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AUTHORITATIVE SOURCE — Consult this file BEFORE recommending any region.
Official reference: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/explore/global-infrastructure/products-by-region/table
| Tool | Purpose |
|---|---|
mcp_azure_mcp_quota | Check Azure region availability and quota by setting command to quota_usage_check or quota_region_availability_list |
⚠️ NOT available in many common regions
| ✅ Available | ❌ NOT Available (will FAIL) |
|---|---|
westus2 | eastus |
centralus | northeurope |
eastus2 | southeastasia |
westeurope | uksouth |
eastasia | canadacentral |
australiaeast | |
westus3 |
⚠️ 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 (opens in a new tab) for current model availability.
It has limited quota in some regions, to get available regions with enough quota, use mcp_azure_mcp_quota tool.
It has limited quota in some regions, to get available regions with enough quota, use mcp_azure_mcp_quota tool.
These services are available in all major Azure regions — no special consideration needed:
| 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