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Retired Azure VM size series

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This article provides a list of all sizes that are retired or have been announced for retirement. For sizes that require it there are migration guides to help move to replacement sizes.

Warning

Series with Retirement Status listed as Retired are no longer available and can't be provisioned.

What are retired size series?

Retired virtual machine size series are running on older hardware which is no longer supported. The hardware will be replaced with newer generations of hardware.

Series with Retirement Status listed as Announced are still available, but will be retired on the Planned Retirement Date. It's recommended that you plan your migration to a replacement series well before the listed retirement date.

To learn more about size series retirement, previous-gen sizes, and the retirement process, see the size series retirement overview.

Important

If you are currently using one of the size series listed as Retired, view the migration guide to switch to a replacement series as soon as possible.

Previous-gen size series are not retired and still fully supported, but they have limitations similar to series that are announced for retirement. For a list of previous-gen sizes, see previous generation Azure VM sizes.

General purpose retired sizes

Series name Retirement Status Retirement Announcement Date Planned Retirement Date Migration Guide
Av1-series Announced 11/02/23 8/31/24 Av1-series Retirement

Compute optimized retired sizes

Currently there are no compute optimized series retired or announced for retirement.

Memory optimized retired sizes

Currently there are no memory optimized series retired or announced for retirement.

Storage optimized retired sizes

Currently there are no retired storage optimized series retired or announced for retirement.

GPU accelerated retired sizes

Series name Retirement Status Retirement Announcement Date Planned Retirement Date Migration Guide
NV-Series Retired - 9/6/23 NV-series Retirement
NC-Series Retired - 9/6/23 NC-series Retirement
NCv2-Series Retired - 9/6/23 NCv2-series Retirement
ND-Series Retired - 9/6/23 ND-series Retirement

FPGA accelerated retired sizes

Currently there are no retired FPGA accelerated series retired or announced for retirement.

HPC retired sizes

Series name Retirement Status Retirement Announcement Date Planned Retirement Date Migration Guide
HB-Series Announced 12/07/23 8/31/24 NV-series Retirement

ADH retired sizes

Series name Retirement Status Retirement Announcement Date Planned Retirement Date Migration Guide
Dsv3-Type1 Retired - 6/30/23 Dedicated Host SKU Retirement
Dsv3-Type2 Retired - 6/30/23 Dedicated Host SKU Retirement
Esv3-Type1 Retired - 6/30/23 Dedicated Host SKU Retirement
Esv3-Type2 Retired - 6/30/23 Dedicated Host SKU Retirement

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