Batch feature/service retirements

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Notes:

• Future deprecations and retirements may be added to this table at any point in time. We recommend that you pay attention to your subscription notifications for official updates.
• Batch Marketplace VM image support follows End of Life dates published through the API. Please refer to Batch Best Practices for guidance.

Active retirements

Retirement Date	Deprecated Feature/Service
June 30, 2024	CentOS/CentOS-HPC 7 support, including Azure Marketplace and custom image support
August 31, 2024	Basic and Standard A-series VM families support
September 30, 2024	Pool usage metrics API
September 30, 2024	Batch CLI extensions
September 30, 2024	Task authentication token
April 23, 2025	Ubuntu 20.04 LTS support, including Azure Marketplace and custom image support
September 30, 2025	Low priority compute nodes
September 30, 2025	Default outbound Internet access for no public IP address pools
March 31, 2026	Classic compute node communication model
March 31, 2026	Custom image pools on VHD and Managed Images
March 31, 2026	Batch service retirement in select regions: India West, China North 1, China East 1, USDoD Central, USDoD East

Archived retirements

Retirement Date	Deprecated Feature/Service
April 30, 2023	Job and Pool Lifetime Statistics APIs
April 30, 2023	Microsoft-published Windows Server Container Images
March 31, 2023	TLS 1.0/1.1 on Dataplane API
March 31, 2023	Pools without public IP addresses (classic)
January, 9, 2024	Windows Server 2008 R2 support, including Azure Marketplace and custom images
February 29, 2024	CloudServiceConfiguration Pools
February 29, 2024	Batch account certificates
February 29, 2024	Batch rendering VM images and licensing, including batch rendering-* Azure Marketplace images
March 31, 2024	Select Batch Pool autoscale service-defined variables will be retired: WallClockSeconds, MemoryBytes. DiskBytes, DiskReadBytes, DiskWriteBytes, DiskReadOps, DiskWriteOps, NetworkInBytes, NetworkOutBytes, SampleNodeCount

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New retirements added: select Batch pool autoscale service-defined variables, classic compute node communication model, custom image pools on VHD and Managed Images, and Batch service retirement in select regions.

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New retirements added: EOL for Windows Server 2008R2, CentOS 7 and Batch rendering images, Pool usage metrics API, Batch CLI extensions, and Task authentication token.

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New retirements added: Basic and Standard-A VM family support, Ubuntu 20.04 LTS support, default outbound Internet access for no public IP address pools