i want to use ai vision with resourse that is creted in East US , but the issue is i can't use the demo due to resource location , check it and allow me to use demo of ai foundary services in better way

Hello @JUNAID RAMZAN

Thank you for reaching out to Microsoft Q&A.

From your description, I understand that you have an Azure AI resource created in the East US region, but you're unable to use the Azure AI Vision / Azure AI Foundry demo because of resource location or regional restrictions. You would like to know whether your existing resource can be used with the demo or if there is a way to enable the demo for your current resource.

Based on the information available, demo experiences in Azure AI Foundry may have regional availability requirements, and some demos are only supported in specific Azure regions. If a demo requires a resource in one of the supported regions, an existing resource created in a different region may not be eligible to use that demo.

However, based on the documentation currently available to us, there is no specific Microsoft documentation that explicitly describes demo availability by region, confirms East US support for this particular demo, or provides a mechanism to change or override the region restriction for Azure AI Foundry demo experiences.

Since the Azure AI resource region cannot be changed after the resource has been created, if the demo supports only specific regions, the typical approach is to create a new Azure AI resource in one of the supported regions and use that resource with the demo.

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Option 1 (Recommended): Use the API directly

Your East US resource should still work with the Azure AI Vision REST API or SDK, even if the demo doesn't.

For example:

Python SDK

C# SDK

REST API

Azure AI Foundry project using your existing resource

This is the approach Microsoft recommends when playgrounds don't support a region.

Option 2: Create another resource in a supported region

If you specifically want the interactive demo/playground, create a temporary Vision resource in a region supported by that demo.

Many newer AI Foundry capabilities are first available in regions such as:

East US 2

Sweden Central

West US 3

These regions generally receive the broadest feature support.

Hello JUNAID RAMZAN,

Greetings!

The issue you are experiencing is a known behavior in the Azure AI Foundry portal. When you attempt to use the built-in demo or "Try it out" experience for AI Vision (and other AI Services capabilities) within AI Foundry, the portal requires that your Foundry project region and your underlying AI Services resource region are aligned. Feature availability can vary by region in Microsoft Foundry, and not every capability or demo is available in every region where a Foundry project can be created. Additionally, certain Foundry portal demos for AI Services (Vision, Speech, Language) require the Foundry project to be created using an AI hub-based resource rather than a standalone Foundry resource, as the AI Services menu and associated playground options only surface when the hub resource type is used.

Here are the steps to resolve this and use the AI Vision demo properly through AI Foundry:

Verify your Foundry project type. Go to the Azure AI Foundry portal at https://ai.azure.com. Open your existing project and check whether it was created using an "AI hub" resource or a plain "AI Foundry" resource. The AI Services playground (including Vision) is only available when the project is backed by an AI hub resource.

Create a new hub-based project if needed. If your current project is not hub-based, create a new one. In the Foundry portal, select "New project" and choose to create it under a new or existing AI hub. When prompted for region, select East US to match your existing AI Services resource.

Connect your existing AI Services resource. Inside your hub-based project, navigate to "Management center" in the left pane, then select "Connected resources." Choose "New connection," select "Azure AI Services" as the connection type, and pick your existing East US resource from the dropdown. Select "Add connection" to save.

Access the Vision playground. After the connection is established, navigate to "Playgrounds" in the left pane of your project. You should now see the Vision playground listed as an option. Select it to open the demo experience, where you can upload images and test capabilities such as image analysis, optical character recognition, and spatial analysis.

Confirm regional alignment. If the playground still shows a region restriction error, it means the Foundry hub itself was created in a different region than your AI Services resource. In this case, create a new AI hub in the East US region specifically, create a project under it, and connect your East US AI Services resource to that project.

Alternative: Use Vision Studio directly. If you want to explore all Vision capabilities with your East US resource without going through Foundry, you can access the standalone demo experience at https://portal.vision.cognitive.azure.com. Sign in, select your East US subscription and resource, and all Vision demos (image analysis, face, OCR, spatial analysis, and more) will be available immediately without any region restriction.

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Sangeetha Kesavan