To get a list of the current Azure regions using CLI let’s first get logged into the Azure Portal at https://portal.azure.com. Next, we have a very short statement to run:

az account list-locations -o table

The results as of November 2023 hold 83 regions:

Display NameNameRegional Display Name
East USeastus(US) East US
East US 2eastus2(US) East US 2
South Central USsouthcentralus(US) South Central US
West US 2westus2(US) West US 2
West US 3westus3(US) West US 3
Australia Eastaustraliaeast(Asia Pacific) Australia East
Southeast Asiasoutheastasia(Asia Pacific) Southeast Asia
North Europenortheurope(Europe) North Europe
Sweden Centralswedencentral(Europe) Sweden Central
UK Southuksouth(Europe) UK South
West Europewesteurope(Europe) West Europe
Central UScentralus(US) Central US
South Africa Northsouthafricanorth(Africa) South Africa North
Central Indiacentralindia(Asia Pacific) Central India
East Asiaeastasia(Asia Pacific) East Asia
Japan Eastjapaneast(Asia Pacific) Japan East
Korea Centralkoreacentral(Asia Pacific) Korea Central
Canada Centralcanadacentral(Canada) Canada Central
France Centralfrancecentral(Europe) France Central
Germany West Centralgermanywestcentral(Europe) Germany West Central
Italy Northitalynorth(Europe) Italy North
Norway Eastnorwayeast(Europe) Norway East
Poland Centralpolandcentral(Europe) Poland Central
Switzerland Northswitzerlandnorth(Europe) Switzerland North
UAE Northuaenorth(Middle East) UAE North
Brazil Southbrazilsouth(South America) Brazil South
Central US EUAPcentraluseuap(US) Central US EUAP
Qatar Centralqatarcentral(Middle East) Qatar Central
Central US (Stage)centralusstage(US) Central US (Stage)
East US (Stage)eastusstage(US) East US (Stage)
East US 2 (Stage)eastus2stage(US) East US 2 (Stage)
North Central US (Stage)northcentralusstage(US) North Central US (Stage)
South Central US (Stage)southcentralusstage(US) South Central US (Stage)
West US (Stage)westusstage(US) West US (Stage)
West US 2 (Stage)westus2stage(US) West US 2 (Stage)
AsiaasiaAsia
Asia PacificasiapacificAsia Pacific
AustraliaaustraliaAustralia
BrazilbrazilBrazil
CanadacanadaCanada
EuropeeuropeEurope
FrancefranceFrance
GermanygermanyGermany
GlobalglobalGlobal
IndiaindiaIndia
JapanjapanJapan
KoreakoreaKorea
NorwaynorwayNorway
SingaporesingaporeSingapore
South AfricasouthafricaSouth Africa
SwitzerlandswitzerlandSwitzerland
United Arab EmiratesuaeUnited Arab Emirates
United KingdomukUnited Kingdom
United StatesunitedstatesUnited States
United States EUAPunitedstateseuapUnited States EUAP
East Asia (Stage)eastasiastage(Asia Pacific) East Asia (Stage)
Southeast Asia (Stage)southeastasiastage(Asia Pacific) Southeast Asia (Stage)
Brazil USbrazilus(South America) Brazil US
East US STGeastusstg(US) East US STG
North Central USnorthcentralus(US) North Central US
West USwestus(US) West US
Jio India Westjioindiawest(Asia Pacific) Jio India West
East US 2 EUAPeastus2euap(US) East US 2 EUAP
South Central US STGsouthcentralusstg(US) South Central US STG
West Central USwestcentralus(US) West Central US
South Africa Westsouthafricawest(Africa) South Africa West
Australia Centralaustraliacentral(Asia Pacific) Australia Central
Australia Central 2australiacentral2(Asia Pacific) Australia Central 2
Australia Southeastaustraliasoutheast(Asia Pacific) Australia Southeast
Japan Westjapanwest(Asia Pacific) Japan West
Jio India Centraljioindiacentral(Asia Pacific) Jio India Central
Korea Southkoreasouth(Asia Pacific) Korea South
South Indiasouthindia(Asia Pacific) South India
West Indiawestindia(Asia Pacific) West India
Canada Eastcanadaeast(Canada) Canada East
France Southfrancesouth(Europe) France South
Germany Northgermanynorth(Europe) Germany North
Norway Westnorwaywest(Europe) Norway West
Switzerland Westswitzerlandwest(Europe) Switzerland West
UK Westukwest(Europe) UK West
UAE Centraluaecentral(Middle East) UAE Central
Brazil Southeastbrazilsoutheast(South America) Brazil Southeast

We can now use the column (Name) to reference the region in code statements.

az vm list-sizes -l canadacentral
az vm list-sizes -l eastus

You can explore the globe from this link : Microsoft Datacenters

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