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Will the Basic SKU retirement impact my Azure Cloud Services (extended support) if it uses a express route gateway ?

Loda Anjaneyulu (MINDTREE LIMITED) 40 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff
2026-03-12T08:21:21.58+00:00

Will the Basic SKU retirement impact my Azure Cloud Services (extended support) if it uses a express route gateway ?

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  1. Manish Deshpande 5,095 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
    2026-03-12T12:58:26.36+00:00

    Hello Loda Anjaneyulu (MINDTREE LIMITED) The Basic SKU retirement does not directly impact your Azure Cloud Services (Extended Support) deployment. Cloud Services (Extended Support) are explicitly excluded from the Basic SKU retirement for Basic Public IPs and Basic Load Balancers, and these can continue to be used as part of the Cloud Service deployment.

    However, the ExpressRoute gateway itself is an Azure Resource Manager (ARM) networking resource, and it is subject to the Basic Public IP retirement. If your ExpressRoute gateway is currently using a Basic SKU public IP, it must be migrated to a Standard SKU public IP to remain supported.

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    Manish.

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    2026-03-12T08:21:42.34+00:00
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    Basic SKU retirement for public IPs and Load Balancer does not impact Cloud Services (extended support) (CSES) deployments themselves.

    For CSES:

    • Basic public IPs and Basic Load Balancers can still be created and used when they are part of CSES deployments.
    • The Basic SKU retirement guidance explicitly excludes CSES from impact.

    However, the ExpressRoute gateway that the CSES deployment uses is an Azure Resource Manager (ARM) networking resource and is subject to the Basic public IP retirement:

    • ExpressRoute gateways using Basic SKU public IPs must be migrated to Standard SKU public IPs using the ExpressRoute gateway migration process.
    • The migration deploys a second gateway in the same GatewaySubnet with a Standard SKU public IP and migrates configuration from the old gateway.

    So:

    • The CSES role instances and their use of Basic IP/Load Balancer are not directly impacted by the Basic SKU retirement.
    • The ExpressRoute gateway itself must be upgraded from Basic public IP to Standard public IP according to the ExpressRoute gateway migration guidance.

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