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Azure Virtual Machines: Standard_M192ims_v2 isolated size retirement

Retirement date for the Standard_M192ims_v2 isolated VM size: 31 Mar 2027. On that date, workloads running on this size are deleted and their application data is lost.

Retires 31 Mar 2027In about 5 months, 31 Mar 2027

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What breaks

On 31 Mar 2027, workloads running the Standard_M192ims_v2 virtual machine size are deleted and the associated application data is lost. Standard_M192ims_v2 is an isolated VM size, and isolated sizes are tied to the hardware generation they were designed for. Microsoft states that this hardware has been replaced by a new generation and that it can no longer offer the size. Until 31 Mar 2027, Standard_M192ims_v2 can be used without disruption.

Who is affected

Affected versions

Standard_M192ims_v2

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

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What to do

Plan the move to Standard_M176s_4_v3, the replacement size Microsoft names.
Follow Microsoft's instructions to migrate to Standard_M176s_4_v3 by 31 Mar 2027.

Replacement

Standard_M176s_4_v3

Sources

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