{
  "slug": "azure-sql-database-fsv2-series-hardware-retirement",
  "title": "Azure SQL Database: FSV2-series hardware retirement",
  "summary": "Retirement date for the FSV2-series hardware option in Azure SQL Database: 1 Oct 2026. After that date, databases still on FSV2-series hardware are no longer supported and are migrated to the General-purpose tier.",
  "cloud": "azure",
  "service": "Azure SQL Database",
  "service_slug": "sql-database",
  "category": "feature",
  "type": "retirement",
  "announced_date": "2025-03-28",
  "effective_date": "2026-10-01",
  "effective_precision": "day",
  "impact": "After the retirement date, Azure SQL databases running on FSV2-series hardware are no longer supported. Remaining databases on FSV2-series hardware are migrated to the General-purpose tier with similar configurations. Since October 1, 2025, customers who had not already deployed Azure SQL Database on FSV2-series cannot create new databases on it, while existing FSV2-series customers could continue to use their databases until the retirement date. Microsoft gives limited regional availability of this hardware as the reason.",
  "migration_path": "1. Move databases off FSV2-series hardware to another option within Azure SQL Database before the retirement date.\n2. Microsoft recommends the Hyperscale premium-series or General-purpose standard-series (Gen5) service tier to maintain comparable performance levels.\n3. For more information on SQL Database service tiers, see the [Azure documentation](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/service-tiers-sql-database-vcore?view=azuresql#service-tiers). For the retirement itself, see the [FAQ for FSV2 offer retirement](https://aka.ms/FSV2-FAQ).",
  "replacement": "Hyperscale premium-series or General-purpose standard-series (Gen5)",
  "affected_versions": [],
  "source_url": "https://azure.microsoft.com/updates?id=485030",
  "extra_source_urls": [
    "https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/service-tiers-sql-database-vcore?view=azuresql#service-tiers",
    "https://aka.ms/FSV2-FAQ"
  ],
  "vendor_ref": "485030",
  "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-sql-database-fsv2-series-hardware-retirement",
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  "markdown_url": "https://eolwatch.dev/items/azure-sql-database-fsv2-series-hardware-retirement.md",
  "json_url": "https://eolwatch.dev/items/azure-sql-database-fsv2-series-hardware-retirement.json",
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