You have an Azure subscription and an Enterprise Agreement (EA). You plan to deploy an SAP on Azure production landscape that will contain the…

The error message "Operation results in exceeding quota limits of Core" explicitly states that the deployment is blocked because the vCPU core limit for the subscription in that specific Azure region has been reached. The standard and most direct solution is to request an increase for this quota. This is a common administrative task for large-scale deployments like SAP. Submitting a quota increase request through the Azure portal is a simple process that has no direct cost, maintains the planned architecture for performance, and is the most efficient method, thereby minimizing administrative effort.

A. Convert the subscription to Pay-As-You-Go (PAYG).

Changing the subscription's billing model does not affect the vCPU core quotas, which are technical limits separate from the payment plan.

B. Create a second subscription and split the virtual machines evenly between both subscriptions.

This would introduce unnecessary complexity in management, networking, and governance, violating the requirement to minimize administrative effort.

C. Resize the D-series and E-series virtual machines.

Resizing VMs to use fewer cores would compromise the system's performance, directly violating the requirement to maintain the performance of the SAP landscape.

1. Microsoft Docs

Azure subscription and service limits

quotas

and constraints: "Azure enforces default limits... on the number of resources that you can create... For example

the number of vCPU cores that you can create in a region is limited. If you need to raise a limit above the default limit

you can open an online customer support request at no charge." This document confirms that requesting an increase is the standard procedure.

Source: Microsoft Learn

"Azure subscription and service limits

quotas

and constraints"

Section: "vCPU quotas".

2. Microsoft Docs

Resolve errors for resource quotas: "This error occurs when your deployment exceeds an Azure quota that's in place for your subscription... To resolve this error

you can request a quota increase for your subscription from the Azure portal." This directly addresses the error message seen in the scenario.

Source: Microsoft Learn

"Resolve errors for resource quotas"

Section: "Symptom 2".

3. Microsoft Docs

SAP workload on Azure: planning and deployment checklist: In the planning phase for an SAP deployment

a key step is to "Check your initial Azure quota." The document states

"The Azure vCPU quota for your subscription might not be sufficient for your deployment. If it isn't

you might need to contact Azure support to increase your quota." This highlights that checking and increasing quotas is a standard part of SAP on Azure planning.

Source: Microsoft Learn

"SAP workload on Azure: planning and deployment checklist"

Section: "Planning phase"

Step 10.