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slug: "azure-dedicated-hsm-retirement"
title: "Azure Dedicated HSM retirement"
summary: "Retirement date for Azure Dedicated HSM: 31 Jul 2028. Microsoft provides full support to existing customers until that date and names Azure Cloud HSM as the successor service."
cloud: "azure"
service: "Azure Dedicated HSM"
service_slug: "dedicated-hsm"
category: "service"
type: "retirement"
announced_date: "2025-08-01"
effective_date: "2028-07-31"
effective_precision: "day"
replacement: "Azure Cloud HSM"
affected_versions: []
source_url: "https://azure.microsoft.com/updates?id=499214"
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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 Dedicated HSM retirement

Retirement date for Azure Dedicated HSM: 31 Jul 2028. Microsoft provides full support to existing customers until that date and names Azure Cloud HSM as the successor service.

- Effective date: 31 Jul 2028
- Cloud: [Azure](https://eolwatch.dev/cloud/azure.md)
- Service: [Azure Dedicated HSM](https://eolwatch.dev/services/azure/dedicated-hsm.md)
- Type: Retirement
- Category: [Service](https://eolwatch.dev/categories/services.md)
- Replacement: Azure Cloud HSM
- Announced: 1 Aug 2025
- Official source: [azure.microsoft.com](https://azure.microsoft.com/updates?id=499214)
- Last checked: 12 Nov 2026

## What breaks

Azure Dedicated HSM retires on 31 Jul 2028. Microsoft provides full support for all existing Azure Dedicated HSM customers until that date. Microsoft no longer accepts new customer onboardings to Azure Dedicated HSM, effective from the announcement.

## Who is affected

### Matching resource types

- `microsoft.hardwaresecuritymodules/dedicatedhsms`
- `azurerm_dedicated_hardware_security_module`

### Fields the check reads

- `sku`
- `sku_name`

### Detected by the estate check from

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

## What to do

1. Make a plan to transition to [Azure Cloud HSM](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cloud-hsm/overview) by July 31, 2026. Microsoft also names Azure Managed HSM as a target, depending on workload and compliance requirements.
2. Transition to Azure Cloud HSM by 31 Jul 2028.
3. New customers onboard to Azure Cloud HSM, Azure Managed HSM or Azure Key Vault, [depending on their use case](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/security/fundamentals/key-management-choose).

## Replacement

Azure Cloud HSM

## Sources

- [Official source](https://azure.microsoft.com/updates?id=499214) (azure.microsoft.com, Official)
- [Additional source](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cloud-hsm/overview) (learn.microsoft.com, Official)
- [Additional source](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/security/fundamentals/key-management-choose) (learn.microsoft.com, Official)

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

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