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slug: "azure-vpn-gateway-manually-registered-vpn-clients-gov-21vianet-retirement"
title: "Azure VPN Gateway: manually registered VPN clients retirement (Gov, 21Vianet)"
summary: "Retirement date for manually registered Azure VPN clients in Azure Government and Microsoft Azure operated by 21Vianet: 31 Mar 2029. After that date, only Microsoft-registered VPN clients are supported."
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# Azure VPN Gateway: manually registered VPN clients retirement (Gov, 21Vianet)

Retirement date for manually registered Azure VPN clients in Azure Government and Microsoft Azure operated by 21Vianet: 31 Mar 2029. After that date, only Microsoft-registered VPN clients are supported.

- Effective date: 31 Mar 2029
- Cloud: [Azure](https://eolwatch.dev/cloud/azure.md)
- Service: [Azure VPN Gateway](https://eolwatch.dev/services/azure/vpn-gateway.md)
- Type: Retirement
- Category: [Feature](https://eolwatch.dev/categories/features.md)
- Replacement: Microsoft-registered VPN client
- Announced: 31 Mar 2026
- Official source: [azure.microsoft.com](https://azure.microsoft.com/updates?id=557395)
- Last checked: 12 Nov 2026

## What breaks

On 31 Mar 2029, manually registered Azure VPN clients for point-to-site connections with Microsoft Entra ID authentication are retired in the Azure Government and Microsoft Azure operated by 21Vianet clouds. After that date, only Microsoft-registered VPN clients are supported.

## What to do

[Migrate manually registered Azure VPN clients](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/vpn-gateway/point-to-site-entra-gateway-update) to a Microsoft-registered VPN client for point-to-site connections with Microsoft Entra ID authentication before 31 Mar 2029.

## Replacement

Microsoft-registered VPN client

## Sources

- [Official source](https://azure.microsoft.com/updates?id=557395) (azure.microsoft.com, Official)
- [Additional source](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/vpn-gateway/point-to-site-entra-gateway-update) (learn.microsoft.com, Official)

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

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