How to increase quota limit for D series Compute

Question

While creating lake-flow ingestion pipeline with student account, I am getting Quota limit exhuasted and waiting for resources , also tried to create from subcrption >> Usage+quota increase request but it fails everytime. How to solve it
please help me someone

Answer 1

Hello Dhanajay

Thank you for reaching out to the Microsoft Q&A platform. Based on the information provided, the issue you are encountering is due to the vCPU quota limit for D-series virtual machines being reached in your subscription. Since you are currently using an Azure for Students subscription, there are predefined quota restrictions, and in many cases, quota increase requests for certain VM families, including D-series, may fail or are not supported by design.

I recommend checking your current quota and usage under the “Usage + Quotas” section in your subscription to confirm the limit for the D-series vCPUs in your selected region. You may also try deploying your workload in a different region or using an alternative VM series that has available quota. If the quota increases request fails through the portal, you can raise a support request under “Service and subscription limits (quotas)” with the required details and justification.

If your student subscription is unable to support the required quota increase, you will need to upgrade from the Free/Student offer. This can be done by navigating to Cost Management + Billing, selecting your subscription, and choosing the option to switch the offer to Pay-As-You-Go. Once upgraded, you can submit a new quota increase request for the required D-series vCPU limit.

Please note that Azure for Students subscriptions have limited vCPU capacity and do not support GPU-enabled virtual machines due to these restrictions. For expanded limits and broader VM availability, upgrading the subscription is required.

References: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/quotas?tabs=cli

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/quotas/quickstart-increase-quota-portal

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Answer 2

I think student subs hard‑zero the D‑series vCPUs in the backend, so the only steady fix is movin ur flow to a VM fam in that region that still shows free cores in Quotas and rerun it… if that still fails, just shift the job to a non‑student sub and it’ll go thru...

Answer 3

For a student subscription, D-series vCPU quota is limited and often set to 0 or a very low value. When that quota is exhausted or insufficient, deployments that require D-series SKUs (including services that pick D-series under the hood) will stay in “waiting for resources” or fail with quota errors. The only supported way to fix this is to request a quota increase; if that request is denied or fails for the offer type (such as some student offers), the workaround is to use a different VM family or a different subscription.

Use these approaches that are supported in the provided documentation:

1. Verify and request a D‑series quota increase in the portal
   1. Sign in to the Azure portal and go to Quotas (search for “Quotas”).
   2. On Overview, select provider Compute.
   3. On My quotas, under Quota name, locate the D‑series quota (for example, a Dv2/Dv3 family) in the region used by the lake-flow pipeline.
   4. Confirm the Adjustable column is Yes for that quota.
   5. Select that quota, then choose New Quota Request → Enter a new limit.
   6. Enter the new vCPU limit value and submit the request.
   7. If the automatic request is not fulfilled, use the link shown to create a support request so a support engineer can review the quota increase manually.
2. If the quota is non‑adjustable or the request keeps failing
   1. From Quotas, if the D‑series quota shows as non‑adjustable, use the “create a support request” link from the quota blade to open a Service and subscription limits (quotas) ticket, specifying the region, VM family (D‑series), and the new vCPU limit requested.
   2. If the student offer does not allow increasing that quota, switch the workload to a VM family that still has available quota (for example, a different standard family that shows remaining vCPUs and is supported by the service) or move the workload to another subscription where quota can be increased.
3. If the quota blade or quota request path fails
   1. When the portal quota experience is not working or requests fail, use the support path described in the quota documentation: open a support ticket of type Service and subscription limits (quota) from Help + support in the portal and specify the compute quota and region that need to be increased.
   2. Provide the required details (subscription, region, VM family, and target limit) so support can process the request.

If the subscription type (for example, some student offers) does not permit higher D‑series quotas, the only resolution is to change the VM family used by the pipeline or use a different subscription that supports the required quota increase.

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References:

• Quickstart: Request a quota increase in the Azure portal
• Manage and increase quotas and limits for resources with Azure Machine Learning
• Request a quota increase using the Azure Support REST API
• Submit an Azure Quota Group limit increase request