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Kunmi 1 Reputation point Microsoft Vendor
2020-06-11T19:00:15.927+00:00

I tried creating a spot instance with 72 cores in Europe West and UK West but get an error.

{
"code": "InvalidTemplateDeployment",
"message": "The template deployment failed with error: 'The resource with id: '/subscriptions/d368e6f8-7041-43a4-a1a3-51e09c632abb/resourceGroups/res01/providers/Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/vm01' failed validation with message: 'The requested size for resource '/subscriptions/d368e6f8-7041-43a4-a1a3-51e09c632abb/resourceGroups/res01/providers/Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/vm01' is currently not available in location 'ukwest' zones '' for subscription 'd368e6f8-7041-43a4-a1a3-51e09c632abb'. Please try another size or deploy to a different location or zones. See https://aka.ms/azureskunotavailable for details.'.'."
}

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  1. Chris Williams 6 Reputation points
    2020-06-24T16:45:19.307+00:00

    I had opened a case for this same issue, and was directed to this doc, which I hadn't seen: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/windows/spot-vms#limitations[spot-vms][1].

    In my case, my account was an MSDN benefits account. When I selected a Pay As You Go account, I could create Spot instances.

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  2. Manu Philip 17,671 Reputation points MVP
    2020-06-11T19:30:05.913+00:00

    Hello @Kunmi-7064 ,

     Get-AzureRMVMSize -Location 'locationname'

    Above cmlet returns all the possible SKUs available for the location disregarding limitations of your subscription. So, try and see the option suitable for your account and create the spot instance available at the location you selected.

    If you need the details of the location name, you can check it using the following cmdlet

     Get-AzureRmLocation |Format-Table

    Please mark as "Accept the answer" if the above steps helps you. Others with similar issues can also follow the solution as per your suggestion

    Regards,

    Manu

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