**TL;DR:** Quota failures name the quota (cores, public IPs, storage accounts). The fix is a support request for a limit increase, but first check you are not just in the wrong region or subscription.

## The fix

1. **Which quota, where.** The message names the resource type and region. `az vm list-usage -l [region]` shows current vs limit for compute. Many "quota" errors are per-region, and another region has headroom.

2. **Wrong subscription.** Quotas are per subscription per region. A fresh sub has tiny defaults. If you have quota elsewhere, move the workload or the subscription, do not wait for a raise.

3. **Request the increase.** Azure portal: Subscriptions > Usage + quotas > Request increase. Or `az support tickets create`. Standard vCPU raises are usually approved in hours; GPU and some SKUs take days. Request 2-3x what you need now.

4. **Burstable vs regular.** B-series has its own quota pool. "Quota exceeded" on a B VM while D-series has room is a B-quota problem.

5. **Cleanup first.** Disassociated public IPs, unattached disks, and stopped (not deallocated) VMs all count against quota. `az vm deallocate` actually frees the vCPU quota; `az vm stop` does not. Prevention: a pre-flight quota check in provisioning scripts (`az vm list-usage`) with a clear error beats a failed 20-minute deployment. For event-driven scale (Functions premium, AKS node pools), set the max burst below your quota so scale-out degrades gracefully instead of erroring.

## When to use this

- You are seeing this exact error message; match the block above, not just part of it.
- The failing call matches the scenario in the title: Azure quota errors.
- You want the fastest verified fix before digging through logs.

## When not to use this

- Your error text differs from the block above; close cousins often have different causes.
- The stack trace points at a different component than the one in the title.
- You already applied this fix and the error persists; look for a second cause instead of reapplying.

## Compatibility

- Not pinned to a specific version; follows current Azure behavior.

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## Selected public attribution and original notices/references

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