Change Region location on Azure, servers, and databases to match my actual time zone.

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Change Region location on Azure, servers, and databases to match my actual time zone.

Bryan Hancock 0

I need to change the region location for my Azure services, including servers and databases, to match my actual time zone and billing address. Although I can locate where the region settings are listed in the Azure portal, they appear to be read-only and I am unable to modify them directly.

Mahesh Kurva 5,125 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator

2025-05-08T20:27:55.3333333+00:00

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Mahesh Kurva 5,125 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator

2025-05-08T20:27:55.3333333+00:00

Hi Bryan Hancock,

Just checking in to see if the below answer provided by @Azar helped.

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Azar 29,520 MVP Volunteer Moderator

Hi there Bryan Hancock

Thanks for using QandA platform

I think unfortunately, Azure doesn't let you change the region of existing resources like servers or SQL databases directly. You'll need to recreate them in the new region (matching your time zone), then migrate your data use tools like Azure Database Migration Service for that.

If this helps kindly accept the answer thanks much.

Mahesh Kurva 5,125 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator

2025-05-09T16:58:48.1033333+00:00

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