Azure regional changes — 2026-07-16

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Daily executive summary

Compared with the 2026-07-15 snapshot, the 2026-07-16 scan recorded 97 new listings, 134 regressions, and 0 parked unknown transitions.

Where it changed: VM SKUs: 96 new listings, 132 regressions; Azure AI models: 0 new listings, 2 regressions; AKS extensions: 1 new listing, 0 regressions.

Representative changes: GPT-5 4 model from OpenAI (version 2026-03-05) was no longer listed in centralindia; qwen3 32b model from alibaba (version 1) was no longer listed in centralus; Standard Dc16ads Cc V5 VM size was no longer listed in eastus2.

What changed: 2 first recorded disappearances, 132 recurring disappearances, 31 net-new regional listings, 66 restored regional listings.

What this means: Review the 134 regressions against existing regional targets and fallbacks first; treat the 97 new listings as options to validate. These are read-only catalog/list signals, not quota, capacity, or deployment results. Zero new delistings does not establish recovery of earlier missing listings.

7-day context (2026-07-10 to 2026-07-16): across 7 recorded scans, there were 2,118 new listings and 1,252 regressions. New listings led on 3 scans; regressions led on 4.

Archived commentary and representative evidence

Latest scan: 97 new availability signals and 134 regressions across 7 regions.

Azure AI models: models/versions delisted (likely deprecation) (2 signals; 2 deprecation candidates). SRE impact: review model deployment targets and fallback model/version choices. Coverage now ranges from 26 to 30 of 64 monitored regions. The noisiest affected signal was unavailable 44.6% of prior observations. Examples: centralindia · openai.gpt-5-4.2026-03-05; centralus · alibaba.qwen3-32b.1.

VM SKUs: VM sizes withdrawn (132 signals; 132 recurring disappearances, up to 1 prior disappearance). SRE impact: capacity planning and SKU fallback lists should be rechecked. Coverage now ranges from 13 to 20 of 64 monitored regions. The noisiest affected signal was unavailable 95.4% of prior observations. Examples: eastus2 · dc16ads.cc.v5; eastus2 · dc16ads.v5; eastus2 · dc16as.cc.v5; eastus2 · dc16as.v5; and 128 more.

AKS extensions: extension types now listed (1 signal; 1 net-new regional availability). SRE impact: new managed cluster capabilities such as GitOps, policy, or observability. Coverage now ranges from 6 to 6 of 64 monitored regions. The noisiest affected signal was unavailable 100.0% of prior observations. Expansion pattern: regional expansion of an existing signal. Examples: westus · microsoft.manageddranet.

VM SKUs: VM sizes now offered (96 signals; 30 net-new regional availabilities, 66 restored availabilities, up to 1 prior disappearance). SRE impact: more compute shapes for right-sizing, performance, and cost tuning. Coverage now ranges from 13 to 57 of 64 monitored regions. The noisiest affected signal was unavailable 100.0% of prior observations. Expansion pattern: first observed in this geography; restored regional signal. Examples: francecentral · dc16ads.cc.v5; francecentral · dc16ads.v5; francecentral · dc16as.cc.v5; francecentral · dc16as.v5; and 92 more.

Engineering context

  • centralindia aiModels.openai.gpt-5-4.2026-03-05 available → unavailable deprecation candidate
    unavailable 0/65 prior days (0.0%)coverage 30/64 monitored regions (46.9%, -1 region)coverage removed from 3.2% of prior regionsAsia: 4 current, 5 prior
    Still available in australiaeast, brazilsouth, canadacentral, canadaeast, centralus, eastus, and 24 more. Use this to evaluate model capabilities, regional deployment options, latency, and data residency. Azure OpenAI model availability
  • centralus aiModels.alibaba.qwen3-32b.1 available → unavailable deprecation candidate
    unavailable 29/65 prior days (44.6%)coverage 26/64 monitored regions (40.6%, -1 region)coverage removed from 3.7% of prior regionsNorth America: 8 current, 9 prior
    Still available in australiaeast, brazilsouth, canadacentral, canadaeast, eastus, eastus2, and 20 more. Use this to evaluate model capabilities, regional deployment options, latency, and data residency. Azure OpenAI model availability
  • eastus2 vmSkus.standard.dc16ads.cc.v5 available → unavailable recurring disappearance
    unavailable 58/65 prior days (89.2%)1 prior disappearancecoverage 13/64 monitored regions (20.3%, -1 region)coverage removed from 7.1% of prior regionsNorth America: 4 current, 6 prior
    Also newly available in francecentral. Still available in centralindia, eastus, eastus2euap, francecentral, italynorth, japanwest, and 7 more. VM size availability affects right-sizing, performance, cost, and capacity fallback choices. Azure VM sizes
  • eastus2 vmSkus.standard.dc16ads.v5 available → unavailable recurring disappearance
    unavailable 58/65 prior days (89.2%)1 prior disappearancecoverage 19/64 monitored regions (29.7%, -1 region)coverage removed from 5.0% of prior regionsNorth America: 5 current, 7 prior
    Also newly available in francecentral. Still available in centralindia, centraluseuap, eastasia, eastus, eastus2euap, francecentral, and 13 more. VM size availability affects right-sizing, performance, cost, and capacity fallback choices. Azure VM sizes
  • eastus2 vmSkus.standard.dc16as.cc.v5 available → unavailable recurring disappearance
    unavailable 58/65 prior days (89.2%)1 prior disappearancecoverage 13/64 monitored regions (20.3%, -1 region)coverage removed from 7.1% of prior regionsNorth America: 4 current, 6 prior
    Also newly available in francecentral. Still available in centralindia, eastus, eastus2euap, francecentral, italynorth, japanwest, and 7 more. VM size availability affects right-sizing, performance, cost, and capacity fallback choices. Azure VM sizes
  • eastus2 vmSkus.standard.dc16as.v5 available → unavailable recurring disappearance
    unavailable 58/65 prior days (89.2%)1 prior disappearancecoverage 20/64 monitored regions (31.2%, -1 region)coverage removed from 4.8% of prior regionsNorth America: 5 current, 7 prior
    Also newly available in francecentral. Still available in centralindia, centraluseuap, eastasia, eastus, eastus2euap, francecentral, and 14 more. VM size availability affects right-sizing, performance, cost, and capacity fallback choices. Azure VM sizes
  • eastus2 vmSkus.standard.dc2ads.v5 available → unavailable recurring disappearance
    unavailable 58/65 prior days (89.2%)1 prior disappearancecoverage 19/64 monitored regions (29.7%, -1 region)coverage removed from 5.0% of prior regionsNorth America: 5 current, 7 prior
    Also newly available in francecentral. Still available in centralindia, centraluseuap, eastasia, eastus, eastus2euap, francecentral, and 13 more. VM size availability affects right-sizing, performance, cost, and capacity fallback choices. Azure VM sizes
  • eastus2 vmSkus.standard.dc2as.v5 available → unavailable recurring disappearance
    unavailable 58/65 prior days (89.2%)1 prior disappearancecoverage 19/64 monitored regions (29.7%, -1 region)coverage removed from 5.0% of prior regionsNorth America: 5 current, 7 prior
    Also newly available in francecentral. Still available in centralindia, centraluseuap, eastasia, eastus, eastus2euap, francecentral, and 13 more. VM size availability affects right-sizing, performance, cost, and capacity fallback choices. Azure VM sizes
  • eastus2 vmSkus.standard.dc32ads.cc.v5 available → unavailable recurring disappearance
    unavailable 58/65 prior days (89.2%)1 prior disappearancecoverage 13/64 monitored regions (20.3%, -1 region)coverage removed from 7.1% of prior regionsNorth America: 4 current, 6 prior
    Also newly available in francecentral. Still available in centralindia, eastus, eastus2euap, francecentral, italynorth, japanwest, and 7 more. VM size availability affects right-sizing, performance, cost, and capacity fallback choices. Azure VM sizes
  • eastus2 vmSkus.standard.dc32ads.v5 available → unavailable recurring disappearance
    unavailable 58/65 prior days (89.2%)1 prior disappearancecoverage 19/64 monitored regions (29.7%, -1 region)coverage removed from 5.0% of prior regionsNorth America: 5 current, 7 prior
    Also newly available in francecentral. Still available in centralindia, centraluseuap, eastasia, eastus, eastus2euap, francecentral, and 13 more. VM size availability affects right-sizing, performance, cost, and capacity fallback choices. Azure VM sizes

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