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Everything Microsoft Azure is sunsetting

6 things Microsoft Azure has scheduled to be taken away — soonest first. Each links to Microsoft Azure’s own announcement.

Runtime →44 days

Microsoft Azure Azure Databricks Runtime 10.4 LTS reaches end of life; clusters and jobs must move to a supported Databricks Runtime version

OS →12 weeks

Microsoft Azure Microsoft is retiring Azure Linux with OS Guard (preview) as a node pool operating system in Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS). Support ends December 10, 2026, after which no new Azure Linux with OS Guard node pools can be created and existing pools stop receiving node images and security patches; on March 10, 2027 AKS removes the node images entirely. Azure Container Linux is the named replacement.

Feature →19 weeks

Microsoft Azure Azure Blueprints (Preview) is being retired on a phased timeline — new blueprint definitions can no longer be created as of 31 July 2026, and the service is fully removed on 31 January 2027; Microsoft points teams to Template Specs and Deployment Stacks

SaaS →32 weeks

Microsoft Azure Microsoft is ending support for the Node.js 22 LTS runtime on Azure App Service on 30 April 2027; apps keep running but stop receiving security updates and customer support, and Microsoft directs developers to upgrade to Node 24 LTS

SaaS →49 weeks

Microsoft Azure Azure VMware Solution (AVS) retires its license-included offering — the pay-as-you-go (PayGo) license-included SKUs on 15 October 2026 and all remaining license-included services (including Reserved Instance SKUs and the AV36 SKU) on 30 August 2027 — forcing customers onto the AVS VCF bring-your-own-license (BYOL) model with portable Broadcom VMware Cloud Foundation licenses

SaaS ↙gone

Microsoft Azure Azure is retiring the nested confidential cc_v5 virtual machine series on 1 September 2026. After that date the cc_v5 series is no longer available for use or purchase, and any affected VM that has not been resized before the cutoff will be deallocated. The impacted VM sizes are DCas_cc_v5, DCads_cc_v5, ECas_cc_v5, and ECads_cc_v5.

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