The F, Fs, Fsv2, Lsv2, G, Gs, Av2, Amv2, and B series of Azure Virtual Machines will retire on November 15th, 2028. These VMs will no longer be able to be used or purchased after this date.
To ensure any applications and workloads running on these VMs will be operating in the future, you need to migrate your F, Fs, Fsv2, Lsv2, G, Gs, Av2, Amv2, and B VM series workloads to a newer VM series.
Three-year reserved instances for these VMs can no longer be purchased or renewed starting on November 15th, 2025. One-year reserved VM instances for these VMs will not be available for purchase or renewal starting July 1, 2026 (previously November 15, 2027 – learn more here).
If you have a three-year reserved instance contract for these VMs, you’ll still receive your reserved instances benefit for the remainder of the contract. After that, you’ll be billed at pay-as-you-go rates. To plan for this change and avoid unexpected billing, we recommend reviewing your current reserved instance orders to identify impacted VMs and their expiration dates.
For pricing details, please refer to the VM pricing pages and the pricing calculator. For additional support, you can create a support request by following this process here. You can also get answers from community experts in Microsoft Q&A. If you have a support plan and you need technical help, open the Azure portal and select the question mark icon at the top of the page.