Issues trying to create Storage Account in Azure Student

Nicholas Christensen 20 Reputation points
2025-08-25T23:00:54.8266667+00:00

I am trying to create a Storage Account for a class I am taking, I am getting this error.

  • Resource 'gracielou' was disallowed by Azure: This policy maintains a set of best available regions where your subscription can deploy resources. The objective of this policy is to ensure that your subscription has full access to Azure services with optimal performance. Should you need additional or different regions, contact support.. (Code: RequestDisallowedByAzure, Target: gracielou)

I know it means that I need access to the region, I saw the other posts. But here is the JSON and I get nothing about allowed regions.

{

"authorization": {

"action": "Microsoft.Resources/deployments/validate/action",

"scope": "/subscriptions/b8d07031-f379-49de-8d13-8c6d8dd600ff/resourceGroups/skrodlada21/providers/Microsoft.Resources/deployments/gracielou_1756162383584"

},

"caller": "******@csuglobal.edu",

"channels": "Operation",

"claims": {

"aud": "https://management.core.windows.net/",

"iss": "https://sts.windows.net/e40b023d-0799-4be8-95c5-dbabbd72ba01/",

"iat": "1756161835",

"nbf": "1756161835",

"exp": "1756166805",

"http://schemas.microsoft.com/claims/authnclassreference": "1",

"acrs": "p1",

"aio": "AbQAS/8ZAAAAm/1ldx5hF5BnbhKdcU2ovqsvTPE9PNAicRmZgeyAJ3Qo1CHyVL1QtCmKB8YSxIy8X2FtUARd/nXIPPx+pa9zDEgv3bIBVOdT7vDtIbnpXdwgEeh3MIu9DnMdx54N3oy1uQO98CzXy3EW+Xh0+lgnPnpB06bzpwDoCpTWpVxj4990a360IzVK2cjOH0ZXIuYLUb6FCvD0agD7fql62QemgDNnHdyWb7ub8gnBsKqSQaU=",

"http://schemas.microsoft.com/claims/authnmethodsreferences": "pwd,mfa",

"appid": "c44b4083-3bb0-49c1-b47d-974e53cbdf3c",

"appidacr": "0",

"http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/ws/2005/05/identity/claims/surname": "Christensen",

"http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/ws/2005/05/identity/claims/givenname": "Nicholas",

"groups": "3d850249-7dca-4e47-ad44-0471ec36e914,efd48ffe-4708-4e0d-beb7-e3947d1f638f",

"idtyp": "user",

"ipaddr": "71.237.15.148",

"name": "Nicholas Christensen",

"http://schemas.microsoft.com/identity/claims/objectidentifier": "13a4323c-a055-423d-9173-5fd04ea9d70d",

"puid": "10037FFEA7F8C57B",

"rh": "1.AQMAPQIL5JkH6EuVxdurvXK6AUZIf3kAutdPukPawfj2MBMBAZoDAA.",

"http://schemas.microsoft.com/identity/claims/scope": "user_impersonation",

"sid": "007dea79-a912-50a5-d603-4e26d3098088",

"http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/ws/2005/05/identity/claims/nameidentifier": "Fp8GPg6NVfCVS69ZEidvy-n8eXznPBAcAo1FaT8L32E",

"http://schemas.microsoft.com/identity/claims/tenantid": "e40b023d-0799-4be8-95c5-dbabbd72ba01",

"http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/ws/2005/05/identity/claims/name": "******@csuglobal.edu",

"http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/ws/2005/05/identity/claims/upn": "******@csuglobal.edu",

"uti": "n0nScdGeOEmI2QSXt7KpAA",

"ver": "1.0",

"xms_ftd": "j4lmv5FB2o5Oeq4jSrbukaPUlwbjoQNiVR8Uke1SAukBdXNub3J0aC1kc21z",

"xms_idrel": "20 1",

"xms_tcdt": "1434129134"

},

"correlationId": "67d14b8c-7331-4d43-9401-c30b4084f835",

"description": "",

"eventDataId": "dcf3307a-8205-4247-8fd0-4b58c42bac18",

"eventName": {

"value": "EndRequest",

"localizedValue": "End request"

},

"category": {

"value": "Administrative",

"localizedValue": "Administrative"

},

"eventTimestamp": "2025-08-25T22:53:06.3755626Z",

"id": "/subscriptions/b8d07031-f379-49de-8d13-8c6d8dd600ff/resourceGroups/skrodlada21/providers/Microsoft.Resources/deployments/gracielou_1756162383584/events/dcf3307a-8205-4247-8fd0-4b58c42bac18/ticks/638917591863755626",

"level": "Error",

"operationId": "67d14b8c-7331-4d43-9401-c30b4084f835",

"operationName": {

"value": "Microsoft.Resources/deployments/validate/action",

"localizedValue": "Validate Deployment"

},

"resourceGroupName": "skrodlada21",

"resourceProviderName": {

"value": "Microsoft.Resources",

"localizedValue": "Microsoft Resources"

},

"resourceType": {

"value": "Microsoft.Resources/deployments",

"localizedValue": "Microsoft.Resources/deployments"

},

"resourceId": "/subscriptions/b8d07031-f379-49de-8d13-8c6d8dd600ff/resourceGroups/skrodlada21/providers/Microsoft.Resources/deployments/gracielou_1756162383584",

"status": {

"value": "Failed",

"localizedValue": "Failed"

},

"subStatus": {

"value": "BadRequest",

"localizedValue": "Bad Request (HTTP Status Code: 400)"

},

"submissionTimestamp": "2025-08-25T22:54:37Z",

"subscriptionId": "b8d07031-f379-49de-8d13-8c6d8dd600ff",

"tenantId": "e40b023d-0799-4be8-95c5-dbabbd72ba01",

"properties": {

"statusCode": "BadRequest",

"serviceRequestId": null,

"statusMessage": "{"error":{"code":"InvalidTemplateDeployment","message":"The template deployment failed because of policy violation. Please see details for more information.","details":[{"code":"RequestDisallowedByAzure","target":"gracielou","message":"Resource 'gracielou' was disallowed by Azure: This policy maintains a set of best available regions where your subscription can deploy resources. The objective of this policy is to ensure that your subscription has full access to Azure services with optimal performance. Should you need additional or different regions, contact support.."}]}}",

"eventCategory": "Administrative",

"entity": "/subscriptions/b8d07031-f379-49de-8d13-8c6d8dd600ff/resourceGroups/skrodlada21/providers/Microsoft.Resources/deployments/gracielou_1756162383584",

"message": "Microsoft.Resources/deployments/validate/action",

"hierarchy": "e40b023d-0799-4be8-95c5-dbabbd72ba01/Students/b8d07031-f379-49de-8d13-8c6d8dd600ff"

},

"relatedEvents": []

}

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  1. TP 134.2K Reputation points Volunteer Moderator
    2025-08-25T23:21:48.6166667+00:00

    Hi Nicholas,

    Did you look under Policy assignments for the list of regions, as described below?

    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

    Look for an assignment similar to "Allowed locations", or something with location as part of the name. Click on this assignment, and then examine the Parameter value for list of regions.

    These are the regions you are allowed to deploy resources to. Please try to create storage account in one of these regions and reply back here with result.

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

    Thanks.

    -TP

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