Microsoft to stop reservations for 17 Azure VMs, kill 13
Microsoft to stop taking reservations for 17 Azure VM flavours, kill 13 in 2028
Haswell’s had its day and Skylake and Cascade Lake are draining away
Microsoft will stop offering long-term rentals for 17 Azure instance types – most of them powered by CPUs Intel released in the 2010s – again showing that cloud computing isn’t always a seamless and easy choice.
The fun starts on July 1st when Microsoft will stop taking orders for one-year reservations for 13 instance types – Av2, Amv2, Bv1, D, Ds, Dv2, Dsv2, F, Fs, Fsv2, G, Gs, Ls, Lsv2 – meaning it won’t be possible to book a server for a year. Microsoft will retire these instance types in May and November 2028.
For another four instance types – Dv3, Dsv3, Ev3, Esv3 – Microsoft won’t allow any more reservations for one or three years, however they’ll remain operational beyond 2028. Redmond’s Retired...
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