Data Science Virtual Machine CentOS is retiring on 31 October 2023

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Data Science Virtual Machine CentOS is retiring on 31 October 2023

Deadline: Oct 31, 2023 Impacted Services:

• Azure Data Science

More information:

• https://azure.microsoft.com/en-au/updates/action-required-update-to-data-science-virtual-machine-ubuntu-1804/

Notice

Here's the official report from Microsoft:

Data Science Virtual Machine CentOS is retiring on 31 October 2023. Please update to the Ubuntu 18.04 image or switch to Azure Machine Learning for a fully managed experience, before this date.

Data Science Virtual Machine - Ubuntu 18.04 (DSVM) is an Ubuntu-based virtual machine image that makes it easy to get started with machine learning, including deep learning, on Azure.

Timeline

Phase	Date	Description
Announcement	Oct 28, 2020	Deprecation was announced
Deprecation	Oct 31, 2023	Data Science Virtual Machine CentOS is no longer supported nor available

Impact

The impact is not clear but most likely it will be not be supported, and the image will not be available for new deployments.

Required Action

Here's the official report from Microsoft:

Start using the Data Science Virtual Machine for Ubuntu 18.04 image. Learn more here. For a fully configured and managed experienced, you can also use Azure Machine Learning.

Contact

Contact Azure support (link).

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