Merge pull request #104723 from mumian/0218-sku

incorporate customer comments

Author: GitHubber17

articles/azure-resource-manager/templates/error-sku-not-available.md

@@ -2,11 +2,11 @@
 title: SKU not available errors
 description: Describes how to troubleshoot the SKU not available error when deploying resources with Azure Resource Manager.
 ms.topic: troubleshooting
-ms.date: 10/19/2018
+ms.date: 02/18/2020
 ---
 # Resolve errors for SKU not available
 
-This article describes how to resolve the **SkuNotAvailable** error. If you're unable to find a suitable SKU in that region or an alternative region that meets your business needs, submit a [SKU request](https://aka.ms/skurestriction) to Azure Support.
+This article describes how to resolve the **SkuNotAvailable** error. If you're unable to find a suitable SKU in that region/zone or an alternative region/zone that meets your business needs, submit a [SKU request](https://aka.ms/skurestriction) to Azure Support.
 
 [!INCLUDE [updated-for-az](../../../includes/updated-for-az.md)]
 
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ When deploying a resource (typically a virtual machine), you receive the followi
 
 ```
 Code: SkuNotAvailable
-Message: The requested tier for resource '<resource>' is currently not available in location '<location>' 
+Message: The requested tier for resource '<resource>' is currently not available in location '<location>'
 for subscription '<subscriptionID>'. Please try another tier or deploy to a different location.
 ```
 
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ If you are deploying an Azure Spot VM or Spot scale set instance, there isn't an
 
 ## Solution 1 - PowerShell
 
-To determine which SKUs are available in a region, use the [Get-AzComputeResourceSku](/powershell/module/az.compute/get-azcomputeresourcesku) command. Filter the results by location. You must have the latest version of PowerShell for this command.
+To determine which SKUs are available in a region/zone, use the [Get-AzComputeResourceSku](/powershell/module/az.compute/get-azcomputeresourcesku) command. Filter the results by location. You must have the latest version of PowerShell for this command.
 
 ```azurepowershell-interactive
 Get-AzComputeResourceSku | where {$_.Locations -icontains "centralus"}
@@ -37,13 +37,23 @@ Get-AzComputeResourceSku | where {$_.Locations -icontains "centralus"}
 The results include a list of SKUs for the location and any restrictions for that SKU. Notice that a SKU might be listed as `NotAvailableForSubscription`.
 
 ```powershell
-ResourceType          Name        Locations   Restriction                      Capability           Value
-------------          ----        ---------   -----------                      ----------           -----
-virtualMachines       Standard_A0 centralus   NotAvailableForSubscription      MaxResourceVolumeMB   20480
-virtualMachines       Standard_A1 centralus   NotAvailableForSubscription      MaxResourceVolumeMB   71680
-virtualMachines       Standard_A2 centralus   NotAvailableForSubscription      MaxResourceVolumeMB  138240
+ResourceType          Name           Locations   Zone      Restriction                      Capability           Value
+------------          ----           ---------   ----      -----------                      ----------           -----
+virtualMachines       Standard_A0    centralus             NotAvailableForSubscription      MaxResourceVolumeMB   20480
+virtualMachines       Standard_A1    centralus             NotAvailableForSubscription      MaxResourceVolumeMB   71680
+virtualMachines       Standard_A2    centralus             NotAvailableForSubscription      MaxResourceVolumeMB  138240
+virtualMachines       Standard_D1_v2 centralus   {2, 1, 3}                                  MaxResourceVolumeMB
 ```
 
+Some additional samples:
+
+```azurepowershell-interactive
+Get-AzComputeResourceSku | where {$_.Locations.Contains("centralus") -and $_.ResourceType.Contains("virtualMachines") -and $_.Name.Contains("Standard_DS14_v2")}
+Get-AzComputeResourceSku | where {$_.Locations.Contains("centralus") -and $_.ResourceType.Contains("virtualMachines") -and $_.Name.Contains("v3")} | fc
+```
+
+Appending “fc” at the end returns more details.
+
 ## Solution 2 - Azure CLI
 
 To determine which SKUs are available in a region, use the `az vm list-skus` command. Use the `--location` parameter to filter output to location you are using. Use the `--size` parameter to search by a partial size name.