Azure regional changes — 2026-08-13 | Azure regional availability 2026-08-13

603 new18 regressions0 parked

Daily executive summary

Compared with the 2026-08-12 snapshot, the 2026-08-13 scan recorded 603 new listings, 18 regressions, and 0 parked unknown transitions.

Where it changed: VM SKUs: 544 new listings, 18 regressions; AKS extensions: 59 new listings, 0 regressions.

Representative changes: Standard M208ms V2 VM size was no longer listed in 2 regions; Standard M208s V2 VM size was no longer listed in 2 regions; Standard M416 208ms V2 VM size was no longer listed in 2 regions.

What changed: 18 first recorded disappearances, 463 net-new regional listings, 140 restored regional listings.

What this means: Review the 18 regressions against existing regional targets and fallbacks first; treat the 603 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 (2026-08-07 to 2026-08-13): across 7 recorded scans, there were 2,381 new listings and 442 regressions. New listings led on 6 scans; regressions led on 1.

Archived commentary and representative evidence

Latest scan: 603 new availability signals and 18 regressions across 59 regions.

VM SKUs: VM sizes withdrawn (18 signals; 18 deprecation candidates). SRE impact: capacity planning and SKU fallback lists should be rechecked. Coverage now ranges from 40 to 40 of 64 monitored regions. The noisiest affected signal was unavailable 46.7% of prior observations. Examples: chilecentral · m208ms.v2; chilecentral · m208s.v2; chilecentral · m416.208ms.v2; chilecentral · m416.208s.v2; and 14 more.

AKS extensions: extension types now listed (59 signals; 59 net-new regional availabilities). SRE impact: new managed cluster capabilities such as GitOps, policy, or observability. Coverage now ranges from 59 to 59 of 64 monitored regions. The noisiest affected signal was unavailable 100.0% of prior observations. Expansion pattern: first observed anywhere in the monitored regions. Examples: australiacentral · optum.icp; australiacentral2 · optum.icp; australiaeast · optum.icp; australiasoutheast · optum.icp; and 55 more.

VM SKUs: VM sizes now offered (544 signals; 404 net-new regional availabilities, 140 restored availabilities, up to 3 prior disappearances). SRE impact: more compute shapes for right-sizing, performance, and cost tuning. Coverage now ranges from 2 to 42 of 64 monitored regions. The noisiest affected signal was unavailable 100.0% of prior observations. Expansion pattern: regional expansion of an existing signal; restored regional signal. Examples: southafricawest · d16pds.v6; southafricawest · d16plds.v6; southafricawest · d16pls.v6; southafricawest · d16ps.v6; and 540 more.

Engineering context

chilecentral vmSkus.standard.m208ms.v2 available → unavailable deprecation candidate
unavailable 43/92 prior days (46.7%)coverage 40/64 monitored regions (62.5%, -2 regions)coverage removed from 4.8% of prior regionsSouth America: 2 current, 3 prior
Still available in australiacentral, australiacentral2, australiaeast, australiasoutheast, brazilsouth, brazilsoutheast, and 34 more. VM size availability affects right-sizing, performance, cost, and capacity fallback choices. Azure VM sizes
chilecentral vmSkus.standard.m208s.v2 available → unavailable deprecation candidate
unavailable 43/92 prior days (46.7%)coverage 40/64 monitored regions (62.5%, -2 regions)coverage removed from 4.8% of prior regionsSouth America: 2 current, 3 prior
Still available in australiacentral, australiacentral2, australiaeast, australiasoutheast, brazilsouth, brazilsoutheast, and 34 more. VM size availability affects right-sizing, performance, cost, and capacity fallback choices. Azure VM sizes
chilecentral vmSkus.standard.m416.208ms.v2 available → unavailable deprecation candidate
unavailable 43/92 prior days (46.7%)coverage 40/64 monitored regions (62.5%, -2 regions)coverage removed from 4.8% of prior regionsSouth America: 2 current, 3 prior
Still available in australiacentral, australiacentral2, australiaeast, australiasoutheast, brazilsouth, brazilsoutheast, and 34 more. VM size availability affects right-sizing, performance, cost, and capacity fallback choices. Azure VM sizes
chilecentral vmSkus.standard.m416.208s.v2 available → unavailable deprecation candidate
unavailable 43/92 prior days (46.7%)coverage 40/64 monitored regions (62.5%, -2 regions)coverage removed from 4.8% of prior regionsSouth America: 2 current, 3 prior
Still available in australiacentral, australiacentral2, australiaeast, australiasoutheast, brazilsouth, brazilsoutheast, and 34 more. VM size availability affects right-sizing, performance, cost, and capacity fallback choices. Azure VM sizes
chilecentral vmSkus.standard.m416ms.v2 available → unavailable deprecation candidate
unavailable 43/92 prior days (46.7%)coverage 40/64 monitored regions (62.5%, -2 regions)coverage removed from 4.8% of prior regionsSouth America: 2 current, 3 prior
Still available in australiacentral, australiacentral2, australiaeast, australiasoutheast, brazilsouth, brazilsoutheast, and 34 more. VM size availability affects right-sizing, performance, cost, and capacity fallback choices. Azure VM sizes
chilecentral vmSkus.standard.m416s.10.v2 available → unavailable deprecation candidate
unavailable 43/92 prior days (46.7%)coverage 40/64 monitored regions (62.5%, -2 regions)coverage removed from 4.8% of prior regionsSouth America: 2 current, 3 prior
Still available in australiacentral, australiacentral2, australiaeast, australiasoutheast, brazilsouth, brazilsoutheast, and 34 more. VM size availability affects right-sizing, performance, cost, and capacity fallback choices. Azure VM sizes
chilecentral vmSkus.standard.m416s.8.v2 available → unavailable deprecation candidate
unavailable 43/92 prior days (46.7%)coverage 40/64 monitored regions (62.5%, -2 regions)coverage removed from 4.8% of prior regionsSouth America: 2 current, 3 prior
Still available in australiacentral, australiacentral2, australiaeast, australiasoutheast, brazilsouth, brazilsoutheast, and 34 more. VM size availability affects right-sizing, performance, cost, and capacity fallback choices. Azure VM sizes
chilecentral vmSkus.standard.m416s.9.v2 available → unavailable deprecation candidate
unavailable 43/92 prior days (46.7%)coverage 40/64 monitored regions (62.5%, -2 regions)coverage removed from 4.8% of prior regionsSouth America: 2 current, 3 prior
Still available in australiacentral, australiacentral2, australiaeast, australiasoutheast, brazilsouth, brazilsoutheast, and 34 more. VM size availability affects right-sizing, performance, cost, and capacity fallback choices. Azure VM sizes
chilecentral vmSkus.standard.m416s.v2 available → unavailable deprecation candidate
unavailable 43/92 prior days (46.7%)coverage 40/64 monitored regions (62.5%, -2 regions)coverage removed from 4.8% of prior regionsSouth America: 2 current, 3 prior
Still available in australiacentral, australiacentral2, australiaeast, australiasoutheast, brazilsouth, brazilsoutheast, and 34 more. VM size availability affects right-sizing, performance, cost, and capacity fallback choices. Azure VM sizes
malaysiawest vmSkus.standard.m208ms.v2 available → unavailable deprecation candidate
unavailable 0/92 prior days (0.0%)coverage 40/64 monitored regions (62.5%, -2 regions)coverage removed from 4.8% of prior regionsAsia: 10 current, 11 prior
Still available in australiacentral, australiacentral2, australiaeast, australiasoutheast, brazilsouth, brazilsoutheast, and 34 more. VM size availability affects right-sizing, performance, cost, and capacity fallback choices. Azure VM sizes