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Author: anaharris-ms

articles/reliability/cross-region-replication-azure.md

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 title: Cross-region replication in Azure
 description: Learn about Cross-region replication in Azure.
-author: awysza
+author: anaharris-ms
 ms.service: reliability
 ms.subservice: availability-zones
 ms.topic: conceptual
-ms.date: 3/01/2022
-ms.author: rarco
+ms.date: 12/12/2022
+ms.author: anaharris
 ms.reviewer: cynthn
 ms.custom: references_regions
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 | US Government |US Gov Iowa\* |US Gov Virginia\* |
 | US Government |US Gov Virginia\* |US Gov Texas\* |
 
-(\*) Certain regions are access restricted to support specific customer scenarios, such as in-country disaster recovery. These regions are available only upon request by [creating a new support request in the Azure portal](https://portal.azure.com/#blade/Microsoft\_Azure\_Support/HelpAndSupportBlade/newsupportrequest).
+(\*) Certain regions are access restricted to support specific customer scenarios, such as in-country disaster recovery. These regions are available only upon request by doing the following:
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+1. Go to [New support request in the Azure portal](https://portal.azure.com/#blade/Microsoft\_Azure\_Support/HelpAndSupportBlade/newsupportrequest).
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+1. For **Summary**, enter *Enable {Region-Name} region* (e.g. Enable UAE Central region).
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+1. For **Issue type**,  select *Subscription management*.
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+1. For **Subscription**, select your Azure subscription.
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+1. For **Problem type**, select *Compute-VM(cores-vCPUs) subscription limit increases.
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+1. Submit your request.
 
 > [!IMPORTANT]
 > - West India is paired in one direction only. West India's secondary region is South India, but South India's secondary region is Central India.