or update your subscription (requires account administrator privileges) at Account Center to continue]

    This issue has been resolved. Customers should be able to create Windows Server, Windows 10, Windows 11 offers without seeing this error now.


    If your issue remains unresolved or have further questions, please let us know in the comments how we can assist. We are here to help you and strive to make your experience better and greatly value your feedback.

    If the reply is helpful, please click Accept Answer, so that it can help others in the community facing the same issue.
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  4. SR-7559 141 Reputation points
    2023-09-10T16:04:45.2633333+00:00

    Here is the workaround until Microsoft fixes the issue. Use the template listed in this git repo and you should be able to create a VM for Visual Studio -

    https://github.com/tackiertangent/AzureVS2022VM/

    Hope this helps to all those VS subscribers that are seeing the error in OP.

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  5. SR-7559 141 Reputation points
    2024-01-08T18:46:10.9833333+00:00

    All,

    I created a support request for Microsoft to look into this issue and here is the summary:

    TL;DR - They are offering that VM only to Visual Studio subscribers, but they want those users to add a credit card.. The $150 (for Ent subscribers, for example) 'free credits' will not be applicable if you want to create this specific VM (bizzare, but that's their official position). Read on....

    We explained you that to deploy the Visual studio 2022 Virtual machine (Marketplace Product) in Azure portal using the Visual studio credits you need to remove the spending limit and add credit card to the account.

    • We worked with our engineering team multiple times internally and with technical advisory team regarding the VS 2022 VM deployment using script. 
    • By design in terms of how the publisher has currently configured their offer/plan.
    • If publisher doesn’t provide the option for Azure Free credits, then no credit-based subscription cannot be deployed the Virtual machine.
    • You can also create paid subscription (Pay-As-You-Go | Microsoft Azure) to deploy the VS 2022 Virtual machine.
    • The publisher came back and explained that this is by design, this Marketplace offer needs a paid subscription.
    • Since there is a gap in the system through CLI and they will be working on closing this gap soon.
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