unable to create a VM on my student tier

Hello Kalyan, it looks like you’re running into an “Allowed locations” policy on your Azure for Students subscription. By design, student-tier offers only let you deploy VMs into a small set of approved regions (for example, East US 2, West US 2, etc.). If you pick a region that isn’t on that list, you’ll see:

Resource was disallowed by Azure… (Code: RequestDisallowedByAzure)

Here’s what you can try:

1. Check which regions are allowed for your subscription
   • In the Azure portal, go to Subscriptions > your Azure for Students subscription > Policies.
   • Under the “Allowed locations” policy, note the regions listed.
2. Re-create your VM in one of those allowed regions
   • When you hit “Create a VM,” select a region from that approved list.
3. If you truly need a region that isn’t on your student tier’s list, you have two options: a. Open a support request asking to add the extra region to your subscription’s allowed-locations policy. b. Upgrade your subscription to Pay-As-You-Go or a Free Trial–backed subscription, which removes the zonal restriction.

Hope that helps!

Reference docs:

• Switch from Azure for Students/Students Starter to Free Trial or Pay-As-You-Go: https://supportabilityhub.microsoft.com/solutions/apollosolutions/87e0fe38-e07b-1466-7900-621ca7a7f3e0/3833340a-af59-462f-b4f6-c91037f38fb3

Hi Kalyan,

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.

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

Thanks.

-TP