Unable to deploy Document Generation Solution Accelerator – Quota issue on free subscription?

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Unable to deploy Document Generation Solution Accelerator – Quota issue on free subscription?

Prudence Mutabari 0

Hi all, I'm trying to deploy the Document Generation Solution Accelerator using the provided guide. However, when I run the command:

azd up

I encounter the following error:

ERROR: prompting for value: getting locations with quota: no location found with enough quota for OpenAI.GlobalStandard.gpt4-1 (Cap: 150) and OpenAI.GlobalStandard.text-embedding-ada-002 (Cap: 80)

It seems like there is no available region with enough quota for the required models under my subscription.

I'm currently using an Azure free account. Does this mean I’m unable to deploy this accelerator on the free tier? If not, is there a workaround or a recommended setup path for trying out the solution? To clarify this is on a new free subscription with the free 200 dollar credits.

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Manas Mohanty 17,185 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator

2025-08-15T09:47:46.3333333+00:00

Hi Prudence Mutabari

Agreed with Amira, Free Trial account are not providing any Azure OpenAI model quota now.

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-foundry/openai/quotas-limits?tabs=REST#other-offer-types

Please upgrade to Pay as you go to test the above solutoin.

Thank you
Manas Mohanty 17,185 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator

2025-08-18T02:07:21.85+00:00

Hi Prudence Mutabari

We could not hear from you. Hope you found the pointers shared from community useful.

Thank you
Chibeze Nwangwu 0 Reputation points

2025-09-02T08:58:35.14+00:00
I ran the quota check script on my free tier account with the $200 credit (not expired) and added the parameter --models gpt-4o:30. The script shows that I do have quota available (50 available in eastus2 and swedencentral for both openai.standard.gpt-4o and openai.globalstandard.gpt-4o).

./quota_check_params.sh --models gpt-4o:30

However, when I run azd up, I still get the following error:

ERROR: prompting for value: getting locations with quota: no location found with enough quota for OpenAI.GlobalStandard.gpt-4o (Cap: 30)

So I’m a bit confused — the quota check script confirms quota is available on my subscription, but azd up reports that no location has enough quota. Is there a difference in how these two are checking quota, or am I missing something in the configuration?

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Manas Mohanty 17,185 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator

2025-08-15T09:47:46.3333333+00:00

Hi Prudence Mutabari

Agreed with Amira, Free Trial account are not providing any Azure OpenAI model quota now.

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-foundry/openai/quotas-limits?tabs=REST#other-offer-types

Please upgrade to Pay as you go to test the above solutoin.

Thank you
Manas Mohanty 17,185 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator

2025-08-18T02:07:21.85+00:00

Hi Prudence Mutabari

We could not hear from you. Hope you found the pointers shared from community useful.

Thank you
Chibeze Nwangwu 0 Reputation points

2025-09-02T08:58:35.14+00:00

I ran the quota check script on my free tier account with the $200 credit (not expired) and added the parameter --models gpt-4o:30. The script shows that I do have quota available (50 available in eastus2 and swedencentral for both openai.standard.gpt-4o and openai.globalstandard.gpt-4o).

./quota_check_params.sh --models gpt-4o:30

However, when I run azd up, I still get the following error:

ERROR: prompting for value: getting locations with quota: no location found with enough quota for OpenAI.GlobalStandard.gpt-4o (Cap: 30)

So I’m a bit confused — the quota check script confirms quota is available on my subscription, but azd up reports that no location has enough quota. Is there a difference in how these two are checking quota, or am I missing something in the configuration?

Answer 1

Hello Prudence !

Thank you for posting on Microsoft Learn.

The accelerator you're trying to deploy needs access to the following models with certain quota requirements:

gpt-4-1106-preview or gpt-4-1 – 150 tokens/sec

text-embedding-ada-002 – 80 tokens/sec

Your Azure free account (with $200 credits):

has no quota by default for GPT-4 models.
may have limited or no access to certain OpenAI models.
lacks the necessary quota and feature flags unless explicit access has been requested and approved.

You must request model access and quota increases via the Azure portal and select the models you want (gpt-4, text-embedding-ada-002...) and submit a request for quota in specific regions (like East US, West Europe)

Be aware that Microsoft typically prioritizes requests from pay-as-you-go or enterprise subscriptions. Free trial subscriptions are often not eligible for GPT-4-level quota.

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