Deprecated Images in Microsoft VM and VMSS

Question

I need to know which Sku are going to deprecated from Azure.

Answer 1

Hello, @Ramakrishna Abhijeet P !

Which VM images are scheduled for deprecation?

You may receive an email telling you that one of your VMs is running on an image that will be or has been deprecated. If you haven't received an email, you can perform a search using Azure Resource graph, Azure CLI, or PowerShell:

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/deprecated-images#how-can-i-identify-the-virtual-machines-and-virtual-machine-scale-sets-in-my-subscription-that-are-running-on-images-that-are-scheduled-for-deprecation

Azure CLI example:

List VM with deprecated image at Plan/SKU level.

az vm show --resource-group $rgName --name $vmName --query "storageProfile.imageReference.exactVersion

az vm list --query "[?storageProfile.imageReference.sku=='2016-Datacenter'].{VM:id, imageOffer:storageProfile.imageReference.offer, imagePublisher:StorageProfile.imageReference.publisher, imageSku: storageProfile.imageReference.sku, imageVersion:storageProfile.imageReference.version}" List VM with deprecated image at version level.

az vm list --query "[?storageProfile.imageReference.version=='14393.4402.2105052108'].{VM:id, imageOffer:storageProfile.imageReference.offer, imagePublisher:StorageProfile.imageReference.publisher, imageSku: storageProfile.imageReference.sku, imageVersion:storageProfile.imageReference.version}"

Before the scheduled deprecation date, you can continue to deploy new VM or scale set instances up until the deprecation date.

After the scheduled deprecation date, you won't be able to deploy new instances using the affected images.

• Active VM instances won't be impacted.
• New VM instances can't be created from any of the impacted images.
• Existing virtual machine scale sets deployments can't be scaled out if configured with any of the impacted images. When a plan or offer is being deprecated, all existing scale sets deployments pinned to any image within the plan or offer respectively can't be scaled out.

You can read more in the deprecated images FAQ:

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/deprecated-images

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