{
  "slug": "azure-virtual-machines-disk-encryption-retirement",
  "title": "Azure Virtual Machines: Azure Disk Encryption retirement",
  "summary": "Azure Disk Encryption is retired on 15 Sep 2028. From that date, workloads that use it keep running but fail to unlock after a reboot. Microsoft recommends Encryption at Host.",
  "cloud": "azure",
  "service": "Azure Virtual Machines",
  "service_slug": "virtual-machines",
  "category": "feature",
  "type": "retirement",
  "announced_date": "2025-09-24",
  "effective_date": "2028-09-15",
  "effective_precision": "day",
  "impact": "Azure Disk Encryption is retired on the retirement date. Until that date, Azure Disk Encryption can be used without disruption. From the retirement date, workloads running Azure Disk Encryption continue to run but fail to unlock after reboots.",
  "migration_path": "1. Move to Encryption at Host, the option Microsoft recommends.\n2. Alternatively, consider Confidential Virtual Machine sizes with OS disk encryption.\n3. Follow Microsoft's [instructions to migrate](https://aka.ms/ademigrate) before the retirement date.",
  "replacement": "Encryption at Host",
  "affected_versions": [],
  "source_url": "https://azure.microsoft.com/updates?id=493779",
  "extra_source_urls": [
    "https://aka.ms/ademigrate"
  ],
  "vendor_ref": "493779",
  "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-disk-encryption-retirement",
  "short_url": "https://eolwatch.dev/i/ah",
  "markdown_url": "https://eolwatch.dev/items/azure-virtual-machines-disk-encryption-retirement.md",
  "json_url": "https://eolwatch.dev/items/azure-virtual-machines-disk-encryption-retirement.json",
  "estate_check": null,
  "source_note": null
}