AZ515484 - Update: The retirement date for default outbound access has been extended to March 31, 2026.

• Explicit outbound connectivity (e.g., via NAT Gateway, UDR, or other methods) must be configured to access public endpoints on the Internet or Microsoft services. 

• Default outbound access will be disabled by default, but not removed. Customers who do not configure an outbound method will lose internet connectivity from their Batch nodes. 

• Review your current Batch pool configurations, especially those using simplified node communication without public IPs.

• Plan to implement an explicit outbound method before the March 2026 deadline. 

Learn more:

• Read Default Internet outbound access for Simplified node communication Batch pools without public IP addresses will be retired on 30 September 2025.

• Read How and when default outbound access is provided

• Read Feature Update: Default behavior for newly created virtual networks will be private