{
  "slug": "azure-virtual-machines-nvv3-series-retirement",
  "title": "Azure Virtual Machines: NVv3-series retirement",
  "summary": "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.",
  "cloud": "azure",
  "service": "Azure Virtual Machines",
  "service_slug": "virtual-machines",
  "category": "compute_sku",
  "type": "retirement",
  "announced_date": "2026-09-30",
  "effective_date": "2026-09-30",
  "effective_precision": "day",
  "impact": "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.",
  "migration_path": "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](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/sizes/gpu-accelerated/nvv3-series-retirement).",
  "replacement": null,
  "affected_versions": [
    "NVv3"
  ],
  "source_url": "https://azure.microsoft.com/updates?id=573414",
  "extra_source_urls": [
    "https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/sizes/gpu-accelerated/nvv3-series-retirement",
    "https://azure.microsoft.com/updates?id=500573"
  ],
  "vendor_ref": "573414",
  "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-nvv3-series-retirement",
  "short_url": "https://eolwatch.dev/i/1b",
  "markdown_url": "https://eolwatch.dev/items/azure-virtual-machines-nvv3-series-retirement.md",
  "json_url": "https://eolwatch.dev/items/azure-virtual-machines-nvv3-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
}