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I have an "Azure for Students" plan and I’m unable to create a workspace.

EMRE UCAR 20 Reputation points
2025-11-22T17:51:55.07+00:00

Hello,

I am using an Azure for Students subscription and I am unable to create an Azure Machine Learning Workspace in any region. Every attempt results in this error:

“Resource was disallowed by Azure: This policy maintains a set of best available regions where your subscription can deploy resources.”

I tried multiple regions, including:

West Europe

North Europe

East US

East US 2

My subscription status is Active, all required resource providers are Registered, and the resource group region matches the workspace region. However, the workspace creation is still blocked.

It seems like my subscription has a region or policy restriction preventing Azure ML workspace deployment.

Is this a known limitation for Azure for Students? Can this restriction be lifted, or is there a specific region that supports ML workspaces for Students subscriptions?

Thank you.

Azure Machine Learning
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  1. TP 145.3K Reputation points Volunteer Moderator
    2025-11-22T20:55:19.54+00:00

    Hi,

    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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  1. Q&A Assist
    2025-11-22T17:52:05.2166667+00:00
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    Yes, the issue you are encountering is a known limitation for Azure for Students subscriptions. These subscriptions typically have access to a limited set of regions, which may not include all regions available for Azure Machine Learning workspaces. If you are receiving the error message regarding policy restrictions, it indicates that your subscription is not permitted to deploy resources in the regions you have attempted.

    To resolve this, you can consider the following options:

    1. Select an alternative region: Check if there are any specific regions that are allowed for Azure for Students subscriptions and try deploying your workspace there.
    2. Submit an access request: If you have a clear business need or if your subscription requires access to a specific region, you can submit a support request to Microsoft through the Azure portal. However, this should only be done if there is a legitimate requirement for that region.

    You may want to refer to the Azure regions list to identify which regions are accessible under your subscription type.

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