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Azure VPN Gateway Non-AZ SKUs Retired Sep 30, 2026

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Azure is retiring VpnGw1-5 Non-Availability Zones SKUs for VPN Gateways on September 30, 2026, due to their lack of redundancy and lower availability. As of January 1, 2025, new gateway creation on these Non-AZ SKUs will be disabled, and existing gateways will be automatically migrated to equivalent AZ SKUs between April 2025 and October 2026. Pricing for AZ SKUs is being reduced to facilitate this transition.

  • →Retirement of VpnGw1-5 Non-AZ SKUs
  • →New Gateway Creation Disabled
  • →Automatic Migration to AZ SKUs
  • →Reduced Pricing for AZ SKUs
Deprecations (3) ›
  • Retirement of VpnGw1-5 Non-AZ SKUs

    Azure VPN Gateway VpnGw1-5 Non-AZ SKUs are scheduled for retirement on September 30, 2026. The service cites lack of redundancy, lower availability, and potential higher costs associated with failover solutions as reasons for the transition.

  • New Gateway Creation Disabled

    Effective January 1, 2025, users will no longer be able to create new VPN gateways using the VpnGw1-5 Non-AZ SKUs.

  • Automatic Migration to AZ SKUs

    All existing gateways on VpnGw1-5 Non-AZ SKUs will be automatically migrated to their corresponding VpnGw1-5 AZ SKUs between April 2025 and October 2026.

Enhancements (1) ›
  • Reduced Pricing for AZ SKUs

    To support the transition, Azure is implementing reduced pricing for AZ SKUs, effective January 1, 2025.

Read the original announcement →

https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/?id=vpngw1-5-non-az-skus-will-be-retired-on-30-september-2026

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