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Azure for Students: Policy restricting creation of Static Web App
Hi
Azure for Student accounts now has policy that restricts regions in which resources can be created. Now when you are creating an application in Azure Web App (Advanced tab) you have a drop down to choose Region for Azure API and staging environments. In drop down there only few regions. None of those regions are in the list of allowed regions defined in the policy.
Not able to create a Static Web App in Azure Web Apps is not a biggie but annoying at the least.
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Carlos_ChavesMicrosoft
You're right—this issue only affects Azure Static Web Apps under Azure for Students. Other Web Apps can still be created in regions allowed by your subscription policy.
Why?
Static Web Apps support only a few regions, which often don’t match the allowed regions in student policies. Standard Web Apps offer more flexibility.
What You Can Do:
- Use standard Web Apps if possible.
- Request a policy change at https://aka.ms/regionoptimization.
- Consider alternatives like App Service + CDN or Blob Storage with Static Website Hosting.
- Carlos_Chaves
Azure for Students now restricts which regions you can use for resource creation. When setting up a Static Web App, the dropdown only shows a few regions—none of which may be allowed under your subscription’s policy.
Quick Fixes:
• Check allowed regions in your Azure Policy settings.
• Request region access via https://aka.ms/regionoptimization.
• Workaround: Deploy a separate Azure Function App in an allowed region and link it manually.Azure Support Options | Microsoft Azure
Carlos Chaves I would like to point out that this affects only to Azure Static Web Apps. You can still create other types of Web Apps as long as you create them to allowed regions specified in policy.
