diff --git a/pkg/tsdb/azuremonitor/metrics/azuremonitor-datasource.go b/pkg/tsdb/azuremonitor/metrics/azuremonitor-datasource.go
index 9b1b670d423..c2af4f9518e 100644
--- a/pkg/tsdb/azuremonitor/metrics/azuremonitor-datasource.go
+++ b/pkg/tsdb/azuremonitor/metrics/azuremonitor-datasource.go
@@ -107,6 +107,7 @@ func (e *AzureMonitorDatasource) buildQueries(logger log.Logger, queries []backe
 		}
 
 		azureURL := BuildSubscriptionMetricsURL(queryJSONModel.Subscription)
+		filterInBody := true
 		if azJSONModel.Region != "" {
 			params.Add("region", azJSONModel.Region)
 		} else {
@@ -121,6 +122,8 @@ func (e *AzureMonitorDatasource) buildQueries(logger log.Logger, queries []backe
 				ResourceName:        azJSONModel.ResourceName,
 			}
 			azureURL = ub.BuildMetricsURL()
+			// POST requests are only supported at the subscription level
+			filterInBody = false
 		}
 
 		// old model
@@ -174,15 +177,22 @@ func (e *AzureMonitorDatasource) buildQueries(logger log.Logger, queries []backe
 			logger.Debug("Azuremonitor request", "params", params)
 		}
 
-		azureMonitorQueries = append(azureMonitorQueries, &types.AzureMonitorQuery{
+		query := &types.AzureMonitorQuery{
 			URL:       azureURL,
 			Target:    target,
 			Params:    params,
 			RefID:     query.RefID,
 			Alias:     alias,
 			TimeRange: query.TimeRange,
-			Filter:    filterString,
-		})
+		}
+		if filterString != "" {
+			if filterInBody {
+				query.BodyFilter = filterString
+			} else {
+				query.Params.Add("$filter", filterString)
+			}
+		}
+		azureMonitorQueries = append(azureMonitorQueries, query)
 	}
 
 	return azureMonitorQueries, nil
@@ -200,9 +210,9 @@ func (e *AzureMonitorDatasource) executeQuery(ctx context.Context, logger log.Lo
 
 	req.URL.Path = path.Join(req.URL.Path, query.URL)
 	req.URL.RawQuery = query.Params.Encode()
-	if query.Filter != "" {
+	if query.BodyFilter != "" {
 		req.Method = http.MethodPost
-		req.Body = io.NopCloser(strings.NewReader(fmt.Sprintf(`{"filter": "%s"}`, query.Filter)))
+		req.Body = io.NopCloser(strings.NewReader(fmt.Sprintf(`{"filter": "%s"}`, query.BodyFilter)))
 	}
 
 	ctx, span := tracer.Start(ctx, "azuremonitor query")
diff --git a/pkg/tsdb/azuremonitor/metrics/azuremonitor-datasource_test.go b/pkg/tsdb/azuremonitor/metrics/azuremonitor-datasource_test.go
index 722421cf3d7..0c1707fc15e 100644
--- a/pkg/tsdb/azuremonitor/metrics/azuremonitor-datasource_test.go
+++ b/pkg/tsdb/azuremonitor/metrics/azuremonitor-datasource_test.go
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/google/go-cmp/cmp/cmpopts"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana-plugin-sdk-go/backend"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana-plugin-sdk-go/data"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 	ptr "github.com/xorcare/pointer"
 
@@ -208,6 +209,19 @@ func TestAzureMonitorBuildQueries(t *testing.T) {
 			azureMonitorQueryTarget: "aggregation=Average&api-version=2021-05-01&interval=PT1M&metricnames=Percentage+CPU&metricnamespace=Microsoft.Compute%2FvirtualMachines&region=westus&timespan=2018-03-15T13%3A00%3A00Z%2F2018-03-15T13%3A34%3A00Z",
 			expectedURL:             "/subscriptions/12345678-aaaa-bbbb-cccc-123456789abc/providers/microsoft.insights/metrics",
 		},
+		{
+			name: "Includes a region and a filter",
+			azureMonitorVariedProperties: map[string]interface{}{
+				"timeGrain": "PT1M",
+				"top":       "10",
+				"region":    "westus",
+				"resources": []types.AzureMonitorResource{{ResourceGroup: "rg", ResourceName: "vm"}},
+			},
+			expectedInterval:        "PT1M",
+			azureMonitorQueryTarget: "aggregation=Average&api-version=2021-05-01&interval=PT1M&metricnames=Percentage+CPU&metricnamespace=Microsoft.Compute%2FvirtualMachines&region=westus&timespan=2018-03-15T13%3A00%3A00Z%2F2018-03-15T13%3A34%3A00Z",
+			expectedURL:             "/subscriptions/12345678-aaaa-bbbb-cccc-123456789abc/providers/microsoft.insights/metrics",
+			expectedFilter:          "Microsoft.ResourceId eq '/subscriptions/12345678-aaaa-bbbb-cccc-123456789abc/resourceGroups/rg/providers/Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/vm'",
+		},
 		{
 			name: "includes a resource as a filter",
 			azureMonitorVariedProperties: map[string]interface{}{
@@ -266,6 +280,9 @@ func TestAzureMonitorBuildQueries(t *testing.T) {
 				},
 			}
 
+			queries, err := datasource.buildQueries(log.New("test"), tsdbQuery, dsInfo)
+			require.NoError(t, err)
+
 			azureMonitorQuery := &types.AzureMonitorQuery{
 				URL:    tt.expectedURL,
 				Target: tt.azureMonitorQueryTarget,
@@ -275,14 +292,22 @@ func TestAzureMonitorBuildQueries(t *testing.T) {
 					From: fromStart,
 					To:   fromStart.Add(34 * time.Minute),
 				},
-				Filter: tt.expectedFilter,
+			}
+			if tt.azureMonitorVariedProperties["region"] != nil {
+				// If the region is included, the filter will be added in the Body of the request
+				azureMonitorQuery.BodyFilter = tt.expectedFilter
+			} else {
+				// In other case, the filter will be added in the URL
+				if tt.expectedFilter != "" {
+					assert.Equal(t, tt.expectedFilter, queries[0].Params.Get("$filter"))
+				} else {
+					assert.Equal(t, false, queries[0].Params.Has("$filter"))
+				}
 			}
 			if azureMonitorQuery.URL == "" {
 				azureMonitorQuery.URL = "/subscriptions/12345678-aaaa-bbbb-cccc-123456789abc/resourceGroups/grafanastaging/providers/Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/grafana/providers/microsoft.insights/metrics"
 			}
 
-			queries, err := datasource.buildQueries(log.New("test"), tsdbQuery, dsInfo)
-			require.NoError(t, err)
 			if diff := cmp.Diff(azureMonitorQuery, queries[0], cmpopts.IgnoreUnexported(simplejson.Json{}), cmpopts.IgnoreFields(types.AzureMonitorQuery{}, "Params")); diff != "" {
 				t.Errorf("Result mismatch (-want +got):\n%s", diff)
 			}
diff --git a/pkg/tsdb/azuremonitor/types/types.go b/pkg/tsdb/azuremonitor/types/types.go
index f7b8a1b04d5..915e8fcef76 100644
--- a/pkg/tsdb/azuremonitor/types/types.go
+++ b/pkg/tsdb/azuremonitor/types/types.go
@@ -59,13 +59,13 @@ type DatasourceInfo struct {
 // AzureMonitorQuery is the query for all the services as they have similar queries
 // with a url, a querystring and an alias field
 type AzureMonitorQuery struct {
-	URL       string
-	Target    string
-	Params    url.Values
-	RefID     string
-	Alias     string
-	TimeRange backend.TimeRange
-	Filter    string
+	URL        string
+	Target     string
+	Params     url.Values
+	RefID      string
+	Alias      string
+	TimeRange  backend.TimeRange
+	BodyFilter string
 }
 
 // AzureMonitorResponse is the json response from the Azure Monitor API