SkuNotAvailable 🔷 Azure

Azure: SkuNotAvailable / QuotaExceeded when creating a VM or resource

The VM size isn’t offered in that region/zone for your subscription, or you’ve hit the vCPU quota.

Seen on: Azure

Meaning

Capacity and SKU availability vary by region, zone and subscription type (free/student subscriptions are restricted). Quotas cap total and per-family vCPUs per region.

Common causes

  • VM size not available in the region/zone
  • Subscription restricted from that SKU
  • Regional or VM-family vCPU quota reached
  • Temporary capacity shortage

⚡ Quick fix

  1. List available sizes: az vm list-skus -l <region> --size Standard_D -o table
  2. Choose another size, zone or region
  3. Request a quota increase (Portal → Quotas)

Detailed fix by platform

Azure

  1. Check SKUs and usage:
    bash
    az vm list-skus --location centralindia --resource-type virtualMachines --query "[?restrictions==\`[]\`].name" -o tsv | head
az vm list-usage --location centralindia -o table

How to diagnose

  1. SKU — Is the size listed without restrictions?
  2. Quota — Current vs limit for that family
  3. Region — Can another region/zone work?

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