Disable Tier Upgrade for Azure Cognitive Services
Published 2026-05-11
A step-by-step guide to disable automatic tier upgrades for Azure Cognitive Services using a batch script.
To disable automatic tier upgrades for Azure, follow the steps below:
- Open browser DevTools
- Go to portal.azure.com
- Open the Network tab
- Find the filter field and type batch
- Find the Name of the request that starts with batch?api-version=
- Go to headers and get the bearer token from the Authorization header
curl -X PATCH "https://management.azure.com/subscriptions/<subscription-id>/providers/Microsoft.CognitiveServices/quotaTiers/default?api-version=2025-10-01-preview" -H "Authorization: Bearer <bearer-token>" -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d "{\"properties\": {\"tierUpgradePolicy\": \"NoAutoUpgrade\"}}"The response should be:
{"properties":{"currentTierName":"Free Tier","assignmentDate":"2026-05-10T19:22:45.4574655Z","tierUpgradePolicy":"NoAutoUpgrade"},"id":"/subscriptions/<subscription-id>/providers/Microsoft.CognitiveServices/quotaTiers/default","name":"default","type":"Microsoft.CognitiveServices/quotaTiers"}