VM size B1s not available in multiple regions

Question

Hello,

I am on the Azure for Students subscription. Previously I have created VMs of size B1s in west eu and east us. Now this VM size is not available in these and many more regions. Other VM sizes are available to select but I want this VM size as it is free. Is there some issue with the regions or some update to the student subscription?

Thanks

Answer 1

Hello, @Daniel Cregg !

Edit:

You may find that some VM sizes are unavailable as there is currently high demand for VMs in certain regions (this is especially true for free account VM sizes). The solution is to create your VM resources in neighboring regions during these periods of high demand. If you are having trouble finding a region, please create a thread here on Microsoft Q&A and we will be happy to assist you.

What this looks like
There are two scenarios that are being reported. Both of these are due to high VM demand in certain regions that may result in some VM sizes being unavailable.

No VM images are available from the dropdown giving an "The value must not be empty" error.

Attempting to select B1s results in the NotAvailableForSubscription error.

What is Microsoft doing to avoid capacity issues in the future?
Ensuring capacity for our customers is a top priority for Microsoft and we are working around the clock to deliver on this. The increasing demand for Azure services is evidence of the popularity of Azure, and emphasizes the need to scale up our infrastructure even more rapidly. With that in mind, we are expediting expansion and are improving our resource deployment process to respond to this strong customer demand. We have identified several improvements on how we load-balance under a high resource usage situation, and how to trigger the timely deployment of needed resources. Furthermore, we are increasing our capacity significantly – and will continue to plan for strong customer demand across all of our regions. This September 2021 blog post covers improvements towards delivering a resilient cloud supply chain.

Answer 2

It is impressive how many problems Azure has.

First, the usual account region issue where you need to create a new e-mail account. This issue is so old and have never been fixed that I could bet that it will be there in 50 years.
Now the B1s, B1ms, blablabla... cannot be selected, only the more "premium" VM's. I was with the free trial and couldn't select. Upgraded the subscription and still cannot select.

After some research, looks like AWS is better and cheaper than Azure. Let's see how it goes.