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slug: "azure-vmware-solution-license-included-retirement"
title: "Azure VMware Solution: license-included service retirement"
summary: "Retirement date for the Azure VMware Solution (AVS) license-included service: 30 Aug 2027. License-included PayGo SKUs retire on October 31, 2026; Reserved Instance customers are required to buy portable Broadcom VCF licenses and move to an AVS VCF BYOL SKU before the retirement date."
cloud: "azure"
service: "Azure VMware Solution"
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category: "feature"
type: "retirement"
announced_date: "2026-08-18"
effective_date: "2027-08-30"
effective_precision: "day"
replacement: "AVS VCF BYOL SKU"
affected_versions: []
source_url: "https://azure.microsoft.com/updates?id=569535"
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# Azure VMware Solution: license-included service retirement

Retirement date for the Azure VMware Solution (AVS) license-included service: 30 Aug 2027. License-included PayGo SKUs retire on October 31, 2026; Reserved Instance customers are required to buy portable Broadcom VCF licenses and move to an AVS VCF BYOL SKU before the retirement date.

- Effective date: 30 Aug 2027
- Cloud: [Azure](https://eolwatch.dev/cloud/azure.md)
- Service: [Azure VMware Solution](https://eolwatch.dev/services/azure/vmware-solution.md)
- Type: Retirement
- Category: [Feature](https://eolwatch.dev/categories/features.md)
- Replacement: AVS VCF BYOL SKU
- Announced: 18 Aug 2026
- Official source: [azure.microsoft.com](https://azure.microsoft.com/updates?id=569535)
- Last checked: 12 Nov 2026

## What breaks

Retirement date for the AVS license-included service: 30 Aug 2027, as a result of a Broadcom VCF licensing change. The source names the retirement date as the last day of all AVS license-included services. Customers using license-included Reserved Instance (RI) SKUs are required to purchase portable Broadcom VCF licenses and transition to an AVS VCF BYOL SKU before that date; the source names August 31, 2027 as the day of service disruption otherwise. AVS license-included PayGo SKUs retire on October 31, 2026. Microsoft allows the exchange of reservations that expire after the retirement date, and the source gives the same date for the AV36 SKU retirement.

## What to do

1. Purchase portable VCF licenses from Broadcom and complete the transition to an AVS VCF BYOL SKU before the retirement date.
2. If you are evaluating modernization, assess current AVS environments and develop a transition roadmap.
3. Contact your account team to plan your transition.
4. See the page Microsoft links for more: [Learn more](https://aka.ms/AVS_License-included_retirement).

## Replacement

AVS VCF BYOL SKU

## Sources

- [Official source](https://azure.microsoft.com/updates?id=569535) (azure.microsoft.com, Official)
- [Additional source](https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/azuremigrationblog/broadcom-vmware-licensing-changes-what-azure-vmware-solution-customers-need-to-k/4448784) (techcommunity.microsoft.com, Official)
- [Additional source](https://aka.ms/AVS_License-included_retirement) (aka.ms, Official)

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

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