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 (2)
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.
- 1 Oct 2026 49 days
Azure SQL Database FSV2-series hardware will be retired 2026-10-01. Migrate to Hyperscale premium/Gen5 by then.
- 31 Mar 2027 230 days
Azure SQL Elastic query using Shard_Map_Manager external data source type reaches end of support.