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Hi all, I am triyng to get certified on Azure but I wonder how am I supposed to try if not a single cheap VM size, included the B1s size, is available in ALL regions... moreover my credit will expire in 30 days, why Microsoft advertise this opportunity if I am not able to test anything but expensive VMs?
I am very disappointed, all the answer I found say to change region so I went thru all of them and there is not a single one where I can create a B1s VM...
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Hello, @Andrea Nivini !
All of the most up to date information regarding VM availability is included in our site sticky:
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/answers/questions/822958/i39m-unable-to-create-a-vm-no-vms-in-dropdown-or-n.html
For free accounts, we can help make recommendations if you are having trouble finding a region with availability (usually Australia is a good place to start). We're working on adding additional recommendations to the sticky.
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I am having this exact same issues. Even when selecting " FREE SERVICES > Windows Compute VM > Windows Server 2016 "
5 regions are available for free services eligible and not one has B1S VM size available.
Hello, @Clifford Sandiford !
Australia is usually a good place to start and we've had free subscriptions report success when trying less popular regions.
How does using a Region outside the "Free Tier" eligible regions help users now learning the service? More resources should be accessible within these regions with in these 5 Free Tier regions to allow use of the free tier services.