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Can't create a compute with server - Student Account

Kai Yang 20 Reputation points
2025-10-24T03:28:44.5166667+00:00

I need to run scala in the workspace as instructed in the course but got a notification saying that my compute is serverless. Although as prof says, our student account should be able to create clusters.

I also checked the "Credit" section in Azure there's nothing there.

Please help and much appreciated.

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An Apache Spark-based analytics platform optimized for Azure.
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  1. Aryan Parashar 1,850 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
    2025-10-24T08:28:36.8966667+00:00

    Hi Kai,
    If a user doesn't have the Unrestricted cluster creation entitlement, then they can only create compute resources using their granted policies.
    It will not let you create clusters even if you have credits.
    Here is relevant documentation:
    https://free.blessedness.top/en-us/azure/databricks/compute/configure#compute-policy

    To have full access to Databricks, you will need to upgrade your subscription from the student plan to a Pay-As-You-Go plan.

    Feel free to accept this as an answer.
    Thankyou for reaching out to The Microsoft QNA Portal.

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