Azure for Students subscription blocked by “Allowed resource deployment regions” policy (Deny effect) — cannot create Storage Account

Hello Krishna Tyagi,

Thank you for reaching out to the Microsoft Q&A forum.

We understand that your Azure for Students subscription has an “Allowed resource deployment regions” policy assigned with no regions in its allowed-locations list—so it’s effectively denying every region. Here’s how to unblock at least one region:

Identify the blocking policy assignment – In the Azure portal go to Policy → Assignments and locate the “Allowed resource deployment regions” assignment. – Note its name/ID and parameters (you’ll see a parameter named allowedLocations).

Edit the policy assignment to include at least one region – Select the assignment and click Edit assignment. – Under Parameters, add your desired Azure region(s) (e.g. EastUS, CentralIndia, SoutheastAsia). – Save the assignment.

1. Retry your deployment – After the assignment updates, go back and create your Storage Account in one of the now-allowed regions.
2. If you can’t modify the policy yourself – You need Owner or Policy Contributor role to edit assignments. – Contact whoever manages your Azure for Students subscription (or open a support request) and ask them to add allowedLocations to that policy assignment.
3. (Optional) Use CLI/PowerShell If you prefer scripting, you can:

# View the assignment 
az policy assignment show --name <assignment-name> --scope /subscriptions/<subscription-id> 

# Update it with a JSON file specifying allowedLocations 
az policy assignment update \
--name <assignment-name> \
  --scope /subscriptions/<subscription-id> \
  --params @params.json

Where params.json contains:

{
  "properties": {
    "parameters": {
      "allowedLocations": {
        "value": ["eastus","centralindia"]
      }
    }
  }
}

Reference docs

• Troubleshoot “Resource creation was disallowed by policy”: https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/governance/policy/troubleshoot/general#requestdisallowedbypolicy-error
• Manage and edit policy assignments: https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/governance/policy/tutorials/create-and-manage
• Understand Azure Policy effects: https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/governance/policy/concepts/effects
• Register Microsoft.Storage provider (if needed): https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/azure-resource-manager/management/resource-providers-and-types#register

Hope this helps unblock your Storage Account deployment!