Description

From 8.2 Update-1, Sitecore XP supports ARM-based deployments into Azure and the whole new set of Azure PaaS services. The following table summarizes all the Azure data centers and describes whether they have the default PaaS services required by Sitecore XP when running in Azure.

If a data center you want to deploy into does not have all of the PaaS services required by a default Sitecore XP deployment, you can in most cases swap out a service for an IaaS equivalent. More details on this are described in the following section.

Services available in all regions

• Web Apps
• Azure SQL
• Redis Cache
• App Gateway
• Virtual Network
• VNET Gateway
• KeyVault
• Azure CDN

Services with limited availability

Area	Region[2]	Azure Search	Application Insights	Log Analytics	SolrCloud (SearchStax)[1]
United States	East US	✓	✓	✓	✓
United States	East US 2	✓	✓	✓	✓
United States	Central US	✓	✓	✓	✓
United States	North Central US	✓	✓	✓	✓
United States	South Central US	✓	✓	✓	✓
United States	West Central US	✓	✓	✓	✓
United States	West US	✓	✓	✓	✓
United States	West US 2	✓	✓	✓	✓
Azure Government	US Gov Virginia	-	-	-	-
Azure Government	US Gov Iowa	-	-	-	-
Azure Government	US Gov Arizona	-	-	-	-
Azure Government	US Gov Texas	-	-	-	-
Azure Government	US DOD East	-	-	-	-
Azure Government	US DOD Central	-	-	-	-
Canada	Canada East	-	-	✓	-
Canada	Canada Central	✓	✓	✓	✓
Brazil	Brazil South	✓	✓	✓	✓
Europe	North Europe (Ireland)	✓	✓	✓	✓
Europe	West Europe (Netherlands)	✓	✓	✓	✓
Europe	Norway East	-	✓	✓	✓
Europe	Switzerland North	-	-	-	-
Europe	Switzerland West	-	✓	✓	-
Germany	Germany Central	-	-	-	-
Germany	Germany Northeast	-	-	-	-
United Kingdom	UK West	-	✓	✓	✓
United Kingdom	UK South	✓	✓	✓	✓
France	France Central	✓	✓	✓	✓
France	France South	-	-	-	-
Asia Pacific	Southeast Asia (Singapore)	✓	✓	✓	✓
Asia Pacific	East Asia (Hong Kong)	✓	✓	-	✓
Asia	China East	-	-	-	-
Asia	China East2	-	-	-	-
Asia	China North	-	-	-	-
Asia	China North 2	-	-	-	-
Australia	Australia East	✓	✓	✓	✓
Australia	Australia Southeast	-	✓	✓	✓
Australia	Australia Central	-	✓	✓	✓
Australia	Australia Central 2	-	-	✓	✓
India	Central India	✓	✓	✓	✓
India	West India	-	-	✓	✓
India	South India	-	-	✓	✓
Japan	Japan East	✓	✓	✓	✓
Japan	Japan West	✓	-	-	✓
Korea	Korea Central	✓	✓	✓	✓
Korea	Korea South	-	-	-	-
United Arab Emirates	UAE North	✓	✓	✓	✓
United Arab Emirates	UAE Central	✓	✓	✓	-
South Africa	South Africa North	-	✓	✓	✓
South Africa	South Africa West	-	-	-	-

 

Legend: "-" – not available; "✓" – available.

Alternatives For The Default PaaS Services

Not all PaaS services are available in all regions, but you can swap out any of the default PaaS services for an IaaS or equivalent service.

• Web Apps:
  
  • Azure Virtual Machines
• Azure Search:
  
  • SolrCloud (SearchStax)
  • Solr/SolrCloud in an Azure Virtual Machine
  • Coveo for Sitecore
• Application Insights:
  
  • Do not rule out the use of Application Insights just because it is not listed in your desired data center. The region you choose for Application Insights is the end storage location for your Sitecore telemetry. Choosing a region for Application Insights that is different from the rest of your deployment does not cause performance issues or result in additional data transfer costs.
  • For logging, an alternate approach is to use log4Net options, such as a database or Azure Table/Blob storage. 
  • Alternatively, you can log on to Log Analytics.

Notes

• Full details on all Azure Regions and their services can be found at azure.microsoft.com/en-us/regions.
• [1] SearchStax is a third-party service that offers Solr PaaS offerings. More details can be found at searchstax.com.
• [2] If the Provisioning is restricted in this region error occurs, choose a different region. Alternatively, you can try resolving this problem with Microsoft Support. In this case, open a support issue of Service and subscription limits type.