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Azure Virtual Machines: cc_v5 nested confidential VM series retirement

Retirement date for the cc_v5 confidential VM series on Azure Virtual Machines: 1 Sep 2026. From that date the series is not available for use or purchase.

Retired , 1 Sep 2026

What breaks

From the retirement date, the cc_v5 confidential VM series is not available for use or purchase. The retired VM sizes are DCas_cc_v5, DCads_cc_v5, ECas_cc_v5 and ECads_cc_v5. Any affected VM that was not resized before the retirement date is deallocated.

Who is affected

Affected versions

  • DCas_cc_v5
  • DCads_cc_v5
  • ECas_cc_v5
  • ECads_cc_v5

Matching resource types

  • microsoft.compute/virtualmachines
  • microsoft.compute/virtualmachinescalesets
  • azurerm_linux_virtual_machine
  • azurerm_windows_virtual_machine
  • azurerm_virtual_machine
  • azurerm_linux_virtual_machine_scale_set
  • azurerm_windows_virtual_machine_scale_set
  • azurerm_orchestrated_virtual_machine_scale_set
  • azurerm_kubernetes_cluster
  • azurerm_kubernetes_cluster_node_pool

Fields the check reads

  • vmsize
  • sku
  • size
  • vm_size
  • sku_name
  • default_node_pool.vm_size

Detected by the estate check from

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

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What to do

Resize affected DCas_cc_v5, DCads_cc_v5, ECas_cc_v5 and ECads_cc_v5 VMs before 1 Sep 2026. Any affected VM not resized before that date is deallocated.

Replacement

Not stated by vendor.

Sources

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