Starting 31 July 2026, Microsoft Azure will apply capacity growth restrictions to its older-generation v1–v4 Virtual Machine (VM) series as part of its ongoing investment in newer-generation infrastructure. New deployments, capacity expansion, and quota-increase requests for the impacted series will no longer be approved, although quota already approved in existing subscriptions will not be affected.
Capacity growth restrictions: what is changing
From 31 July 2026, Azure will not approve requests for additional capacity on a defined set of older VM series. The restriction applies to new VM deployments, scale-out activities that require additional capacity, quota-increase requests, and any future growth plans that rely on the impacted series.
VM series set to retire on 31 July 2028
The following series are subject to growth controls now and are scheduled to retire on 31 July 2028:
- Compute optimized: F, Fs, Fsv2
- General purpose: D, Ds, Dv2, Dsv2, Av2, Amv2, B, Bs
- Memory optimized: G, Gs
- Storage optimized: Ls, Lsv2
Additional series subject to growth controls
- General purpose: Dv3, Dsv3, Dv4, Dsv4, Ddv4, Ddsv4, Dav4, Dasv4
- Memory optimized: Ev3, Esv3, Ev4, Esv4, Edv4, Edsv4, Eav4, Easv4
What this means for customers
Organizations currently running workloads on any of the series above may face restrictions when requesting additional quota or deploying new workloads. In practice, this affects new VM deployments, scale-out operations that need more capacity, quota-increase requests, and long-term growth plans built on these series.
What is not affected
The change does not affect existing deployments operating within the capacity already allocated to them. Quota already approved in existing subscriptions for these VM series remains available.
How CloudAPPi can help
At CloudAPPi we help organizations assess their Azure footprint, identify workloads running on impacted VM series, and plan a smooth migration to newer-generation compute before growth limits and the 2028 retirement dates take effect. If your team relies on any of the series listed above, now is the time to review capacity plans and define a modernization roadmap.
