Deployment Blocked by Policy

Hello Henry Mfodwo

There is no global list of allowed regions for Azure for Students. Each student subscription is limited to a small, subscription‑specific set of regions (typically around 5), and regions like Australia East, Central India, Japan East, etc., may be blocked even though the service is available there.

For student subscriptions, a global policy may be applied that restricts resource creation in certain locations. You can verify this by navigating to:

Policy -> Authoring ->Assignments -> Allowed resource deployment regions

here you can see the locations where you can create the resources.

MS Docs: https://docs.azure.cn/en-us/azure-resource-manager/templates/error-policy-requestdisallowedbypolicy

You can only create resources in specific regions (not all Azure regions are available).

Some services and SKUs are blocked to ensure optimal performance and cost control.

What you can do:

1. Try creating the resource in allowed regions (for Student subs, usually East US, West US, West Europe, South Central US).

If you specifically need another region or service, the only option is to upgrade your Student subscription to a Pay-As-You-Go plan. That removes policy restrictions.

Always check the available regions dropdown when deploying — if a region is greyed out or errors, it’s blocked by policy.

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Hi Henry Mfodwo ,

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Azure for Students subscriptions restrict the regions where resources can be deployed. Typically, you are allowed to use up to five regions, which may vary per user.

To check your allowed regions, navigate to: Azure Portal → Azure Policy → Authoring → Assignments, and select the policy named “Allowed resource deployment regions.”

Allowed Locations: westus3, koreacentral, centralindia, germanywestcentral, spaincentral

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Hi Henry,

Azure for Students restricts which regions you can deploy resources to. Typically you are restricted to five different regions, and these vary for each person.

Please navigate to Azure Policy -- Authoring -- Assignments using link below:

https://portal.azure.com/#view/Microsoft_Azure_Policy/PolicyMenuBlade/~/Assignments

Click on assignment named Allowed resource deployment regions

Examine Allowed locations Parameter value for list of regions, similar to below (regions in screenshot are different than yours):

The regions shown in your Parameter value are the ones you are allowed to deploy resources to. Please try to create resources in one of these regions and let me know the results.

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Thanks.

-TP

The deployment is blocked by an Azure Policy on the subscription that restricts which regions can be used. The error text explains that a policy “maintains a set of best available regions where your subscription can deploy resources” and that the region you selected for resource adepargeu is not in that allowed list. This is common on constrained offers such as student subscriptions.

To proceed, use one of these options:

1. Change the deployment region
   • In the ARM template/Bicep/portal deployment, select a region that is allowed for the subscription.
   • The error message suggests that only a subset of regions is permitted; try a commonly available region for student subscriptions (for example, a different nearby region) and redeploy.
2. Work with the policy owner/support
   • The message states: “Should you need additional or different regions, contact support.”
   • For a student subscription, that typically means:
     • Use the Azure portal Help + support blade to open a support request, or
     • Contact the program/channel that provided the student subscription and ask whether additional regions can be enabled.
   • The policy itself can only be changed or removed by whoever manages policies for that subscription (not by the template author).
3. General guidance on policy-based deployment blocks
   • RequestDisallowedByPolicy/similar errors mean a policy is preventing the action during deployment. The normal mitigation is to either:
     • Adjust the deployment to comply with the policy (here: choose an allowed region), or
     • Have the policy assignment updated by an administrator so that the desired configuration is permitted.

Since this is a student account, the practical path is usually to redeploy the storage account (and any related resources) into a region that is allowed for the subscription.

References:

• Troubleshoot common Azure deployment errors
• Resolve errors for request disallowed by policy
• Fix the "RequestDisallowedByPolicy" error
• Troubleshoot your Azure Stack Edge ordering issues