{
  "slug": "azure-virtual-machines-cc-v5-nested-confidential-vm-series-retirement",
  "title": "Azure Virtual Machines: cc_v5 nested confidential VM series retirement",
  "summary": "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.",
  "cloud": "azure",
  "service": "Azure Virtual Machines",
  "service_slug": "virtual-machines",
  "category": "compute_sku",
  "type": "retirement",
  "announced_date": "2026-08-05",
  "effective_date": "2026-09-01",
  "effective_precision": "day",
  "impact": "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.",
  "migration_path": "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": null,
  "affected_versions": [
    "DCas_cc_v5",
    "DCads_cc_v5",
    "ECas_cc_v5",
    "ECads_cc_v5"
  ],
  "source_url": "https://azure.microsoft.com/updates?id=568661",
  "extra_source_urls": [],
  "vendor_ref": "568661",
  "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-virtual-machines-cc-v5-nested-confidential-vm-series-retirement",
  "short_url": "https://eolwatch.dev/i/g",
  "markdown_url": "https://eolwatch.dev/items/azure-virtual-machines-cc-v5-nested-confidential-vm-series-retirement.md",
  "json_url": "https://eolwatch.dev/items/azure-virtual-machines-cc-v5-nested-confidential-vm-series-retirement.json",
  "estate_check": {
    "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": [
      "vmsize",
      "sku",
      "size",
      "vm_size",
      "sku_name",
      "default_node_pool.vm_size"
    ],
    "inputs": [
      "Azure Resource Graph export (CSV or JSON)",
      "Terraform state or plan (JSON)",
      "ARM template"
    ]
  },
  "source_note": null
}