Azure Student Account No VMs

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Azure Student Account No VMs

Victor Rusu 5

I have just created my azure student account but I am unable to do anything. Most of the regions are "Ineligible" and I get a "recommended region". The problem is that even for this recommended region I get no vm sizes available. All sizes are either "Blocked by Policy" or "Size unavailable" (When I go to the information bubble, it says the size is unavailable for my subscription).
What options do I have? What can I do to be able to create VMs?

VISHAL SONI 0 Reputation points

2026-01-25T07:20:22.94+00:00

Hi, i also faced same issue

any solution

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VISHAL SONI 0 Reputation points

2026-01-25T07:20:22.94+00:00

Hi, i also faced same issue

any solution

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TP 156.8K Volunteer Moderator

Hi Victor,

Azure for Students restricts which regions you can deploy resources to. Typically you are restricted to five different regions, and these vary for each person. Please confirm that you are trying to create VM in one of your allow regions.

Please navigate to Azure Policy -- Authoring -- Assignments using link below:

https://portal.azure.com/#view/Microsoft_Azure_Policy/PolicyMenuBlade/~/Assignments

Click on assignment named Allowed resource deployment regions

User's image

Examine Allowed locations Parameter value for list of regions, similar to below (regions in screenshot are different than yours):

User's image

The regions shown in your Parameter value are the ones you are allowed to deploy resources to. Please try to create resources in one of these regions and let me know the results.

Please click Accept Answer and upvote if the above was helpful.

Thanks.

-TP

VICTOR-ANDREI RUSU 0 Reputation points

2026-01-21T12:11:20.1366667+00:00

I verified and my subscription is activated (Status = Active). I selected the recommended region (also the only region I am able to select), which is also part of the regions I should be allowed to deploy ressources (I checked the policy "Allowed ressource deployment) and I do not have any available sizes to select (A1_v2 is the only one that appears, but it appears under "Size not available"). I want to mention that I also registered the following ressource providers: Compute, Network, Storage and some others.

"France central" is the selected region in this case.
TP 156.8K Reputation points Volunteer Moderator

2026-01-21T12:45:27.6666667+00:00

When you on are Create a virtual machine -- Basics tab, please configure Generation 2 and for image, select one that has Gen2 suffix (e.g. Ubuntu Server 24.04 LTS - x64 Gen2). With that set, click See all sizes again and see if there are any available.

B2ts v2 or B2ats v2 would be preferred, or B1s. It may be easier to select No grouping in upper right corner (there will be a delay while it retrieves the list).
VICTOR-ANDREI RUSU 0 Reputation points

2026-01-21T12:51:28.3566667+00:00

While I do see vm sizes by selecting "No grouping", including your recommended sizes, the select button is greyed out.

I searched for you recommended sizes but the select button remains disabled no matter what size I try to select. (since all sizes are blocked by policy) except A1_v2 which is "unavailable for my subscription"
TP 156.8K Reputation points Volunteer Moderator

2026-01-21T20:35:41.2933333+00:00

In your screenshot you have West Europe selected, which is not one of your allowed regions. Can you try it again with your allowed regions? Due to capacity limitations you may have to test multiple of your five allowed regions before finding one that allows it.

Where possible, try to select the ones that have "(free services eligible)" next to them, but if those are blocked due to capacity try different one.

If you hover your mouse over the information icon to the right of the VM size name, it will give reason why you can't select that size. VM sizes that don't have the information icon next to the name are ones that should work.
VICTOR-ANDREI RUSU 0 Reputation points

2026-01-21T20:47:11.83+00:00

Even with France Central selected, and a vm without information icon, the select button is still disabled. Thank you for your help.
TP 156.8K Reputation points Volunteer Moderator

2026-01-22T06:37:43.3833333+00:00
Please try to see if you can create VM via CLI and if it fails, note specific error message it returns. To do this, first create a resource group named my-rg, second open Azure Cloud Shell (select Bash mode) and paste in below command:

az vm create -n test-vm -g my-rg --size Standard_B2als_v2 --location francecentral --image Ubuntu2204 --generate-ssh-keys --public-ip-address "" --os-disk-size-gb 64

You can test with different sizes by changing what you use for size parameter in above command, likewise with different regions (one of your five allowed) by changing location parameter.
VICTOR-ANDREI RUSU 0 Reputation points

2026-01-22T12:27:13.5633333+00:00

When using your command I get this error:

I then tried to change the size into one of the "Allowed" ones but I got this error:

I also tried all of the allowed regions but got the same error
Jilakara Hemalatha 13,955 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator

2026-01-26T05:54:24.7666667+00:00
Thank you for providing the detailed CLI error outputs and screenshots.

The reason for failure is that the free subscription doesn't have availability of the B1s in all the regions due to which when you are trying to create VMs in your choice of regions you are seeing the failure with error code "NotAvailableForSubscription".

Solution?

You can try command as az vm list-skus in more details with your preferred regions and see if you have the restrictions with those regions using Azure CLI.

To check for all regions with all the details, I used below command and it showed me which regions had:

az vm list-skus --resource-type virtualMachines --all --query "[?name==' Name: name, Locations: locations, Restrictions: restrictions }" --output json

In the output, if you see ReasonCode: "NotAvailableForSubscription" then you won't be able to create VM in that region.

Based on this output you can find out what regions doesn't have reasonCode as "NotAvailableForSubscription" and you can select the region to create the VM.

Based on the available region and size. You need to deploy the VM.

For my free subscription, based on the output I have deployed the VM in available region.

I have created the VM successfully. Could you please check and let me know the status of this issue. Thanks
Jilakara Hemalatha 13,955 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator

2026-01-27T05:17:53.85+00:00

Hi VICTOR-ANDREI RUSU

Could you please try the above steps and provide the update on this issue.
Jilakara Hemalatha 13,955 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator

2026-01-29T05:50:03.2933333+00:00

Hi VICTOR-ANDREI RUSU

Could you please try the above steps and provide the update on this issue.

Answer 2

I am writing to report a recurring issue regarding the AI-900 learning path exercises, which I am experiencing alongside many other students.

Per my student policy, I am restricted to specific regions and the B-size VM family. However, as noted in numerous recent forum posts, the regions currently available do not offer the B-series (or any compatible alternative) as an option. These instances appear to be phased out or unavailable, making it impossible to complete the exercise as currently written.

This is a significant oversight in the curriculum that requires immediate escalation to the technical content team.

To ensure a swift resolution, I ask that you please:

Avoid generic troubleshooting steps, as this is a capacity and policy alignment issue rather than a user error.

Perform a live test using a standard student-tier account to verify that the recommended regions no longer support B-series deployments.

I look forward to a substantive update once this has been escalated to the appropriate department.

Answer 3

VICTOR-ANDREI RUSU 0

I verified and my subscription is activated (Status = Active). I selected the recommended region (also the only region I am able to select), which is also part of the regions I should be allowed to deploy ressources (I checked the policy "Allowed ressource deployment) and I do not have any available sizes to select (A1_v2 is the only one that appears, but it appears under "Size not available"). I want to mention that I also registered the following ressource providers: Compute, Network, Storage and some others.

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Answer 4

Jilakara Hemalatha 13,955 Microsoft External Staff Moderator

Hello Victor Rusu,

Thank you for reaching out Q/A. We understand your concern about not being able to create Virtual Machines in your Azure Student subscription.

Please note that Azure Student subscriptions come with limited access to regions, VM sizes, and quotas. Some VM families are blocked by policy, and certain regions may not support VM creation for student offers. This is expected behavior for this subscription type.

Even in the recommended region, VM sizes can appear as “Unavailable for this subscription” due to capacity or policy restrictions.

To proceed, we recommend the following:

Try a different eligible region where VM deployment is supported.
Select basic VM sizes such as B-series, which are more commonly available under student subscriptions.
Verify that your student subscription is fully activated and that required resource providers are registered. If you require broader VM access, consider upgrading to a Pay-As-You-Go subscription, which provides full access to VM families and regions.

Hope this helps! Please let me know if you have queries in comments.

VICTOR-ANDREI RUSU 0 Reputation points

2026-01-21T12:11:28.4366667+00:00

I verified and my subscription is activated (Status = Active). I selected the recommended region (also the only region I am able to select), which is also part of the regions I should be allowed to deploy ressources (I checked the policy "Allowed ressource deployment) and I do not have any available sizes to select (A1_v2 is the only one that appears, but it appears under "Size not available"). I want to mention that I also registered the following ressource providers: Compute, Network, Storage and some others.
Paras 0 Reputation points

2026-03-03T17:33:46.49+00:00

@Jilakara Hemalatha
I am writing to report a recurring issue regarding the AI-900 learning path exercises, which I am experiencing alongside many other students.

Per my student policy, I am restricted to specific regions and the B-size VM family. However, as noted in numerous recent forum posts, the regions currently available do not offer the B-series (or any compatible alternative) as an option. These instances appear to be phased out or unavailable, making it impossible to complete the exercise as currently written.

This is a significant oversight in the curriculum that requires immediate escalation to the technical content team.

To ensure a swift resolution, I ask that you please:

Avoid generic troubleshooting steps, as this is a capacity and policy alignment issue rather than a user error.

Perform a live test using a standard student-tier account to verify that the recommended regions no longer support B-series deployments.

I look forward to a substantive update once this has been escalated to the appropriate department.

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