Azure regional changes — 2026-07-27

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66 new5 regressions0 parked
Daily executive summary

Compared with the 2026-07-26 snapshot, the 2026-07-27 scan recorded 66 new listings, 5 regressions, and 0 parked unknown transitions.

Where it changed: VM SKUs: 66 new listings, 0 regressions; Azure AI models: 0 new listings, 5 regressions.

Representative changes: o3 mini model from OpenAI (version 2025-01-31) was no longer listed in 2 regions; o3 model from OpenAI (version 2025-04-16) was no longer listed in 2 regions; GPT-5 4 model from OpenAI (version 2026-03-05) was no longer listed in qatarcentral.

What changed: 5 first recorded disappearances, 66 net-new regional listings.

What this means: Review the 5 regressions against existing regional targets and fallbacks first; treat the 66 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 (2026-07-21 to 2026-07-27): across 7 recorded scans, there were 1,500 new listings and 1,236 regressions. New listings led on 5 scans; regressions led on 2.

Archived commentary and representative evidence

Latest scan: 66 new availability signals and 5 regressions across 3 regions.

Azure AI models: models/versions delisted (likely deprecation) (5 signals; 5 deprecation candidates). SRE impact: review model deployment targets and fallback model/version choices. Coverage now ranges from 29 to 29 of 64 monitored regions. The noisiest affected signal was unavailable 68.4% of prior observations. Examples: centralindia · openai.o3-mini.2025-01-31; centralindia · openai.o3.2025-04-16; qatarcentral · openai.gpt-5-4.2026-03-05; qatarcentral · openai.o3-mini.2025-01-31; and 1 more.

VM SKUs: VM sizes now offered (66 signals; 66 net-new regional availabilities). SRE impact: more compute shapes for right-sizing, performance, and cost tuning. Coverage now ranges from 11 to 18 of 64 monitored regions. The noisiest affected signal was unavailable 34.2% of prior observations. Expansion pattern: first observed in South America. Examples: brazilsoutheast · dc16ads.cc.v5; brazilsoutheast · dc16ads.v5; brazilsoutheast · dc16as.cc.v5; brazilsoutheast · dc16as.v5; and 62 more.

Engineering context

  • centralindia aiModels.openai.o3-mini.2025-01-31 available → unavailable deprecation candidate
    unavailable 0/76 prior days (0.0%)coverage 29/64 monitored regions (45.3%, -2 regions)coverage removed from 6.5% of prior regionsAsia: 4 current, 5 prior
    Still available in australiaeast, brazilsouth, canadacentral, canadaeast, centralus, eastus, and 23 more. Use this to evaluate model capabilities, regional deployment options, latency, and data residency. Azure OpenAI model availability
  • centralindia aiModels.openai.o3.2025-04-16 available → unavailable deprecation candidate
    unavailable 52/76 prior days (68.4%)coverage 29/64 monitored regions (45.3%, -2 regions)coverage removed from 6.5% of prior regionsAsia: 4 current, 5 prior
    Still available in australiaeast, brazilsouth, canadacentral, canadaeast, centralus, eastus, and 23 more. Use this to evaluate model capabilities, regional deployment options, latency, and data residency. Azure OpenAI model availability
  • qatarcentral aiModels.openai.gpt-5-4.2026-03-05 available → unavailable deprecation candidate
    unavailable 0/76 prior days (0.0%)coverage 29/64 monitored regions (45.3%, -1 region)coverage removed from 3.3% of prior regionsMiddle East: 1 current, 2 prior
    Still available in australiaeast, brazilsouth, canadacentral, canadaeast, centralus, eastus, and 23 more. Use this to evaluate model capabilities, regional deployment options, latency, and data residency. Azure OpenAI model availability
  • qatarcentral aiModels.openai.o3-mini.2025-01-31 available → unavailable deprecation candidate
    unavailable 0/76 prior days (0.0%)coverage 29/64 monitored regions (45.3%, -2 regions)coverage removed from 6.5% of prior regionsMiddle East: 1 current, 2 prior
    Still available in australiaeast, brazilsouth, canadacentral, canadaeast, centralus, eastus, and 23 more. Use this to evaluate model capabilities, regional deployment options, latency, and data residency. Azure OpenAI model availability
  • qatarcentral aiModels.openai.o3.2025-04-16 available → unavailable deprecation candidate
    unavailable 52/76 prior days (68.4%)coverage 29/64 monitored regions (45.3%, -2 regions)coverage removed from 6.5% of prior regionsMiddle East: 1 current, 2 prior
    Still available in australiaeast, brazilsouth, canadacentral, canadaeast, centralus, eastus, and 23 more. Use this to evaluate model capabilities, regional deployment options, latency, and data residency. Azure OpenAI model availability
  • brazilsoutheast vmSkus.standard.dc16ads.cc.v5 unavailable → available net-new regional availability
    unavailable 26/76 prior days (34.2%)coverage 11/64 monitored regions (17.2%, +1 region)South America: 1 current, 0 priorfirst observed in South America
    Also newly available in brazilsoutheast. VM size availability affects right-sizing, performance, cost, and capacity fallback choices. Azure VM sizes
  • brazilsoutheast vmSkus.standard.dc16ads.v5 unavailable → available net-new regional availability
    unavailable 26/76 prior days (34.2%)coverage 17/64 monitored regions (26.6%, +1 region)South America: 1 current, 0 priorfirst observed in South America
    Also newly available in brazilsoutheast. VM size availability affects right-sizing, performance, cost, and capacity fallback choices. Azure VM sizes
  • brazilsoutheast vmSkus.standard.dc16as.cc.v5 unavailable → available net-new regional availability
    unavailable 26/76 prior days (34.2%)coverage 11/64 monitored regions (17.2%, +1 region)South America: 1 current, 0 priorfirst observed in South America
    Also newly available in brazilsoutheast. VM size availability affects right-sizing, performance, cost, and capacity fallback choices. Azure VM sizes
  • brazilsoutheast vmSkus.standard.dc16as.v5 unavailable → available net-new regional availability
    unavailable 26/76 prior days (34.2%)coverage 18/64 monitored regions (28.1%, +1 region)South America: 1 current, 0 priorfirst observed in South America
    Also newly available in brazilsoutheast. VM size availability affects right-sizing, performance, cost, and capacity fallback choices. Azure VM sizes
  • brazilsoutheast vmSkus.standard.dc2ads.v5 unavailable → available net-new regional availability
    unavailable 26/76 prior days (34.2%)coverage 17/64 monitored regions (26.6%, +1 region)South America: 1 current, 0 priorfirst observed in South America
    Also newly available in brazilsoutheast. VM size availability affects right-sizing, performance, cost, and capacity fallback choices. Azure VM sizes

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