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Cannot create new Azure Postgres Flexible Server in eastus despite quota increase

Daan de Bruin 20 Reputation points
2025-11-14T08:48:27.8333333+00:00

When creating another Azure Postgres Flexible Server through terraform we get the error below.
We do have existing Azure Postgres Flexible Server in that region.
After requesting a quota increase the error persists.

Error: creating Flexible Server (Subscription: "XXX" Resource Group Name: "XXX" Flexible Server Name: "XXX"): polling after Create: polling failed: the Azure API returned the following error: Status: "LocationIsOfferRestricted" Code: "" Message: "Subscriptions are restricted from provisioning in location 'eastus'. Try again in a different location. For exceptions to this rule, see how to request a quota increase in

Azure Database for PostgreSQL

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Mahesh Kurva 10,520 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
2025-11-18T17:50:05+00:00

Hi Daan de Bruin •,

Initially, the issue was that couldn't create a new Azure Postgres Flexible Server in East US, even after the quota was increased. After contacting the internal team, the issue was resolved.

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