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Important
Azure Lab Services will be retired on June 28, 2027. For more information, see the retirement guide. To simplify your migration, Microsoft has published automation scripts to help you clean up Lab Services resources, these are available in the Azure Lab Services Retirement Scripts GitHub repository.
Starting June 9, 2025, Azure Lab Services will automatically delete any virtual machines (VMs) that have been inactive for more than two years, as part of a monthly cleanup process.
A virtual machine is considered inactive if no operations were performed on it. These operations include actions such as starting, stopping, resetting passwords, and reimaging. Any associated labs for these virtual machines will also be deleted. This policy applies to template VMs and production VMs.
After the virtual machines are deleted, we won't be able to recover them or their data.
Recommended actions:
- Back up any required data from your inactive virtual machines.
- Delete the virtual machines and the associated labs to avoid incurring any unnecessary charges.