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Azure Has Put Your Old VMs on the Clock: How to Find Out If You’re Affected

Architecture & Cloud Strategy, Azure / / October 1, 2026

Updated 1 October 2026: the growth restrictions are now in force, and the series list and retirement dates below follow Microsoft Learn’s current retirement and capacity restrictions page. In July 2026 Azure emailed subscription owners about older VM series. The email waves a comfortable 2028 retirement date at you, so most people archived it and

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