Azure Region Availability Reference
AUTHORITATIVE SOURCE — Consult this file BEFORE recommending any region.
Official reference: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/explore/global-infrastructure/products-by-region/table
How to Use
- Check if your architecture includes any limited availability services below
- If yes → refer to the table or use the MCP tool to list supported regions with sufficient quota for that service, and only offer regions that support ALL services
- If all services are "available everywhere" → offer common regions
MCP Tools Used
| Tool | Purpose |
|---|---|
mcp_azure_mcp_quota |
Check Azure region availability and quota by setting command to quota_usage_check or quota_region_availability_list |
Services with LIMITED Region Availability
Azure Static Web Apps (SWA)
⚠️ NOT available in many common regions
| ✅ Available | ❌ NOT Available (will FAIL) |
|---|---|
westus2 |
eastus |
centralus |
northeurope |
eastus2 |
southeastasia |
westeurope |
uksouth |
eastasia |
canadacentral |
australiaeast |
|
westus3 |
Azure OpenAI
⚠️ Very limited — varies by model
| Region | GPT-4o | GPT-4 | GPT-3.5 | Embeddings |
|---|---|---|---|---|
eastus |
✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
eastus2 |
✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
westus |
⚠️ | ⚠️ | ✅ | ✅ |
westus3 |
✅ | ⚠️ | ✅ | ✅ |
southcentralus |
✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
swedencentral |
✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
westeurope |
⚠️ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
Check https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/ai-services/openai/concepts/models for current model availability.
Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
It has limited quota in some regions, to get available regions with enough quota, use mcp_azure_mcp_quota tool.
Azure Database for PostgreSQL
It has limited quota in some regions, to get available regions with enough quota, use mcp_azure_mcp_quota tool.
Services Available in Most Regions
These services are available in all major Azure regions — no special consideration needed:
- Container Apps
- Azure Functions
- App Service
- Azure SQL Database
- Cosmos DB
- Key Vault
- Storage Account
- Service Bus
- Event Grid
- Application Insights / Log Analytics
Common Architecture Patterns
| Pattern | Recommended Regions |
|---|---|
| SWA only | westus2, centralus, eastus2, westeurope, eastasia |
| SWA + backend services | westus2, centralus, eastus2, westeurope, eastasia |
| Container Apps (no SWA) | eastus, eastus2, westus2, centralus, westeurope |
| With Azure OpenAI (GPT-4o/4/3.5 + embeddings) | eastus, eastus2, swedencentral |
| SWA + Azure OpenAI (GPT-4o/4/3.5 + embeddings) | eastus2 (only region with full SWA + model overlap) |
Last updated: 2026-03-02