New-AzVM: 'VMCustomization' is not enabled for the subscription - CloudShell error when creating a simple vm

Question

Hi everyone,

Anyone else experiencing similar error when creating a simple VM. Try this, open an Azure CloudShell and enter this:

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 New-AzVm `
 -ResourceGroupName "myRG" `
 -Name "myVM" `
 -Location "East US" `
 -VirtualNetworkName "myVnet" `
 -SubnetName "mySubnet" `
 -SecurityGroupName "myNSG" `
 -PublicIpAddressName "myPublicIp"

cmdlet New-AzVM at command pipeline position 1
Supply values for the following parameters:
Credential
User: <enter your desired username>
Password for user <as specified above>: ###########

No Size value has been provided. The VM will be created with the default size Standard_D2s_v3.
New-AzVM: 'VMCustomization' is not enabled for the Subscription. Please register the Subscription for 'Microsoft.Compute/VMCustomizationPreview' to use the feature.

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Everything except the VM is created in the resource group.
This also happens with the locally installed Windows PowerShell - with Az module v7.30 installed.
Does not happen with Windows PowerShell with Az module v 7.21

Any idea? Apparently a similar thing with AZ CLI too.

Cheers,

Melvin

Answer 1

This is now resolved for MS Learn Module

One your Active Sandbox Try Running

Install-Module -Name Az.Compute -RequiredVersion 4.24.1

OR

Install-Module -Name Az.Compute -RequiredVersion 4.25

Then

Pwsh

That starts a new powershell session

New-AzVm -ResourceGroupName learn-d2a8d1e3-0259-4d64-a7ec-8348a719b240 -Name "testvm-eus-01" -Credential (Get-Credential) -Location "East US" -Image UbuntuLTS -OpenPorts 22 -PublicIpAddressName "testvm-01"

will work successfully now!

Answer 2

Hello, @Melvin Porter !

The 'VMCustomization' is not enabled for the Subscription error you are seeing is a known issue with New-AzVm that we are currently investigating. I'm including all of my updates in the following thread:

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/answers/questions/758151/how-do-i-fix-the-3439vmcustomization39-is-not-enab.html

Thank you for including the Az module version numbers that are running into this issue! That will help as we continue to investigate the cause of this error.

Temporary Workaround:
On your local PowerShell client you can install and revert back to Az.Compute version 4.23.0, which is unaffected by this issue:

1. Check your current Az.Compute version number using either Get-Module Az.Compute (this will return nothing if the module hasn't been loaded) or Get-Module -ListAvailable -Name Az.Compute -Refresh
2. Install Az.Compute version 4.23: Install-Module Az.Compute -RequiredVersion 4.23.0 -Force
3. Switch to Az.Compute version 4.23: Import-Module Az.Compute -RequiredVersion 4.23.0
4. You should now be able to use New-AzVm

Answer 3

I am also facing same issue since 4 days after my Az module upgrade, There is bug fix, try "Update-Module -Name Az" to have very latest version for Az.Compute with bug fix, it resolved my issue.

Answer 4

Same issue in Azure Cloud Shell on 03/22/2022 :( ![185670-image.png][1] [1]: /api/attachments/185670-image.png?platform=QnA

Answer 5

Install-Module -Name Az.Compute -RequiredVersion 4.25 resolved the problem.... at least for me. Thanks a lot Aboyinthebox !!