Im unable to create any virtual machines on Azure using a student subscription.

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Im unable to create any virtual machines on Azure using a student subscription.

JIANG 20

I checked my azure student subscription limit. its

"listOfAllowedLocations": {

    "value": [

      "polandcentral",

      "brazilsouth",

      "francecentral",

      "spaincentral",

      "austriaeast"

    ]

  }

but this five region is ALL NOT in student subscription

its a BUG or i cant use my student subscription?

Anonymous

2026-06-25T16:58:29.74+00:00

Hello Jiang,

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Anonymous

2026-06-25T16:58:29.74+00:00

Hello Jiang,

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Answer 1

Hi Jiang,

Thank you for reaching out.

I understand that you are unable to create Virtual Machines using your Azure Student subscription and noticed that only the following regions are available under the listOfAllowedLocations policy:

This is not a bug. This behavior is expected for Azure for Students subscriptions. Microsoft applies subscription-level restrictions on available deployment regions for certain offers, including Azure for Students, to manage service availability and ensure a consistent experience.

The regions listed in your subscription are the locations currently enabled for resource deployment. You can use any of these allowed regions when creating your VM from the Azure Portal.

Please note that even within an allowed region, certain VM sizes may not be available due to capacity or SKU restrictions. You can check available VM sizes for a specific region using Azure CLI:

az vm list-skus \
  --location spaincentral \
  --size Standard_B \
  --output table

You can replace spaincentral with any of your allowed regions to verify availability.

If you require access to additional regions for a specific educational requirement, you can submit a support request through the Azure Portal by navigating to:

Azure Portal → Help + Support → Create a support request

Reference:

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/discussions/microsoft-learn-for-educators/azure-for-students---locations-now-restricted-by-policy/4442469