Azure-Resources-Resources-Usage-Limits

Severity : High

Description: This control checks if resources are close to the account limit to avoid resource launch failures. Azure cloud have subscription limits on the resources in a subscription. The ability to view resource usage against limits is helpful to track current usage, and plan for future use.

Remediation Steps:

Perform following to configure retention period for recovery point :

1. Login to Azure Portal using https://portal.azure.com.

2. Navigate to All services.

3. In All services, Search for Subscriptions to filter and select the subscriptions.

4. Select name of subscription from the list.

5. Under Settings, Select Usage+Quota.

6. To view specific resources following filter can be used to get required results.

   1. Resource types - to view specific type of resources

   2. Providers - resource providers like compute, network, Storage

   3. Location - Specific Azure location

7. If need to increase default limit, Select Request Increase.

Important:

• All resources have a maximum limit listed in Azure limits. If current limit is already at the maximum number, the limit can't be increased.

Reference:

• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/networking/check-usage-against-limits