diff --git a/cloud/deployment/deployment.go b/cloud/deployment/deployment.go
index 576e9303b..d6f0a25f4 100644
--- a/cloud/deployment/deployment.go
+++ b/cloud/deployment/deployment.go
@@ -604,6 +604,9 @@ func ListClusterOptions(cloudProvider string, coreClient astrocore.CoreClient) (
 	if cloudProvider == awsCloud {
 		provider = astrocore.GetClusterOptionsParamsProvider(astrocore.GetClusterOptionsParamsProviderAws) //nolint
 	}
+	if cloudProvider == azureCloud {
+		provider = astrocore.GetClusterOptionsParamsProvider(astrocore.GetClusterOptionsParamsProviderAzure) //nolint
+	}
 	optionsParams := &astrocore.GetClusterOptionsParams{
 		Provider: &provider,
 		Type:     astrocore.GetClusterOptionsParamsType(astrocore.GetClusterOptionsParamsTypeSHARED), //nolint
@@ -1734,7 +1737,7 @@ func deploymentSelectionProcess(ws string, deployments []astroplatformcore.Deplo
 			coreDeploymentType = astroplatformcore.DeploymentTypeSTANDARD
 			dagDeploy = enable
 		}
-		err = createDeployment("", ws, "", "", runtimeVersion, dagDeploy, CeleryExecutor, "gcp", "", "", "", "disable", cicdEnforcement, "", "", "", "", "", coreDeploymentType, 0, 0, platformCoreClient, coreClient, false)
+		err = createDeployment("", ws, "", "", runtimeVersion, dagDeploy, CeleryExecutor, "azure", "", "", "", "disable", cicdEnforcement, "", "", "", "", "", coreDeploymentType, 0, 0, platformCoreClient, coreClient, false)
 		if err != nil {
 			return astroplatformcore.Deployment{}, err
 		}
diff --git a/cmd/cloud/deployment.go b/cmd/cloud/deployment.go
index cd3c1942e..07734d46e 100644
--- a/cmd/cloud/deployment.go
+++ b/cmd/cloud/deployment.go
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ var (
 	httpClient              = httputil.NewHTTPClient()
 	errFlag                 = errors.New("--deployment-file can not be used with other arguments")
 	errInvalidExecutor      = errors.New("not a valid executor")
-	errInvalidCloudProvider = errors.New("not a valid cloud provider. It can only be gcp or aws")
+	errInvalidCloudProvider = errors.New("not a valid cloud provider. It can only be gcp, azure or aws")
 )
 
 func newDeploymentRootCmd(out io.Writer) *cobra.Command {
@@ -407,7 +407,7 @@ func newDeploymentCreateCmd(out io.Writer) *cobra.Command {
 		cmd.Flags().StringVarP(&defaultTaskPodMemory, "default-task-pod-memory", "", "", "The default task pod memory to use for the Deployment. Example value: 0.5Gi")
 		cmd.Flags().StringVarP(&resourceQuotaCPU, "resource-quota-cpu", "", "", "The Deployment's CPU resource quota. Example value: 10")
 		cmd.Flags().StringVarP(&resourceQuotaMemory, "resource-quota-memory", "", "", "The Deployment's memory resource quota. Example value: 20Gi")
-		cmd.Flags().StringVarP(&cloudProvider, "cloud-provider", "p", "gcp", "The Cloud Provider to use for the Deployment. Possible values can be gcp, aws.")
+		cmd.Flags().StringVarP(&cloudProvider, "cloud-provider", "p", "azure", "The Cloud Provider to use for the Deployment. Possible values can be gcp, aws, azure.")
 		cmd.Flags().StringVarP(&region, "region", "", "", "The Cloud Provider region to use for the Deployment.")
 		cmd.Flags().StringVarP(&schedulerSize, "scheduler-size", "", "", "The size of scheduler for the Deployment. Possible values can be small, medium, large, extra_large")
 		cmd.Flags().StringVarP(&highAvailability, "high-availability", "a", "disable", "Enables High Availability for the Deployment")
@@ -869,7 +869,7 @@ func isValidExecutor(executor string) bool {
 
 // isValidCloudProvider returns true for valid CloudProvider values and false if not.
 func isValidCloudProvider(cloudProvider astrocore.SharedClusterCloudProvider) bool {
-	return cloudProvider == astrocore.SharedClusterCloudProviderGcp || cloudProvider == astrocore.SharedClusterCloudProviderAws
+	return cloudProvider == astrocore.SharedClusterCloudProviderGcp || cloudProvider == astrocore.SharedClusterCloudProviderAws || cloudProvider == astrocore.SharedClusterCloudProviderAzure
 }
 
 func addDeploymentUser(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string, out io.Writer) error {
diff --git a/cmd/cloud/deployment_test.go b/cmd/cloud/deployment_test.go
index 85809d8f2..34ffb438f 100644
--- a/cmd/cloud/deployment_test.go
+++ b/cmd/cloud/deployment_test.go
@@ -703,10 +703,10 @@ deployment:
 		ctx.SetContextKey("workspace", ws)
 		cmdArgs := []string{
 			"create", "--name", "test-name", "--workspace-id", ws, "--dag-deploy", "disable",
-			"--executor", "KubernetesExecutor", "--cloud-provider", "azure",
+			"--executor", "KubernetesExecutor", "--cloud-provider", "ibm",
 		}
 		_, err = execDeploymentCmd(cmdArgs...)
-		assert.ErrorContains(t, err, "azure is not a valid cloud provider. It can only be gcp")
+		assert.ErrorContains(t, err, "ibm is not a valid cloud provider. It can only be gcp")
 	})
 	t.Run("creates a hosted dedicated deployment", func(t *testing.T) {
 		ctx, err := context.GetCurrentContext()
@@ -1445,8 +1445,12 @@ func TestIsValidCloudProvider(t *testing.T) {
 		actual := isValidCloudProvider("aws")
 		assert.True(t, actual)
 	})
-	t.Run("returns false if cloudProvider is not gcp", func(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Run("returns true if cloudProvider is azure", func(t *testing.T) {
 		actual := isValidCloudProvider("azure")
+		assert.True(t, actual)
+	})
+	t.Run("returns false if cloudProvider is not gcp,aws or azure", func(t *testing.T) {
+		actual := isValidCloudProvider("ibm")
 		assert.False(t, actual)
 	})
 }