Shared Limits - Create

Service:

Compute Limit

API Version:

2026-07-31

Enables sharing of a compute limit by the host subscription with its guest subscriptions.

PUT https://management.azure.com/subscriptions/{subscriptionId}/providers/Microsoft.ComputeLimit/locations/{location}/sharedLimits/{name}?api-version=2026-07-31

URI Parameters

Name	In	Required	Type	Description
location	path	True	string minLength: 1	The name of the Azure region.
name	path	True	string pattern: ^[a-zA-Z0-9-]{3,24}$	The name of the SharedLimit
subscriptionId	path	True	string (uuid)	The ID of the target subscription. The value must be an UUID.
api-version	query	True	string minLength: 1	The API version to use for this operation.

Responses

Name	Type	Description
200 OK	SharedLimit	Resource 'SharedLimit' update operation succeeded
201 Created	SharedLimit	Resource 'SharedLimit' create operation succeeded
Other Status Codes	ErrorResponse	An unexpected error response.

Security

azure_auth

Azure Active Directory OAuth2 Flow.

Type: oauth2
Flow: implicit
Authorization URL: https://login.microsoftonline.com/common/oauth2/authorize

Scopes

Name	Description
user_impersonation	impersonate your user account

Examples

Create a shared limit

Sample request

HTTP

PUT https://management.azure.com/subscriptions/12345678-1234-1234-1234-123456789012/providers/Microsoft.ComputeLimit/locations/eastus/sharedLimits/StandardDSv3Family?api-version=2026-07-31

{
  "properties": {}
}

Sample response

Status code:

200

{
  "id": "/subscriptions/12345678-1234-1234-1234-123456789012/providers/Microsoft.ComputeLimit/locations/eastus/sharedLimits/StandardDSv3Family",
  "name": "StandardDSv3Family",
  "type": "Microsoft.ComputeLimit/locations/sharedLimits",
  "properties": {
    "resourceName": {
      "value": "StandardDSv3Family",
      "localizedValue": "Standard DSv3 Family vCPUs"
    },
    "limit": 100,
    "unit": "Count",
    "provisioningState": "Succeeded"
  }
}

Status code:

201

{
  "id": "/subscriptions/12345678-1234-1234-1234-123456789012/providers/Microsoft.ComputeLimit/locations/eastus/sharedLimits/StandardDSv3Family",
  "name": "StandardDSv3Family",
  "type": "Microsoft.ComputeLimit/locations/sharedLimits",
  "properties": {
    "resourceName": {
      "value": "StandardDSv3Family",
      "localizedValue": "Standard DSv3 Family vCPUs"
    },
    "limit": 100,
    "unit": "Count",
    "provisioningState": "Succeeded"
  }
}

Definitions

Name	Description
createdByType	The type of identity that created the resource.
ErrorAdditionalInfo	The resource management error additional info.
ErrorDetail	The error detail.
ErrorResponse	Error response
LimitName	Properties of the limit name.
ResourceProvisioningState	The provisioning state of the resource.
SharedLimit	Compute limits shared by the subscription.
systemData	Metadata pertaining to creation and last modification of the resource.

createdByType

Enumeration

The type of identity that created the resource.

Value	Description
User
Application
ManagedIdentity
Key

ErrorAdditionalInfo

Object

The resource management error additional info.

Name	Type	Description
info	object	The additional info.
type	string	The additional info type.

ErrorDetail

Object

The error detail.

Name	Type	Description
additionalInfo	ErrorAdditionalInfo[]	The error additional info.
code	string	The error code.
details	ErrorDetail[]	The error details.
message	string	The error message.
target	string	The error target.

ErrorResponse

Object

Error response

Name	Type	Description
error	ErrorDetail	The error object.

LimitName

Object

Properties of the limit name.

Name	Type	Description
localizedValue	string	The localized limit name.
value	string	The limit name.

ResourceProvisioningState

Enumeration

The provisioning state of the resource.

Value	Description
Succeeded	Resource has been created.
Failed	Resource creation failed.
Canceled	Resource creation was canceled.

SharedLimit

Object

Compute limits shared by the subscription.

Name	Type	Default value	Description
id	string (arm-id)		Fully qualified resource ID for the resource. E.g. "/subscriptions/{subscriptionId}/resourceGroups/{resourceGroupName}/providers/{resourceProviderNamespace}/{resourceType}/{resourceName}"
name	string		The name of the resource
properties.limit	integer (int32)		The maximum permitted usage of the resource.
properties.provisioningState	ResourceProvisioningState		The provisioning state of the resource.
properties.resourceName	LimitName		The limit name properties.
properties.unit	string	Count	The quota units, such as Count.
systemData	systemData		Azure Resource Manager metadata containing createdBy and modifiedBy information.
type	string		The type of the resource. E.g. "Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines" or "Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts"

systemData

Object

Metadata pertaining to creation and last modification of the resource.

Name	Type	Description
createdAt	string (date-time)	The timestamp of resource creation (UTC).
createdBy	string	The identity that created the resource.
createdByType	createdByType	The type of identity that created the resource.
lastModifiedAt	string (date-time)	The timestamp of resource last modification (UTC)
lastModifiedBy	string	The identity that last modified the resource.
lastModifiedByType	createdByType	The type of identity that last modified the resource.