Question regarding Azure VM CPU Quota Limits

Chandresh Modi 86 Reputation points
2020-06-28T15:28:54.96+00:00

Hi All,

I have a question lets say I have a CPU quota limit of 20 CPU in my Azure subscription.

I have 2 VM's, one is having 16 CPU's and other is having 4 CPU's. Now I go ahead and stop(deallocate the VM that has 16 CPUs).

Will I be able to create a new VM with 16 CPU or will I hit a quota limit?

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  1. Andreas Baumgarten 108K Reputation points MVP
    2020-06-28T15:44:40.357+00:00

    The CPU Quota Limit is calculated on vCPUs used in created/existing VMs per location, it doesn't matter if the VM is running or deallocated.
    Based on your example the answer will be "no", you are not able to create another VM at all because you reached the CPU Quota.
    You have to delete the 16 vCPU VM (the disk of the VM will not deleted by default and can be re-used in another VM later for example).

    Maybe this is helpful.

    Regards

    Andreas Baumgarten

    (Please don't forget to Accept as answer if the reply is helpful)

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  1. Chandresh Modi 86 Reputation points
    2020-06-28T16:01:50.557+00:00

    Thanks Andreas...This helps.

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