Node type not available in Central India (Student Subscription)

[Abrarali8708]

Hi Community,

I have deployed an Azure Databricks workspace in the Central India region using a student subscription. While trying to create a compute resource, I encountered an error stating that the selected node type is not available in Central India.

I have already tried all the small-scale node types, but none of them seem to be available.

Can someone please suggest a specific node type that I can use successfully in Central India with a student subscription?

Has anyone else faced this issue before? If yes, what would be the best way to resolve it — is this a subscription limitation or region-specific restriction?

Any guidance would be appreciated.

Thanks in advance!

[ManojkMohan]

HI @Abrarali8708 

The quickest workaround is to create your Databricks workspace in a region like East US, South East Asia, or West Europe, where VM availability is less constrained

In parallel 

1: Install Azure CLI
2: Log in to Your Azure Account
3: List Available VM Sizes in Central India

Now try:

```bash
az vm list-sizes --location centralindia --output table
```

You’ll get a table with columns like:

```
Name NumberOfCores MemoryInMb MaxDataDiskCount
------------------ -------------- ----------- ----------------
Standard_D2_v2 2 7168 8
Standard_D3_v2 4 14336 16
...
```

You can compare these VM names (`Standard_D2_v2`, `Standard_D3_v2`, etc.) against Databricks node types to know what’s available.

I would recommend Create a new Databricks workspace in East US or West Europe, and

Try node types like:

Standard_DS3_v2

Standard_D4_v2

Standard_D4ds_v4

These always work for student subscriptions.

[Abrarali8708]

Thanks for your reply, @ManojkMohan . I tried creating a Databricks workspace in both the East US and West Europe regions, but I received an error stating that resources can’t be created in those regions with a student subscription. Attaching a screenshot for your reference.

[ManojkMohan · Accepted solution]

@Abrarali8708  As discussed can you try

managing the Azure Policy definition:

Locate the policy definition ID /providers/Microsoft.Authorization/policyDefinitions/b86dabb9-b578-4d7b-b842-3b45e95769a1.

Modify the parameter listOfAllowedLocations to include eastus or your preferred region . One may need azure admin privileges 

[Abrarali8708 · Accepted solution]

For those encountering errors while configuring a cluster in Databricks using a student subscription, try deploying it with the Unrestricted policy under Cluster Configuration. Also, make sure to select an appropriate virtual machine type based on the available quota in your Azure subscription.