AZ499104 - Generally Available: Upgrade existing Azure Gen1 VMs to Gen2-Trusted launch

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Published

Sep 4, 2025

Status

Launched

Timeline

  • February 2025
    Preview
  • February 2024
    Private Preview
  • August 2025
    General Availability

Product

Virtual Machines

Tag

Compliance
Operating System
Security
Features

Category

Compute

Description

Announcing general availability support to enable Trusted launch on existing Azure Gen1 VMs by upgrading the Gen1 VM to Gen2-Trusted launch. This will help improve the foundational security of existing Azure VMs. 

Trusted Launch VMs provide foundational compute security to Azure Generation 2 VMs by enabling Secure Boot and vTPM capabilities. Trusted Launch protects OS against rootkits, boot kits and enables attestation by measuring the boot chain of VM.