GPU VMs: NCv2 VM-series are retiring, availability of NCas_T4_v3 VM types

GPU VMs: NCv2 VM-series are retiring, availability of NCas_T4_v3 VM types

NCv2-series retirement on August 31st 2022

Microsoft Azure is retiring their NCv2-series of VMs from August 31st 2022. VM types that belong to this series are:



Read more about it here: NCv2-series retirement. If you're still using one of these types then you're recommended to migrate your workloads to the NCv3-series: read more about it in the article Migration Guide for GPU Compute Workloads in Azure.

NCas_T4_v3 availability

At this moment it is not possible to increase the quota for the NCAS_T4_v3 family of VMs for subscriptions in the region West Europe. Therefore, requests to make this VM type available in a workspace cannot be honored. VM types that belong to these series are:



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