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Hello toxic,
Thank you for your patience and for citing the documentation. After further review, you are correct. The Microsoft documentation states that “Quota is calculated based on the total number of cores in use both allocated and deallocated.” This means VM2, despite being stopped (deallocated), still counts toward the quota.
With VM1 (4 vCPUs) and VM2 (8 vCPUs) both counted, the current usage in North Central US is 12 vCPUs, leaving 3 available. Following the sequential order: VM4 (2 vCPUs) succeeds, bringing the total to 14. VM5 (2 vCPUs) would push the total to 16, exceeding the 15 vCPU limit, so it would fail.
My previous responses contained an error regarding how deallocated VMs are handled. We will update this question, and the changes will reflect on the portal soon.
Best regards,
Irene @ Tutorials Dojo
