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Configuring RDP NSG rule in Azure

I have a Azure VM with NSG for RDP listing for Source several static IPs, and it works. If I remove this list and put in "Any" for Source it says IPV4 / IPV6 invalid argument. So, in emergency when my static IP machines are down, I cannot log…

Azure Policy
Azure Policy
An Azure service that is used to implement corporate governance and standards at scale for Azure resources.
1,160 questions
asked 2026-02-05T11:22:51.5333333+00:00
Jon Melvin 0 Reputation points
answered 2026-02-05T11:23:01.2266667+00:00
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Error with ARM template in deploy step 0.9.1 when trying to create the storage intent with switchless

I'm running a ARM template with version 24H2 2601. Validation works fine, but when running it as a repository, it fails at point 0.9.1, indicating that it cannot find the intent storage. Compute intent is good Magement intent is good Names of NIC are…

Azure Policy
Azure Policy
An Azure service that is used to implement corporate governance and standards at scale for Azure resources.
1,160 questions
asked 2026-02-03T14:01:17.6633333+00:00
Hugo Fernando Balbuena 0 Reputation points
commented 2026-02-05T10:39:06.9933333+00:00
Suchitra Suregaunkar 7,435 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
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Resources deleted but still showing non compliance for tagging azure policy

Resources deleted but still showing non compliance for tagging azure policy.

Azure Policy
Azure Policy
An Azure service that is used to implement corporate governance and standards at scale for Azure resources.
1,160 questions
asked 2026-02-03T02:40:02.7633333+00:00
rajesh kumar 25 Reputation points
commented 2026-02-05T07:06:02.39+00:00
rajesh kumar 25 Reputation points
0 answers

Feature Request: Missing Azure Policy Alias for identity.userAssignedIdentities on Microsoft.Web/sites

Description: We are implementing a security architecture that requires a 1:1 mapping between Web/Function Apps (and eventually other resources) and User Assigned Identities to ensure the idempotency of Infrastructure-as-Code (Bicep/ARM) deployments. The…

Azure Policy
Azure Policy
An Azure service that is used to implement corporate governance and standards at scale for Azure resources.
1,160 questions
asked 2026-01-28T09:12:01.85+00:00
Art Groeneveld 0 Reputation points
commented 2026-02-05T01:02:16.6633333+00:00
Bharath Y P 4,135 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
2 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Need access to resources in my Tenant

I am trying to create Azure Policies for my tenant, Windows machines. It is indicating I do not have access to this, even though I am a global administrator. This is also happening with my ability to review and edit Virtual Networks. Please…

Azure Policy
Azure Policy
An Azure service that is used to implement corporate governance and standards at scale for Azure resources.
1,160 questions
asked 2026-02-02T20:04:51.13+00:00
Segura, Leos 20 Reputation points
edited a comment 2026-02-03T21:12:24.21+00:00
Bharath Y P 4,135 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
2 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

I want to create a Document Intelligence in Azure and I am getting error that Resource '<PII Removed>' was disallowed by policy. (Code: RequestDisallowedByPolicy, Policy(s): <PII Removed>)

I want to create a Document Intelligence in Azure and I am getting error that <PII Removed> was disallowed by policy. (Code: RequestDisallowedByPolicy, Policy(s): <PII Removed> <PII Removed> Error Message

Azure Policy
Azure Policy
An Azure service that is used to implement corporate governance and standards at scale for Azure resources.
1,160 questions
asked 2026-02-02T09:59:09.75+00:00
Murugan, Jegan EX1 20 Reputation points
answered 2026-02-02T10:16:19.0766667+00:00
Sridhar M 4,645 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
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Issue with AI Services and Key access - {"error":{"code":"BadRequest","message":"Failed to list key. disableLocalAuth is set to be true"}}

Due to several policies and restrictions, I am currently unable to deploy key services, including AI Foundry, AI Project, AI Services, and Azure Machine Learning. Please grant all necessary roles and permissions deployments and build reliable POC Thank…

Azure Policy
Azure Policy
An Azure service that is used to implement corporate governance and standards at scale for Azure resources.
1,160 questions
asked 2026-01-18T20:05:06.18+00:00
Arjun Choubey 5 Reputation points Microsoft Employee
edited a comment 2026-01-29T06:16:04.5733333+00:00
Naveena Patlolla 8,055 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
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Validation error on VM creation using Azure for Students (not available regions)

I have the Azure for Students subscription, when I try to create a VM it shows an error of validation, or that the my subscription is not available on my region, I have tried using different regions and it keeps showing the same error.

Azure Policy
Azure Policy
An Azure service that is used to implement corporate governance and standards at scale for Azure resources.
1,160 questions
asked 2026-01-27T15:53:22.9266667+00:00
IBAI MUNNE UGALDE 0 Reputation points
commented 2026-01-27T17:41:18.27+00:00
TP 148.6K Reputation points Volunteer Moderator
2 answers

Azure policy blocking Foundry to be connected

The policy “Public network access on Azure AI Foundry resources must be disabled” is preventing us from connecting to Azure AI Foundry. We are requesting that this policy be removed from our subscription. Additionally, we want to ensure that removing…

Azure Policy
Azure Policy
An Azure service that is used to implement corporate governance and standards at scale for Azure resources.
1,160 questions
asked 2026-01-22T20:30:32.64+00:00
Shweta Srivastava 0 Reputation points Microsoft Employee
recommended 2026-01-27T10:18:50.6466667+00:00
Suchitra Suregaunkar 7,435 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
2 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

How to get vm insight metrics using azure policy?

I want to enable and get the insight metrics of a virtual machine using the azure policy.How we can do that?

Azure Policy
Azure Policy
An Azure service that is used to implement corporate governance and standards at scale for Azure resources.
1,160 questions
asked 2026-01-20T17:02:02.6366667+00:00
Padmanabhan M 160 Reputation points
accepted 2026-01-27T06:48:40.2633333+00:00
Padmanabhan M 160 Reputation points
1 answer One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

This policy remediation task re-evaluates before remediating. How is it failing to find evaluation results?

I've created an Azure policy that remediates any PaaS resources that aren't associated with a Network Security Perimeter, by associating the non-compliant resource with a NSP matching the resource's region (using the NSPs' names for selection). I've…

Azure Policy
Azure Policy
An Azure service that is used to implement corporate governance and standards at scale for Azure resources.
1,160 questions
asked 2026-01-20T21:38:50.72+00:00
Philip Hamlin (Quadrant Technologies LLC) 20 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff
accepted 2026-01-22T18:29:49.5566667+00:00
Philip Hamlin (Quadrant Technologies LLC) 20 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff
2 answers

Add or replace a tag on subscriptions

When I apply this policy, does this mean I the tags will be automatically applied to the resource groups and resources in the subscription

Azure Policy
Azure Policy
An Azure service that is used to implement corporate governance and standards at scale for Azure resources.
1,160 questions
asked 2026-01-20T14:27:01.8+00:00
Mittal Priyamvada (BD/ICA-CAE) 40 Reputation points
answered 2026-01-20T17:02:48.13+00:00
Bharath Y P 4,135 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
2 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Azure Policy definitions show in Portal after tenant migration but return 404 “Policy definition not found” (ghost policies)

📝 Description I recently migrated an Azure subscription to a new Entra ID (AAD) tenant. After the tenant move, I deleted several custom Azure Policy definitions and initiatives that were originally created in the old tenant. Issue In Azure Portal →…

Azure Policy
Azure Policy
An Azure service that is used to implement corporate governance and standards at scale for Azure resources.
1,160 questions
asked 2026-01-06T16:40:43.1366667+00:00
Amit Kaistha 20 Reputation points
accepted 2026-01-19T18:29:03.0066667+00:00
Amit Kaistha 20 Reputation points
2 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Using Azure Defender for Cloud Policies to enforce Defender Plan Environment Settings at Scale

We are trying to use Azure provided Defender for Cloud policies to enforce Defender monitoring compliance at scale in our production environment. When reviewing "Environment settings" under "Microsoft Defender for Cloud", we are able…

Azure Policy
Azure Policy
An Azure service that is used to implement corporate governance and standards at scale for Azure resources.
1,160 questions
asked 2026-01-06T22:08:03.1166667+00:00
Guo, Jianning 105 Reputation points
answered 2026-01-08T06:49:47.2133333+00:00
Siva shunmugam Nadessin 5,205 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
2 answers

Why am I not able to access my azure account even I've used my college id?

I am applying for azure free $100 credit with student email but i am geting error I am trying to avail free azure account benefits as a part with my new student email id. But azure shows me that i am not eligible for azure free account. This is the first…

Azure Policy
Azure Policy
An Azure service that is used to implement corporate governance and standards at scale for Azure resources.
1,160 questions
asked 2025-03-04T04:09:32.99+00:00
Pravin Sekar 5 Reputation points
answered 2026-01-08T05:03:10.9266667+00:00
CHANDU 0 Reputation points
2 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

NIST policy compliance error even though CMK is assigned to Automation Account

NIST rev2 policy compliance error is Azure Automation accounts should use customer-managed keys to encrypt data at rest All steps from https://aka.ms/automation-cmk have been followed. Non-compliance details Compliance state Current…

Azure Policy
Azure Policy
An Azure service that is used to implement corporate governance and standards at scale for Azure resources.
1,160 questions
asked 2026-01-06T17:51:49.25+00:00
Amit Raghav 20 Reputation points
answered 2026-01-07T05:01:37.9766667+00:00
Siva shunmugam Nadessin 5,205 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
3 answers

I am getting a missing tag error on storage account creation

I am getting the error below when trying to create a storage account following a tutorial of a Udemy course. I do not understand the message as I have not created any tags. How can I found out what tag is it missing? Resource 'ManagedPlatform' was…

Azure Policy
Azure Policy
An Azure service that is used to implement corporate governance and standards at scale for Azure resources.
1,160 questions
asked 2025-12-04T09:52:56.1133333+00:00
Kristjan Sander 0 Reputation points
edited an answer 2026-01-06T12:54:53.8966667+00:00
Suchitra Suregaunkar 7,435 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
2 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Remove deny assignment on my resource

I am owner of my subscription but am not able to remove deny assignment on this resources. I am not able to even identify who created this deny assignment. Can you please help me identify owner of deny assignment, Subscription id: <PII…

Azure Policy
Azure Policy
An Azure service that is used to implement corporate governance and standards at scale for Azure resources.
1,160 questions
asked 2025-12-30T07:49:56.3633333+00:00
Mihir Nanavati 20 Reputation points Microsoft Employee
accepted 2025-12-31T11:23:48.54+00:00
Mihir Nanavati 20 Reputation points Microsoft Employee
1 answer

Under policies and Non Compliances - I see Windows Defender Exploit Guard to be enabled, I have enabled it but I still see the Non Compliance

I have a Policy Non Compliance: ES-2 Use modern anti-malware software and under details I get Windows Defender Exploit Guard to be enabled. I followed documentation and enabled the Windows Defender Exploit Guard, along with Controlled Folder protection…

Azure Policy
Azure Policy
An Azure service that is used to implement corporate governance and standards at scale for Azure resources.
1,160 questions
asked 2025-11-19T13:01:40.5866667+00:00
Sanket Kalyankar 0 Reputation points
commented 2025-12-23T10:08:00.1333333+00:00
Siva shunmugam Nadessin 5,205 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
1 answer

Deleting resources in Azure is being blocked

I am not able to delete resources in Azure. Getting the following error message. Seems like there is a lock placed by Microsoft due to security concerns and even the tenancy admin cannot delete resources in its own tenancy. I have created a support…

Azure Policy
Azure Policy
An Azure service that is used to implement corporate governance and standards at scale for Azure resources.
1,160 questions
asked 2025-12-19T21:25:24.5166667+00:00
Mohid F 0 Reputation points
commented 2025-12-22T07:02:53.0733333+00:00
Suchitra Suregaunkar 7,435 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator