Usage and quotas

As mentioned in the previous section, capacity planning needs to be one of the first steps when we architect a solution. We need to verify whether the subscription has enough quota to accommodate the new resources we are architecting. If not, during the deployment, we may face issues.

Each subscription has a limited quota for each resource type. For example, there could be a maximum of 10 public IP addresses provisioned with an MSDN Microsoft account. Similarly, all resources have a maximum default limit for each resource type. These resource type numbers for a subscription can be increased by contacting Azure Support or clicking on the Request Increase button in the Usage + Quota blade on the Subscription page.

Considering the number of resources in each region, it'll be a challenge to go through the list. The portal provides options to filter the dataset and look for what we want. In Figure 6.9, you can see that if we filter the location to Central US...