feat: Update AI deployment location parameter to required and remove deprecated region mappings

Author: Pavan-Microsoft

content-gen/infra/main.bicep

@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ param secondaryLocation string = 'uksouth'
     ]
   }
 })
-@description('Optional. Location for AI deployments. If not specified, uses the main location.')
+@description('Required. Location for AI deployments.')
 param azureAiServiceLocation string
 
 @minLength(1)
@@ -133,63 +133,6 @@ param createdBy string = contains(deployer(), 'userPrincipalName')? split(deploy
 
 var solutionLocation = empty(location) ? resourceGroup().location : location
 
-// Regions that support GPT-5.1, GPT-Image-1, and text-embedding models with GlobalStandard SKU
-// Update this list as Azure expands model availability
-var validAiServiceRegions = [
-  'australiaeast'
-  'eastus'
-  'eastus2'
-  'francecentral'
-  'japaneast'
-  'koreacentral'
-  'swedencentral'
-  'switzerlandnorth'
-  'uaenorth'
-  'uksouth'
-  'westus'
-  'westus3'
-]
-
-// Map regions to recommended AI service regions (for when main region lacks model support)
-var aiServiceRegionFallback = {
-  australiaeast: 'australiaeast'
-  australiasoutheast: 'australiaeast'
-  brazilsouth: 'eastus2'
-  canadacentral: 'eastus2'
-  canadaeast: 'eastus2'
-  centralindia: 'uksouth'
-  centralus: 'eastus2'
-  eastasia: 'japaneast'
-  eastus: 'eastus'
-  eastus2: 'eastus2'
-  francecentral: 'francecentral'
-  germanywestcentral: 'swedencentral'
-  japaneast: 'japaneast'
-  japanwest: 'japaneast'
-  koreacentral: 'koreacentral'
-  koreasouth: 'koreacentral'
-  northcentralus: 'eastus2'
-  northeurope: 'swedencentral'
-  norwayeast: 'swedencentral'
-  polandcentral: 'swedencentral'
-  qatarcentral: 'uaenorth'
-  southafricanorth: 'uksouth'
-  southcentralus: 'eastus2'
-  southeastasia: 'japaneast'
-  southindia: 'uksouth'
-  swedencentral: 'swedencentral'
-  switzerlandnorth: 'switzerlandnorth'
-  uaenorth: 'uaenorth'
-  uksouth: 'uksouth'
-  ukwest: 'uksouth'
-  westcentralus: 'westus'
-  westeurope: 'swedencentral'
-  westindia: 'uksouth'
-  westus: 'westus'
-  westus2: 'westus'
-  westus3: 'westus3'
-}
-
 // acrName is required - points to existing ACR with pre-built images
 var acrResourceName = acrName
 var solutionSuffix = toLower(trim(replace(

content-gen/infra/main.json

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
     "_generator": {
       "name": "bicep",
       "version": "0.40.2.10011",
-      "templateHash": "9008126217899627179"
+      "templateHash": "13692784047172844036"
     },
     "name": "Intelligent Content Generation Accelerator",
     "description": "Solution Accelerator for multimodal marketing content generation using Microsoft Agent Framework.\n"
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@
             "OpenAI.GlobalStandard.gpt-image-1,1"
           ]
         },
-        "description": "Optional. Location for AI deployments. If not specified, uses the main location."
+        "description": "Required. Location for AI deployments."
       }
     },
     "gptModelDeploymentType": {
@@ -237,58 +237,6 @@
   },
   "variables": {
     "solutionLocation": "[if(empty(parameters('location')), resourceGroup().location, parameters('location'))]",
-    "validAiServiceRegions": [
-      "australiaeast",
-      "eastus",
-      "eastus2",
-      "francecentral",
-      "japaneast",
-      "koreacentral",
-      "swedencentral",
-      "switzerlandnorth",
-      "uaenorth",
-      "uksouth",
-      "westus",
-      "westus3"
-    ],
-    "aiServiceRegionFallback": {
-      "australiaeast": "australiaeast",
-      "australiasoutheast": "australiaeast",
-      "brazilsouth": "eastus2",
-      "canadacentral": "eastus2",
-      "canadaeast": "eastus2",
-      "centralindia": "uksouth",
-      "centralus": "eastus2",
-      "eastasia": "japaneast",
-      "eastus": "eastus",
-      "eastus2": "eastus2",
-      "francecentral": "francecentral",
-      "germanywestcentral": "swedencentral",
-      "japaneast": "japaneast",
-      "japanwest": "japaneast",
-      "koreacentral": "koreacentral",
-      "koreasouth": "koreacentral",
-      "northcentralus": "eastus2",
-      "northeurope": "swedencentral",
-      "norwayeast": "swedencentral",
-      "polandcentral": "swedencentral",
-      "qatarcentral": "uaenorth",
-      "southafricanorth": "uksouth",
-      "southcentralus": "eastus2",
-      "southeastasia": "japaneast",
-      "southindia": "uksouth",
-      "swedencentral": "swedencentral",
-      "switzerlandnorth": "switzerlandnorth",
-      "uaenorth": "uaenorth",
-      "uksouth": "uksouth",
-      "ukwest": "uksouth",
-      "westcentralus": "westus",
-      "westeurope": "swedencentral",
-      "westindia": "uksouth",
-      "westus": "westus",
-      "westus2": "westus",
-      "westus3": "westus3"
-    },
     "acrResourceName": "[parameters('acrName')]",
     "solutionSuffix": "[toLower(trim(replace(replace(replace(replace(replace(replace(format('{0}{1}', parameters('solutionName'), parameters('solutionUniqueText')), '-', ''), '_', ''), '.', ''), '/', ''), ' ', ''), '*', '')))]",
     "cosmosDbZoneRedundantHaRegionPairs": {
@@ -14077,8 +14025,8 @@
       },
       "dependsOn": [
         "aiFoundryAiServices",
-        "[format('avmPrivateDnsZones[{0}]', variables('dnsZoneIndex').cognitiveServices)]",
         "[format('avmPrivateDnsZones[{0}]', variables('dnsZoneIndex').openAI)]",
+        "[format('avmPrivateDnsZones[{0}]', variables('dnsZoneIndex').cognitiveServices)]",
         "virtualNetwork"
       ]
     },