---
slug: "azure-cloud-services-extended-support-retirement"
title: "Azure Cloud Services: Cloud Services (extended support) retirement"
summary: "Retirement date for the Cloud Services (extended support) deployment model: 31 Mar 2027. Microsoft directs customers to migrate services deployed with this model to Service Fabric managed cluster by that date."
cloud: "azure"
service: "Azure Cloud Services"
service_slug: "cloud-services"
category: "service"
type: "retirement"
announced_date: "2025-03-31"
effective_date: "2027-03-31"
effective_precision: "day"
replacement: "Service Fabric managed cluster"
affected_versions: []
source_url: "https://azure.microsoft.com/updates?id=486344"
extra_source_urls: ["https://aka.ms/cses-retirement-march-2025"]
vendor_ref: "486344"
last_checked_at: "2026-11-12T09:55:19.345Z"
created_at: "2026-11-13T13:36:44.208Z"
updated_at: "2026-11-13T13:36:44.208Z"
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# Azure Cloud Services: Cloud Services (extended support) retirement

Retirement date for the Cloud Services (extended support) deployment model: 31 Mar 2027. Microsoft directs customers to migrate services deployed with this model to Service Fabric managed cluster by that date.

- Effective date: 31 Mar 2027
- Cloud: [Azure](https://eolwatch.dev/cloud/azure.md)
- Service: [Azure Cloud Services](https://eolwatch.dev/services/azure/cloud-services.md)
- Type: Retirement
- Category: [Service](https://eolwatch.dev/categories/services.md)
- Replacement: Service Fabric managed cluster
- Announced: 31 Mar 2025
- Official source: [azure.microsoft.com](https://azure.microsoft.com/updates?id=486344)
- Last checked: 12 Nov 2026

## What breaks

The Cloud Services (extended support) deployment model is retired on the retirement date. Services that were deployed using this model are affected and need to be migrated. The source states the migration deadline in one sentence as before the retirement date and in another as by the retirement date. Microsoft describes migration to Service Fabric managed cluster as the way to avoid service disruptions.

## Who is affected

### Matching resource types

- `microsoft.compute/cloudservices`

### Detected by the estate check from

- Azure Resource Graph export (CSV or JSON)
- ARM template

## What to do

1. View impacted resources in the Azure portal under [Cloud services (extended support)](https://ms.portal.azure.com/#browse/Microsoft.Compute%2FcloudServices).
2. Follow the [migration instructions](https://aka.ms/cses-retirement-march-2025) to move to Service Fabric managed cluster.

## Replacement

Service Fabric managed cluster

## Sources

- [Official source](https://azure.microsoft.com/updates?id=486344) (azure.microsoft.com, Official)
- [Additional source](https://aka.ms/cses-retirement-march-2025) (aka.ms, Official)

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

Page: https://eolwatch.dev/items/azure-cloud-services-extended-support-retirement | JSON: https://eolwatch.dev/items/azure-cloud-services-extended-support-retirement.json

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