Upgrade a public IP address using the Azure portal, Azure CLI, or Azure PowerShell

• An Azure account with an active subscription. Create one for free.
• A static basic SKU public IP address in your subscription. For more information, see Create a basic SKU public IP address using the Azure portal.

• An Azure account with an active subscription. Create one for free.
• A static basic SKU public IP address in your subscription. For more information, see Create a basic public IP address using the Azure CLI.

• Use the Bash environment in Azure Cloud Shell. For more information, see Get started with Azure Cloud Shell.

  

• If you prefer to run CLI reference commands locally, install the Azure CLI. If you're running on Windows or macOS, consider running Azure CLI in a Docker container. For more information, see How to run the Azure CLI in a Docker container.

  • If you're using a local installation, sign in to the Azure CLI by using the az login command. To finish the authentication process, follow the steps displayed in your terminal. For other sign-in options, see Authenticate to Azure using Azure CLI.

  • When you're prompted, install the Azure CLI extension on first use. For more information about extensions, see Use and manage extensions with the Azure CLI.

  • Run az version to find the version and dependent libraries that are installed. To upgrade to the latest version, run az upgrade.

• This tutorial requires version 2.0.28 or later of the Azure CLI. If using Azure Cloud Shell, the latest version is already installed.

• An Azure account with an active subscription. Create one for free.
• A static basic SKU public IP address in your subscription. For more information, see Create a basic public IP address using PowerShell.
• Access to Azure PowerShell installed locally or Azure Cloud Shell.
  • If you choose to install and use PowerShell locally, this article requires the Azure PowerShell module version 5.4.1 or later. Run Get-Module -ListAvailable Az to find the installed version. If you need to upgrade, see Install Azure PowerShell module. If you're running PowerShell locally, you also need to run Connect-AzAccount to create a connection with Azure.

In this section, you sign in to the Azure portal and upgrade your static Basic SKU public IP to the Standard sku.

In order to upgrade a public IP, it must not be associated with any resource. For more information, see View, modify settings for, or delete a public IP address to learn how to disassociate a public IP.

Upgrading a public IP resource retains the IP address.

1. Sign in to the Azure portal.

2. In the search box at the top of the portal, enter Public IP.

3. In the search results, select Public IP addresses.

4. In Public IP addresses, select myBasicPublicIP or the IP address you want to upgrade.

5. Select the upgrade banner at the top of the overview section in myBasicPublicIP.

   

   Note

   The basic public IP you are upgrading must have static assignment. You'll receive a warning that the IP can't be upgraded if you try to upgrade a dynamically allocated IP address. Change the IP address assignment to static before upgrading.

6. Select the I acknowledge check box, and then select Upgrade.

   Warning

   Upgrading a basic public IP to standard SKU can't be reversed. Public IPs upgraded from basic to standard SKU continue to have no guaranteed availability zones.

In order to upgrade a public IP, it must not be associated with any resource. For more information, see View, modify settings for, or delete a public IP address to learn how to disassociate a public IP.

Upgrading a public IP resource retains the IP address.

az network public-ip update \
    --resource-group myResourceGroup \
    --name myBasicPublicIP \
    --sku Standard

In order to upgrade a public IP, it must not be associated with any resource. For more information, see View, modify settings for, or delete a public IP address to learn how to disassociate a public IP.

Upgrading a public IP resource retains the IP address.

### Place the public IP address into a variable. ###
$ip = @{
    Name = 'myBasicPublicIP'
    ResourceGroupName = 'myResourceGroup'
}
$pubIP = Get-AzPublicIpAddress @ip

### Set the SKU to standard. ###
$pubIP.Sku.Name = 'Standard'
Set-AzPublicIpAddress -PublicIpAddress $pubIP

1. Sign in to the Azure portal.

2. In the search box at the top of the portal, enter Public IP.

3. In the search results, select Public IP addresses.

4. In Public IP addresses, select myBasicPublicIP or the IP address you upgraded.

5. Verify that the SKU is listed as Standard in the Overview section.

   

With the following Azure CLI command, verify that the SKU is listed as Standard in the output:

# Get the SKU of the public IP address.
az network public-ip show \
  --resource-group myResourceGroup \
  --name myBasicPublicIP \
  --query sku \
  --output tsv

With the following Azure PowerShell command, verify that the SKU is listed as Standard in the output:

### Place the public IP address into a variable. ###
$ip = @{
    Name = 'myBasicPublicIP'
    ResourceGroupName = 'myResourceGroup'
}
$pubIP = Get-AzPublicIpAddress @ip

### Display setting. ####
$pubIP.Sku.Name