Please click on the announcement or migration guide on the right for more information.
Notes:
- Future deprecations and retirements may be added to this table at any point in time. We recommend that you pay attention to your subscription notifications for official updates.
- Batch Marketplace VM image support follows End of Support dates published through the API. Please refer to Batch Best Practices for guidance.
Active retirements
| Retirement Date |
Deprecated Feature/Service |
| February-June 2026 |
NCv3-series VM family support |
| March 2026 |
Low priority compute node retirement and migration to Spot |
| March 31, 2026 |
Default outbound Internet access change for no public IP address pools |
| March 31, 2026 |
Classic compute node communication model |
| March 31, 2026 |
Custom image pools on VHD and Managed Images |
| March 31, 2026 |
Batch service retirement in select regions: India West, China North 1, China East 1, USDoD Central, USDoD East |
| September 30, 2026 |
NVv3 and NVv4 VM Families |
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| January 12, 2027 |
Windows Server 2016 |
| May 31, 2027 |
HBv2, HC, and NP VM Family |
| June 30, 2027 |
Ubuntu Server 22.04 LTS |
Archived retirements
| Retirement Date |
Deprecated Feature/Service |
| April 23, 2025 |
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS support, including Azure Marketplace and custom image support |
| December 31, 2024 |
End of Support Reminder for Unsupported Batch Node Agents |
| December 29, 2024 |
Select AlmaLinux Marketplace images |
| December 5, 2024 |
Marketplace Windows Server 2012/2012R2 images |
| September 30, 2024 |
Pool usage metrics API |
| September 30, 2024 |
Batch CLI extensions |
| September 30, 2024 |
Task authentication token |
| August 31, 2024 |
HB-series VM family support |
| August 31, 2024 |
Basic and Standard A-series VM families support |
| June 30, 2024 |
CentOS/CentOS-HPC 7 support, including Azure Marketplace and custom image support |
| March 31, 2024 |
Select Batch Pool autoscale service-defined variables will be retired: WallClockSeconds, MemoryBytes. DiskBytes, DiskReadBytes, DiskWriteBytes, DiskReadOps, DiskWriteOps, NetworkInBytes, NetworkOutBytes, SampleNodeCount |
| February 29, 2024 |
CloudServiceConfiguration Pools |
| February 29, 2024 |
Batch account certificates |
| February 29, 2024 |
Batch rendering VM images and licensing, including batch rendering-* Azure Marketplace images |
| January 9, 2024 |
Windows Server 2008 R2 support, including Azure Marketplace and custom images |
| March 31, 2023 |
TLS 1.0/1.1 on Dataplane API |
| March 31, 2023 |
Pools without public IP addresses (classic) |
| April 30, 2023 |
Job and Pool Lifetime Statistics APIs |
| April 30, 2023 |
Microsoft-published Windows Server Container Images |
Please click on the announcement or migration guide on the right for more information.
Notes:
Active retirements
Archived retirements
WallClockSeconds,MemoryBytes.DiskBytes,DiskReadBytes,DiskWriteBytes,DiskReadOps,DiskWriteOps,NetworkInBytes,NetworkOutBytes,SampleNodeCountbatch rendering-*Azure Marketplace images