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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."
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service: "Azure Virtual Machines"
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category: "compute_sku"
type: "retirement"
announced_date: "2026-09-30"
effective_date: "2026-09-30"
effective_precision: "day"
replacement: null
affected_versions: ["NVv3"]
source_url: "https://azure.microsoft.com/updates?id=573414"
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# 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.

- Effective date: 30 Sep 2026
- Cloud: [Azure](https://eolwatch.dev/cloud/azure.md)
- Service: [Azure Virtual Machines](https://eolwatch.dev/services/azure/virtual-machines.md)
- Type: Retirement
- Category: [Compute SKU](https://eolwatch.dev/categories/compute-skus.md)
- Affected versions: NVv3
- Replacement: Not stated by vendor
- Announced: 30 Sep 2026
- Official source: [azure.microsoft.com](https://azure.microsoft.com/updates?id=573414)
- Last checked: 12 Nov 2026

## 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`

### Detected by the estate check from

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

## 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](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/sizes/gpu-accelerated/nvv3-series-retirement).

## Replacement

Not stated by vendor.

## Sources

- [Official source](https://azure.microsoft.com/updates?id=573414) (azure.microsoft.com, Official)
- [Additional source](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/sizes/gpu-accelerated/nvv3-series-retirement) (learn.microsoft.com, Official)
- [Additional source](https://azure.microsoft.com/updates?id=500573) (azure.microsoft.com, Official)

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

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