Issues in creating a new storage account in Azure

Fabrizio Dell Avvocato 0 Reputation points
2025-08-09T13:27:59.06+00:00

Hello

I have a student subscription and I am having challenges in creating a new storage account.

Please help me.

Here is the error code i receive:

{"code":"InvalidTemplateDeployment","details":[{"code":"RequestDisallowedByAzure","target":"masterfda001sta","message":"Resource 'masterfda001sta' was disallowed by Azure: This policy maintains a set of best available regions where your subscription can deploy resources. The objective of this policy is to ensure that your subscription has full access to Azure services with optimal performance. Should you need additional or different regions, contact support.."}],"message":"The template deployment failed because of policy violation. Please see details for more information."}

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Globally unique resources that provide access to data management services and serve as the parent namespace for the services.

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  1. TP 163.1K Reputation points Volunteer Moderator
    2025-08-09T13:53:25.9666667+00:00

    Hi Fabrizio,

    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

    User's image

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

    User's image

    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.

    Please click Accept Answer and upvote if the above was helpful.

    Thanks.

    -TP

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  2. Anonymous
    2025-08-11T08:19:35.7266667+00:00

    Hi Fabrizio Dell Avvocato,

    Thanks for your question on the Microsoft Q&A portal!

    I see you're having trouble creating a new storage account in Azure.

    In addition to TP comment, I'd like to contribute a few more details for clarity.

    The reason you're getting an error is that your Azure account has a rule—called a 'policy'—that only lets you create new things in certain areas, or 'regions,' of the world. The region you chose isn't on that list, so Azure is stopping you.

    Post Validation Steps

    • In the Azure Portal, navigate to “Storage accounts” and verify that masterfda001sta appears in the chosen region.

    • In “Activity log” for the resource group, confirm the Create Storage Account operation shows Succeeded.

    To fix this, you need to find the list of regions you're allowed to use. Here's how you can find that list:

    1.In your Azure account, go to the Activity log for your project.

    2.Look for the event where you tried to create the storage account—it will have a red "Error" status.

    3.Click on that event, and then click on the JSON tab. This shows all the technical details.

    4.Look for a message that lists the allowed regions. It should say something like, 'You can create resources in the following regions: <region1>, <region2>, <region3> only.'

    Once you know the allowed regions, try creating your storage account again and choose one of those regions from the list."

    Reference document:

    https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/governance/policy/overview

    Give that a try and let us know if it works!

     

    Thanks,

    Pranitha

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