How to get Region for use of resoursecs

Hi @Roy Mugo

it looks like your Azure for Students subscription doesn’t currently have any regions allowed by policy so when you try to spin up a resource, you get no “Location” options. Here’s how to fix that:

1. See what regions you could potentially allow

• Azure CLI:

az account list-locations --query "[].name" -o table

• PowerShell:

Get-AzLocation | Select-Object Location

• Portal: Go to Subscriptions → your Azure for Students sub → Overview → “Available locations”

2. Assign (or update) the built-in “Allowed locations” policy

• In the Azure portal, search for Policy and open the Assignments tab (not under Authoring).
• Click Assign policy.
• For Policy definition, pick Built-in: Allowed locations.
• Under Scope, select your Azure for Students subscription.
• In Parameters, enter one or more region codes from step 1 (e.g., “East US”, “West Europe”, “Southeast Asia”).
• Click Review + create → Create.

3. Try creating a resource again After a minute or two, your chosen regions will show up in the location dropdown.

If you still see zero regions:

• Check if there’s an inherited policy at a higher scope (management group or tenant root) blocking all locations.

• You might need to open a support request to get reserved regions unlocked for your student subscription.

Reference docs:

• List Azure regions with CLI/PowerShell: https://learn.microsoft.com/cli/azure/account?view=azure-cli-latest https://learn.microsoft.com/powershell/module/az.resources/get-azlocation
• Azure region access request process: https://learn.microsoft.com/troubleshoot/azure/general/region-access-request-process#reserved-access-regions
• Built-in “Allowed locations” policy sample: https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/governance/policy/samples/allowed-locations
• Understanding region optimization & restrictions: https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/cost-management-billing/manage/region-optimization?wt.mc_id=knowledgesearch_inproduct_azure-cxp-community-insider

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Hi Roy,

How long has it been since you created your Azure for Students subscription? When this has happened in the past the person just needed to wait and the assignment will automatically show up. Once it is there you can see your list of five regions and start creating resources.

If your subscription is relatively new I recommend you give it some time for the policy assignment to show up. Every 4 hours or so sign back into the portal and check if it is there. I believe it showed up for the last person within 24-48 hours.

-TP