Microsoft Purview: Only US region available when selecting account location

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Microsoft Purview: Only US region available when selecting account location

Fei 0

Hello,

I encountered an issue when creating or reviewing a Microsoft Purview account.

Scenario:

I am trying to use Microsoft Purview and noticed that the available location (region) options seem to be limited. Only US region appears to be available, and I cannot find or select other regions.

Environment:

Azure tenant: [Global Azure ]
Purview account creation method: [Portal ]

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Questions:

Is new Microsoft Purview account restricted to specific regions only?
Are there any prerequisites or configurations required to enable other regions?

Any clarification would be appreciated.

Thanks!

SAI JAGADEESH KUDIPUDI 3,645 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator

2026-06-12T17:16:02.71+00:00

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SAI JAGADEESH KUDIPUDI 3,645 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator

2026-06-16T22:04:00.04+00:00
Hi @Fei

Thank you for reaching out regarding the Microsoft Purview region selection behavior.

Based on the issue described in the thread, this behavior is expected by design and not a limitation or misconfiguration.

When creating a new Microsoft Purview account, the list of available regions is not fully open across all Azure regions. Instead, it is controlled by a combination of the following factors:

Tenant-to-Region Mapping (Primary Constraint)

For a tenant’s first Microsoft Purview account, the region is automatically restricted to the Microsoft Entra ID (Azure AD) home region.

This region represents where the Purview account and its metadata (Data Map, catalog, governance data) are stored.

Single Tenant-Level Purview Instance (New Portal Behavior)

The new Microsoft Purview governance experience uses a single, organization-wide instance per tenant. Because of this, the service enforces a fixed regional mapping aligned to the tenant geography.

Supported Region Availability

Only regions that are supported for Microsoft Purview governance services are shown in the dropdown.

Even within a geography, not all Azure regions may be available at a given time.

Why Only US Region Appears

If you are seeing only US regions during account creation, it typically means:

Your tenant is mapped to the United States geography, and

This is the first Microsoft Purview account in the tenant

As a result, only mapped regions (such as East US, West US, etc.) will be displayed.

There is no option in the portal to manually enable or unlock additional regions beyond what is mapped to your tenant.

Microsoft Purview accounts are region-bound and cannot be moved to another region after creation.

Although the Purview account is created in a specific region, your data sources can still reside in other regions globally.

Proceed with the region mapped to your tenant during creation

The region restriction you are observing is intentional and governed by tenant geography and service architecture. It ensures consistent data governance, compliance, and centralized metadata management within Microsoft Purview.

Microsoft Reference Links:

Create a Microsoft Purview account

Microsoft Purview governance portal overview

Microsoft Purview portal FAQ

Unified Catalog region availability

Hope this helps. If you have any follow-up questions, please let me know. I would be happy to help.
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2026-06-17T23:28:38.2666667+00:00

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2026-06-17T23:28:38.2666667+00:00

Hi @Fei ,
I hope you had a chance to review the information shared earlier, and I hope this information has been helpful! If you still have questions, please let us know what is needed in the comments so the question can be answered.

Answer 1

Microsoft Purview accounts are restricted to specific regions, and the list shown in the Location dropdown is filtered based on what Purview supports and how the tenant is mapped. When creating the first Microsoft Purview account in a tenant, the location is restricted to the region that matches the Microsoft Entra ID home region. This is the region where the Purview account and metadata are stored, even though data sources can be in other regions. The new Microsoft Purview portal experience also uses a single, tenant-level Purview account mapped to a specific region according to the tenant’s Microsoft Entra country/region. The mapping between Purview account locations and tenant locations is predefined (for example, US tenants map to US regions such as East US, West US, etc.). Microsoft 365 GCC regions are not currently supported.
There are no additional configurations in the portal to “unlock” more regions beyond what is allowed for the tenant. For a tenant’s first Purview account, the region is constrained to the Microsoft Entra home region; other regions will not appear in the list. Purview does not support moving accounts across regions, so the correct region must be chosen at creation time. If there are security policy or data residency constraints that prevent using the mapped region when upgrading or creating a Purview account, the documented guidance is to contact Microsoft support to address those constraints.

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