In 2017, we launched Azure Managed Disks. Since then, we've been enhancing our capabilities. We will begin deprecating unmanaged disks on September 30, 2022, because Azure Managed Disks now have full capabilities of unmanaged disks and other advancements. This functionality will be completely retired on September 30, 2025.
With managed disks, customers don’t have to worry about managing storage accounts when creating a disk as Azure manages the storage accounts behind the scenes. This level of abstraction reduces customer’s maintenance burden significantly. Furthermore, managed disks provide numerous advantages over unmanaged disks such as better reliability, scalability, greater storage capacity, bursting, shared disks etc.,
If you use unmanaged disks, you should start planning your migration now. Migrate your data from Azure unmanaged disk storage to managed disks before September 30, 2025. Page blobs will not be affected by this change.
To avoid serious service disruptions, review pricing and follow the steps to migrate your Windows or Linux virtual machines to managed disks before 30 September 2025.
Azure unmanaged disks is retiring on September 30th, 2025 and migration to Azure Managed Disks is required.
Required Action
A migration guide is provided for Windows and Linux.
Here's the official report from Microsoft:
To avoid service disruptions, review pricing and follow the steps to migrate your Windows or Linux virtual machines to managed disks before 30 September 2025.
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Azure unmanaged disks is retiring on September 30th, 2025
Deprecation ID: df665c4d-0c1d-46aa-a2f6-afe5d96756ce Deadline: Sep 30, 2025 Impacted Services:
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Here's the official report from Microsoft:
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Azure unmanaged disks is retiring on September 30th, 2025 and migration to Azure Managed Disks is required.
Required Action
A migration guide is provided for Windows and Linux.
Here's the official report from Microsoft:
Contact
You can get in touch through the following options: