Capacity Reservation Groups - Create Or Update
The operation to create or update a capacity reservation group. When updating a capacity reservation group, only tags and sharing profile may be modified. Please refer to https://aka.ms/CapacityReservation for more details.
PUT https://management.azure.com/subscriptions/{subscriptionId}/resourceGroups/{resourceGroupName}/providers/Microsoft.Compute/capacityReservationGroups/{capacityReservationGroupName}?api-version=2025-04-01
URI Parameters
| Name | In | Required | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
capacity
|
path | True |
string |
The name of the capacity reservation group. |
|
resource
|
path | True |
string minLength: 1maxLength: 90 |
The name of the resource group. The name is case insensitive. |
|
subscription
|
path | True |
string minLength: 1 |
The ID of the target subscription. |
|
api-version
|
query | True |
string minLength: 1 |
The API version to use for this operation. |
Request Body
| Name | Required | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| location | True |
string |
The geo-location where the resource lives |
| properties.reservationType |
Indicates the type of capacity reservation. Allowed values are 'Block' for block capacity reservations and 'Targeted' for reservations that enable a VM to consume a specific capacity reservation when a capacity reservation group is provided. The reservation type is immutable and cannot be changed after it is assigned. |
||
| properties.sharingProfile |
Specifies the settings to enable sharing across subscriptions for the capacity reservation group resource. The capacity reservation group resource can generally be shared across subscriptions belonging to a single Azure AAD tenant or across AAD tenants if there is a trust relationship established between the tenants. Block capacity reservation does not support sharing across subscriptions. Note: Minimum api-version: 2023-09-01. Please refer to https://aka.ms/computereservationsharing for more details. |
||
| tags |
object |
Resource tags. |
|
| zones |
string[] |
The availability zones. |
Responses
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 200 OK |
Resource 'CapacityReservationGroup' update operation succeeded |
|
| 201 Created |
Resource 'CapacityReservationGroup' create operation succeeded |
|
| Other Status Codes |
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 or update a block capacity reservation group. |
| Create or update a capacity reservation group. |
| Create or update a targeted capacity reservation group. |
Create or update a block capacity reservation group.
Sample request
PUT https://management.azure.com/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Compute/capacityReservationGroups/blockCapacityReservationGroup?api-version=2025-04-01
{
"location": "westus",
"tags": {
"department": "finance"
},
"zones": [
"1",
"2"
],
"properties": {
"reservationType": "Block"
}
}
Sample response
{
"name": "blockCapacityReservationGroup",
"location": "westus",
"id": "/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Compute/CapacityReservationGroups/blockCapacityReservationGroup",
"tags": {
"department": "finance"
},
"zones": [
"1",
"2"
],
"properties": {
"reservationType": "Block"
}
}
{
"location": "westus",
"tags": {
"department": "finance",
"owner": "myCompany"
},
"name": "blockCapacityReservationGroup",
"id": "/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Compute/CapacityReservationGroups/blockCapacityReservationGroup",
"zones": [
"1",
"2"
],
"properties": {
"reservationType": "Block"
}
}
Create or update a capacity reservation group.
Sample request
PUT https://management.azure.com/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Compute/capacityReservationGroups/myCapacityReservationGroup?api-version=2025-04-01
{
"location": "westus",
"tags": {
"department": "finance"
},
"zones": [
"1",
"2"
],
"properties": {
"sharingProfile": {
"subscriptionIds": [
{
"id": "/subscriptions/{subscription-id1}"
},
{
"id": "/subscriptions/{subscription-id2}"
}
]
}
}
}
Sample response
{
"location": "westus",
"tags": {
"department": "finance",
"owner": "myCompany"
},
"name": "myCapacityReservationGroup",
"id": "/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Compute/CapacityReservationGroups/myCapacityReservationGroup",
"zones": [
"1",
"2"
],
"properties": {
"sharingProfile": {
"subscriptionIds": [
{
"id": "/subscriptions/{subscription-id1}"
},
{
"id": "/subscriptions/{subscription-id2}"
}
]
}
}
}
{
"name": "myCapacityReservationGroup",
"location": "westus",
"id": "/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Compute/CapacityReservationGroups/myCapacityReservationGroup",
"tags": {
"department": "finance"
},
"zones": [
"1",
"2"
],
"properties": {
"sharingProfile": {
"subscriptionIds": [
{
"id": "/subscriptions/{subscription-id1}"
},
{
"id": "/subscriptions/{subscription-id2}"
}
]
}
}
}
Create or update a targeted capacity reservation group.
Sample request
PUT https://management.azure.com/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Compute/capacityReservationGroups/targetedCapacityReservationGroup?api-version=2025-04-01
{
"location": "westus",
"tags": {
"department": "finance"
},
"zones": [
"1",
"2"
],
"properties": {
"sharingProfile": {
"subscriptionIds": [
{
"id": "/subscriptions/{subscription-id1}"
},
{
"id": "/subscriptions/{subscription-id2}"
}
]
},
"reservationType": "Targeted"
}
}
Sample response
{
"name": "targetedCapacityReservationGroup",
"location": "westus",
"id": "/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Compute/CapacityReservationGroups/targetedCapacityReservationGroup",
"tags": {
"department": "finance"
},
"zones": [
"1",
"2"
],
"properties": {
"sharingProfile": {
"subscriptionIds": [
{
"id": "/subscriptions/{subscription-id1}"
},
{
"id": "/subscriptions/{subscription-id2}"
}
]
},
"reservationType": "Targeted"
}
}
{
"location": "westus",
"tags": {
"department": "finance",
"owner": "myCompany"
},
"name": "targetedCapacityReservationGroup",
"id": "/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Compute/CapacityReservationGroups/targetedCapacityReservationGroup",
"zones": [
"1",
"2"
],
"properties": {
"sharingProfile": {
"subscriptionIds": [
{
"id": "/subscriptions/{subscription-id1}"
},
{
"id": "/subscriptions/{subscription-id2}"
}
]
},
"reservationType": "Targeted"
}
}
Definitions
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
|
Api |
Api error. |
|
Api |
Api error base. |
|
Capacity |
Specifies information about the capacity reservation group that the capacity reservations should be assigned to. Currently, a capacity reservation can only be added to a capacity reservation group at creation time. An existing capacity reservation cannot be added or moved to another capacity reservation group. |
|
Capacity |
|
|
Capacity |
The instance view of a capacity reservation that includes the name of the capacity reservation. It is used for the response to the instance view of a capacity reservation group. |
|
Capacity |
Represents the capacity reservation utilization in terms of resources allocated. |
|
Cloud |
An error response from the Compute service. |
|
created |
The type of identity that created the resource. |
|
Inner |
Inner error details. |
|
Instance |
Instance view status. |
|
Reservation |
Indicates the type of capacity reservation. Allowed values are 'Block' for block capacity reservations and 'Targeted' for reservations that enable a VM to consume a specific capacity reservation when a capacity reservation group is provided. The reservation type is immutable and cannot be changed after it is assigned. |
|
Resource |
|
|
Status |
The level code. |
|
Sub |
|
|
Sub |
|
|
system |
Metadata pertaining to creation and last modification of the resource. |
ApiError
Api error.
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| code |
string |
The error code. |
| details |
The Api error details |
|
| innererror |
The Api inner error |
|
| message |
string |
The error message. |
| target |
string |
The target of the particular error. |
ApiErrorBase
Api error base.
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| code |
string |
The error code. |
| message |
string |
The error message. |
| target |
string |
The target of the particular error. |
CapacityReservationGroup
Specifies information about the capacity reservation group that the capacity reservations should be assigned to. Currently, a capacity reservation can only be added to a capacity reservation group at creation time. An existing capacity reservation cannot be added or moved to another capacity reservation group.
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| id |
string |
Fully qualified resource ID for the resource. Ex - /subscriptions/{subscriptionId}/resourceGroups/{resourceGroupName}/providers/{resourceProviderNamespace}/{resourceType}/{resourceName} |
| location |
string |
The geo-location where the resource lives |
| name |
string |
The name of the resource |
| properties.capacityReservations |
A list of all capacity reservation resource ids that belong to capacity reservation group. |
|
| properties.instanceView |
The capacity reservation group instance view which has the list of instance views for all the capacity reservations that belong to the capacity reservation group. |
|
| properties.reservationType |
Indicates the type of capacity reservation. Allowed values are 'Block' for block capacity reservations and 'Targeted' for reservations that enable a VM to consume a specific capacity reservation when a capacity reservation group is provided. The reservation type is immutable and cannot be changed after it is assigned. |
|
| properties.sharingProfile |
Specifies the settings to enable sharing across subscriptions for the capacity reservation group resource. The capacity reservation group resource can generally be shared across subscriptions belonging to a single Azure AAD tenant or across AAD tenants if there is a trust relationship established between the tenants. Block capacity reservation does not support sharing across subscriptions. Note: Minimum api-version: 2023-09-01. Please refer to https://aka.ms/computereservationsharing for more details. |
|
| properties.virtualMachinesAssociated |
A list of references to all virtual machines associated to the capacity reservation group. |
|
| systemData |
Azure Resource Manager metadata containing createdBy and modifiedBy information. |
|
| tags |
object |
Resource tags. |
| type |
string |
The type of the resource. E.g. "Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines" or "Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts" |
| zones |
string[] |
The availability zones. |
CapacityReservationGroupInstanceView
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| capacityReservations |
List of instance view of the capacity reservations under the capacity reservation group. |
|
| sharedSubscriptionIds |
List of the subscriptions that the capacity reservation group is shared with. Note: Minimum api-version: 2023-09-01. Please refer to https://aka.ms/computereservationsharing for more details. |
CapacityReservationInstanceViewWithName
The instance view of a capacity reservation that includes the name of the capacity reservation. It is used for the response to the instance view of a capacity reservation group.
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| name |
string |
The name of the capacity reservation. |
| statuses |
The resource status information. |
|
| utilizationInfo |
Unutilized capacity of the capacity reservation. |
CapacityReservationUtilization
Represents the capacity reservation utilization in terms of resources allocated.
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| currentCapacity |
integer (int32) |
The value provides the current capacity of the VM size which was reserved successfully and for which the customer is getting billed. Minimum api-version: 2022-08-01. |
| virtualMachinesAllocated |
A list of all virtual machines resource ids allocated against the capacity reservation. |
CloudError
An error response from the Compute service.
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| error |
Api error. |
createdByType
The type of identity that created the resource.
| Value | Description |
|---|---|
| User | |
| Application | |
| ManagedIdentity | |
| Key |
InnerError
Inner error details.
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| errordetail |
string |
The internal error message or exception dump. |
| exceptiontype |
string |
The exception type. |
InstanceViewStatus
Instance view status.
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| code |
string |
The status code. |
| displayStatus |
string |
The short localizable label for the status. |
| level |
The level code. |
|
| message |
string |
The detailed status message, including for alerts and error messages. |
| time |
string (date-time) |
The time of the status. |
ReservationType
Indicates the type of capacity reservation. Allowed values are 'Block' for block capacity reservations and 'Targeted' for reservations that enable a VM to consume a specific capacity reservation when a capacity reservation group is provided. The reservation type is immutable and cannot be changed after it is assigned.
| Value | Description |
|---|---|
| Targeted |
To consume on demand allocated capacity reservation when a capacity reservation group is provided. |
| Block |
To consume scheduled allocated block capacity reservation when a capacity reservation group is provided. |
ResourceSharingProfile
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| subscriptionIds |
Specifies an array of subscription resource IDs that capacity reservation group is shared with. Block Capacity Reservations does not support sharing across subscriptions. Note: Minimum api-version: 2023-09-01. Please refer to https://aka.ms/computereservationsharing for more details. |
StatusLevelTypes
The level code.
| Value | Description |
|---|---|
| Info | |
| Warning | |
| Error |
SubResource
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| id |
string |
Resource Id |
SubResourceReadOnly
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| id |
string |
Resource Id |
systemData
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 |
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 |
The type of identity that last modified the resource. |