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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."
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service: "Azure SQL Database"
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category: "feature"
type: "retirement"
announced_date: "2025-03-28"
effective_date: "2026-10-01"
effective_precision: "day"
replacement: "Hyperscale premium-series or General-purpose standard-series (Gen5)"
affected_versions: []
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# Azure SQL Database: FSV2-series hardware retirement

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.

- Effective date: 1 Oct 2026
- Cloud: [Azure](https://eolwatch.dev/cloud/azure.md)
- Service: [Azure SQL Database](https://eolwatch.dev/services/azure/sql-database.md)
- Type: Retirement
- Category: [Feature](https://eolwatch.dev/categories/features.md)
- Replacement: Hyperscale premium-series or General-purpose standard-series (Gen5)
- Announced: 28 Mar 2025
- Official source: [azure.microsoft.com](https://azure.microsoft.com/updates?id=485030)
- Last checked: 12 Nov 2026

## What breaks

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.

## What to do

1. Move databases off FSV2-series hardware to another option within Azure SQL Database before the retirement date.
2. Microsoft recommends the Hyperscale premium-series or General-purpose standard-series (Gen5) service tier to maintain comparable performance levels.
3. 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)

## Sources

- [Official source](https://azure.microsoft.com/updates?id=485030) (azure.microsoft.com, Official)
- [Additional source](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/service-tiers-sql-database-vcore?view=azuresql#service-tiers) (learn.microsoft.com, Official)
- [Additional source](https://aka.ms/FSV2-FAQ) (aka.ms, Official)

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

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