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Batch feature/service retirements
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Notes:
- Future deprecations and retirements may be added to this table at any point in time. We recommend that you pay attention to your subscription notifications for official updates.
- Batch Marketplace VM image support follows End of Support dates published through the API. Please refer to Batch Best Practices for guidance.
Active retirements
| Retirement Date | Deprecated Feature/Service |
|---|---|
| September 30, 2025 | Low priority compute nodes |
| September 30, 2025 | Default outbound Internet access for no public IP address pools |
| September 30, 2025 | NCv3-series VM family support |
| March 31, 2026 | Classic compute node communication model |
| March 31, 2026 | Custom image pools on VHD and Managed Images |
| March 31, 2026 | Batch service retirement in select regions: India West, China North 1, China East 1, USDoD Central, USDoD East |
Archived retirements
| Retirement Date | Deprecated Feature/Service |
|---|---|
| April 23, 2025 | Ubuntu 20.04 LTS support, including Azure Marketplace and custom image support |
| December 31, 2024 | End of Support Reminder for Unsupported Batch Node Agents |
| December 29, 2024 | Select AlmaLinux Marketplace images |
| December 5, 2024 | Marketplace Windows Server 2012/2012R2 images |
| September 30, 2024 | Pool usage metrics API |
| September 30, 2024 | Batch CLI extensions |
| September 30, 2024 | Task authentication token |
| August 31, 2024 | HB-series VM family support |
| August 31, 2024 | Basic and Standard A-series VM families support |
| June 30, 2024 | CentOS/CentOS-HPC 7 support, including Azure Marketplace and custom image support |
| March 31, 2024 | Select Batch Pool autoscale service-defined variables will be retired: WallClockSeconds, MemoryBytes. DiskBytes, DiskReadBytes, DiskWriteBytes, DiskReadOps, DiskWriteOps, NetworkInBytes, NetworkOutBytes, SampleNodeCount |
| February 29, 2024 | CloudServiceConfiguration Pools |
| February 29, 2024 | Batch account certificates |
| February 29, 2024 | Batch rendering VM images and licensing, including batch rendering-* Azure Marketplace images |
| January 9, 2024 | Windows Server 2008 R2 support, including Azure Marketplace and custom images |
| March 31, 2023 | TLS 1.0/1.1 on Dataplane API |
| March 31, 2023 | Pools without public IP addresses (classic) |
| April 30, 2023 | Job and Pool Lifetime Statistics APIs |
| April 30, 2023 | Microsoft-published Windows Server Container Images |
New retirements added: select Batch pool autoscale service-defined variables, classic compute node communication model, custom image pools on VHD and Managed Images, and Batch service retirement in select regions.
New retirements added: EOL for Windows Server 2008R2, CentOS 7 and Batch rendering images, Pool usage metrics API, Batch CLI extensions, and Task authentication token.
New retirements added: Basic and Standard-A VM family support, Ubuntu 20.04 LTS support, default outbound Internet access for no public IP address pools