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2026 (1)

March (1)

azure: Retirement: Migration of Azure Batch Low-Priority VMs to Spot VMs in early March

Azure Updates

2026-03-16

Azure Batch will begin a system-initiated migration from Low-Priority VMs to Spot VMs starting March 1, 2026. Low-Priority VMs were retired on September 30, 2025, and the change aligns Batch with Azure Spot infrastructure.

2025 (1)

October (1)

azure: [Launched] Generally Available: Spot Placement Score

Azure Updates

2025-10-14

Azure announced the general availability of Spot Placement Score, a feature that lets you assess the likelihood of successful deployments for Spot virtual machines by evaluating spot capacity availability across different Azure locations and VM size combinations.