{
  "slug": "azure-load-balancer-inbound-nat-pools-retirement",
  "title": "Azure Load Balancer: Inbound NAT pools retirement",
  "summary": "Retirement date for Inbound NAT pools in Azure Load Balancer (port forwarding to Virtual Machine Scale Set instances): 30 Sep 2027. New Inbound NAT pools cannot be created from November 15, 2026. Single-VM Inbound NAT rules version 1 are not affected.",
  "cloud": "azure",
  "service": "Azure Load Balancer",
  "service_slug": "load-balancer",
  "category": "feature",
  "type": "retirement",
  "announced_date": "2026-06-11",
  "effective_date": "2027-09-30",
  "effective_precision": "day",
  "impact": "Inbound NAT pools in Azure Load Balancer, which forward ports to Virtual Machine Scale Set instances, are retired on 30 Sep 2027. Existing configuration continues to function until that date. Starting November 15, 2026, new Inbound NAT pools cannot be created. Inbound NAT rules version 1 that forward ports to a single virtual machine are not affected.",
  "migration_path": "Microsoft recommends that you [migrate to Inbound NAT rules version 2](https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/load-balancer/load-balancer-nat-pool-migration) in Azure Load Balancer by the retirement date.",
  "replacement": "Inbound NAT rules version 2",
  "affected_versions": [],
  "source_url": "https://azure.microsoft.com/updates?id=565482",
  "extra_source_urls": [
    "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/load-balancer/load-balancer-nat-pool-migration"
  ],
  "vendor_ref": "565482",
  "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",
  "url": "https://eolwatch.dev/items/azure-load-balancer-inbound-nat-pools-retirement",
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  "markdown_url": "https://eolwatch.dev/items/azure-load-balancer-inbound-nat-pools-retirement.md",
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}