Azure Application Insights - Location Issue

Question

I am using Resource Manger API to create Application Insight resource in Azure. Steps are like below:

I create the Resource group in East US location

Then I create the Insights Component under it in East US location, which fails. with below error. However, if I create the Component in Central US location (which is different from the location of containing Resource group), it succeeds.

"error": {
    "code": "MissingRegistrationForLocation",
    "message": "The subscription is not registered for the resource type 'components' in the location 'southcentralus'. Please re-register for this provider in order to have access to this location."
}

see: azure.microsoft.com/en-us/regions/#services . AI is a "global" service. Azure requires a location when creating a resource, so for that we're considered "Central US". But put your resource group, other resources wherever you want them. — John Gardner
@JohnGardner (Reading pricing info...) So there is never a cross-region charge for getting data into App Insights, correct? What about for getting data out via Continuous Export? Should the storage account chosen for that be in Central US? — Iain

Bas Wiebing Bas Wiebing · Accepted Answer · 2015-07-17T09:24:32

I was looking for a good source to back my story, but couldn't find the URL anymore :( . As far as I know the Application Insights services are only available from the Central US location. Which can be causing the error, because you are trying to set up an Insights component in the East US region.

Screenshot of my environment when creating a new App Insights instance

As you can see, the location is locked and therefore it is not possible to choose for East US.

You can keep track of Azure Application Insights service updates at this page. Next to that you can filter the updates only to see service updates about regions and datacenters.

I hope this helps a little.

Azure Application Insights - Location Issue

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