AzureRetirement

Azure Virtual Machines: NVv3-series retirement

Retirement date for the NVv3-series Azure VMs: 30 Sep 2026. Remaining NVv3-series VMs are set to a deallocated state and stop working. The Azure UAE North region has an extension date of January 31, 2027.

Retired 30 Sep 2026Ended 44 days ago, 30 Sep 2026

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What breaks

The retirement covers the Standard_NV12s_v3, Standard_NV12hs_v3, Standard_NV24s_v3, Standard_NV24ms_v3, Standard_NV32ms_v3, and Standard_NV48s_v3 virtual machines. Outside the Azure UAE North exception, remaining NVv3-series VMs are set to a deallocated state, stop working, no longer incur billing charges, and are no longer under SLA or covered by included support. Exception: for NVv3-series VMs already in use in the Azure UAE North region, the extension date is January 31, 2027, and customers in that region must migrate off the NVv3-series VMs by that date. 1-year and 3-year Reserved Instance purchases for the NVv3-series ended on November 2, 2025.

Who is affected

Affected versions

NVv3

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

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Terraform state or plan (JSON)
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What to do

Customers in the Azure UAE North region must migrate off the NVv3-series VMs by January 31, 2027. The Microsoft update lists no migration steps in its own text and links the NVv3-series retirement page: Learn more.

Replacement

Not stated by vendor.

Sources

Official sourceazure.microsoft.comOfficial
Additional sourcelearn.microsoft.comOfficial
Additional sourceazure.microsoft.comOfficial

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

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Last checked 12 Nov 2026 · Added 13 Nov 2026 · Changelog for this item