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Azure UK South capacity constraints are hitting UK businesses mid-migration. VM deployments are failing, quota requests are being rejected, and Microsoft's default advice is to try a different region. For organisations with UK data residency requirements, that's not a real answer.

Matt and Elliott break down what's causing the crunch, how long it's likely to last, and what you can actually do right now.

If you've hit AllocationFailed, SkuNotAvailable, or ZonalAllocationFailed errors — or struggled to get quota approved on a new Azure subscription — this episode is for you.

CHAPTERS

0:00 The problem
0:23 Introductions
0:28 Why it's been quiet
1:22 What's driving the crunch
2:31 Quotas and new subscriptions
3:41 Do you need UK South?
5:02 UK South vs UK West
6:43 If you must use UK South
8:47 SKUs and reservations 
10:17 Modernise your workloads
10:55 The autoscaling trap
13:31 Microsoft's fault?
15:41 AI and data residency
17:13 Migration advice



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