Cloud Services (extended support) deployments - retires Mar 31, 2027, no extensions

AzureDeprecations & retirementsTeam planSeverity: criticalazure.armresource

Cloud Services (extended support) is deprecated since March 31, 2025 and fully retired on March 31, 2027; no extensions are granted

What LeftSize checks

Detect Cloud Services (extended support) deployments (Microsoft.Compute/cloudServices). Deprecated since March 31, 2025 and fully retired on March 31, 2027. No extensions are granted. Migrate to Service Fabric managed clusters, Virtual Machine Scale Sets, App Service, AKS or Container Apps.

Why it matters

Missed retirement and end-of-support dates turn into forced upgrades, outages or extended support charges at a moment you did not choose.

What you get in the GitHub issue

LeftSize runs this check from a scheduled GitHub Action with a read-only identity in your Azure account and opens one issue per scope, updated on every scan. The issue includes:

  • The affected resources, grouped per subscription, resource group or account and region
  • Background on why it was flagged and when it is a false positive
  • Cost and operational impact of fixing it
  • Alternative approaches and their trade-offs
  • Step-by-step remediation with safety checks
  • Ready-to-run fix scripts (CLI, PowerShell or Terraform where available)
  • Snooze, ignore or report a finding with a comment on the issue
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