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slug: "azure-arc-enabled-scvmm-retirement"
title: "Azure Arc: Arc-enabled System Center Virtual Machine Manager retirement"
summary: "Retirement date for Azure Arc-enabled System Center Virtual Machine Manager (SCVMM): 30 Sep 2029. Customers must plan and transition to alternative solutions."
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# Azure Arc: Arc-enabled System Center Virtual Machine Manager retirement

Retirement date for Azure Arc-enabled System Center Virtual Machine Manager (SCVMM): 30 Sep 2029. Customers must plan and transition to alternative solutions.

- Effective date: 30 Sep 2029
- Cloud: [Azure](https://eolwatch.dev/cloud/azure.md)
- Service: [Azure Arc](https://eolwatch.dev/services/azure/arc.md)
- Type: Retirement
- Category: [Feature](https://eolwatch.dev/categories/features.md)
- Replacement: Azure Arc-enabled Servers (Azure services and Azure Arc capabilities only)
- Announced: 29 Sep 2026
- Official source: [azure.microsoft.com](https://azure.microsoft.com/updates?id=570283)
- Last checked: 12 Nov 2026

## What breaks

Microsoft is retiring Azure Arc-enabled System Center Virtual Machine Manager (SCVMM), with the retirement date 30 Sep 2029. Customers using it must plan and transition to alternative solutions. For Azure services and Azure Arc capabilities such as monitoring, security, governance, updates, and licensing for Extended Security Updates and Pay-as-you-go SQL and WS, Microsoft recommends switching to Azure Arc-enabled Servers. For VM lifecycle and powercycle operations such as create, start, stop, restart, resize, and self-service VM management, Microsoft recommends reaching out by e-mail to arc-vmm-feedback@microsoft.com.

## What to do

1. Review your current use of Azure Arc-enabled SCVMM.
2. Determine the migration path: Azure Arc-enabled Servers, or reach out to Microsoft if you need help.
3. Follow the [migration guidance](https://aka.ms/arcscvmmretirement) to deboard your SCVMM environment from Azure Arc and onboard to your alternative solution.

## Replacement

Azure Arc-enabled Servers (Azure services and Azure Arc capabilities only)

## Sources

- [Official source](https://azure.microsoft.com/updates?id=570283) (azure.microsoft.com, Official)
- [Additional source](https://aka.ms/arcscvmmretirement) (aka.ms, Official)

Last checked against the first source in this list on 12 Nov 2026.

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