Azure key dates

Every dated Azure change that forces action, in one place: end-of-life and end-of-support deadlines, plus announced pricing changes, configuration-default changes, retirements and policy mandates that impact your stack and costs. What's changing, when, and how long you have. For day-to-day announcements, see the Azure release feed.

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Dated changes (4)

Announced changes with an explicit effective date: pricing, defaults, retirements and policy mandates that existing workloads must plan around. Every date shown has been checked against the original announcement, which each row links to.

13 Oct 2026
Cost Blob Storage Retirement: GPv1 and Legacy Blob storage account creation source ↗

Existing GPv1 accounts auto-migrate to GPv2 after Oct 13, 2026, potentially increasing costs. Migrate proactively.
61 days
13 Oct 2026
Cost Blob Storage Retirement: General Purpose v1 (GPv1) and legacy blob storage accounts source ↗

GPv1/legacy blob storage accounts auto-migrate to GPv2 after Oct 13, 2026, possibly increasing costs. Migrate manually.
61 days
31 Mar 2027
Retirement Blob Storage Azure DNS Zone endpoints for Blob storage to be retired March 2027 source ↗

Azure DNS Zone endpoints for Blob storage to be retired March 31, 2027. Update DNS configuration.
230 days
31 Mar 2027
Retirement Blob Storage Retirement: AzureDnsEndpoints for Azure storage accounts will be retired March 2027 source ↗

AzureDnsZone endpoints (preview) for Azure Blob storage will be retired. Transition to Standard endpoints by Apr 1, 2027.
230 days

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