Before you begin
- The Enterprise plan: submitting quota-increase requests is an Enterprise feature (viewing quota is included from Starter)
- An Atlas AVD Administrator account
- The Quota Request Operator role for the Atlas app registration on the subscription, so the request can reach Azure
Step 1: Open Adaptive Quota
In the sidebar, open Atlas Operations → Compass and select Adaptive Quota. The fastest route is the Request Quota Increase button at the top right: it already targets your most utilized quota, so if that is the one you need, click it and skip to Step 3.
Step 2: Pick the VM family and region
Need a different quota? Choose whichever of these fits best:
- Header menu: click the arrow next to Request Quota Increase and pick a quota from Choose a quota.
- Current Demand: find the family you already run, open its row's actions menu, and choose Request Quota Increase.
- Browse Available: pick a region, search for the family (for example v7), open the row's actions menu, and choose Submit Increase Request. This is the way to get quota in a region you don't use yet.
- Overview: under Quota Health, click Request increase next to any quota listed in Needs attention.
Step 3: Set the new limit and submit
A panel opens showing the family, region, current limit, and cores in use. In most cases you only need to click Submit Request:
- Check the Requested New Limit (cores). Atlas has already filled in a suggestion based on the VMs you run plus a 25% buffer. To change it, use a Quick Increase button (+25%, +50%, or +100%) or type any number above the current limit; Use recommended puts the suggestion back.
- Optionally, choose a Reason: Capacity Growth, New Deployment, Seasonal Demand, or Migration. Or choose Custom and write your own justification.
- Click Submit Request.
If Atlas has enough usage history, the panel also forecasts how many days are left before the quota runs out. That helps you decide how much headroom to ask for.
Step 4: Confirm it was sent
A Quota Request Submitted banner confirms that your request has been submitted to Azure. That's it: no portal, no support ticket, no copying subscription IDs.
Atlas warns you before you submit if a request for the same family, region, and subscription is already pending, so you can't file a duplicate by accident.
Step 5: Track the request
Open the Request History tab to see every request with its current and requested limit, its Azure status (In Progress, Approved, Failed, or Timed Out), and when it was submitted. Until Azure decides, the matching Current Demand row shows a Pending badge with the limit you asked for.
A row's actions menu offers Request Details (including the Azure request ID), Retry Request, Copy Request Payload, Create Support Bundle for escalating to Microsoft Support, and Dismiss Request. Many requests are approved automatically within minutes; larger ones can take longer while Microsoft reviews them.
If Azure denies a request, retrying with the same values will be denied again. Change the VM size, region, or justification before you submit again, or use Shift Workload on the Current Demand row to find a region with spare quota for that family.