Azure for Students subscription blocked from all regions - RequestDisallowedByAzure on Managed Disk creation

Rachakonda Hemalatha 0 Reputation points
2026-09-23T02:30:31.8366667+00:00

I recently activated an Azure for Students subscription. Every attempt to create a resource (tested with a Managed Disk) fails in every region I've tried (East US, Central India, South India) with:

Resource 'disk-lab-t181' was disallowed by Azure: This policy maintains a set of best available regions where your subscription can deploy resources... ErrorCode: RequestDisallowedByAzure, StatusCode: 403

  • Microsoft.Compute resource provider is confirmed Registered (checked via PowerShell)
  • Subscription shows $100 credit available and compute quota assigned for Central India
  • My Basic support plan doesn't allow a Technical support ticket

Is this a known temporary restriction on new student subscriptions, and if so, how long does it typically take to clear? Or is there a specific action I need to take to unlock region access?

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  1. TP 163.9K Reputation points Volunteer Moderator
    2026-09-23T03:04:08.2166667+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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