Standard Load Balancers and Standard SKU Public IP Addresses in Azure DevTest Labs

Author: anishtrakru

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+title: Enhancements to Support Retirement of Basic Load Balancers and Basic SKU Public IP addresses in Azure
+description: Learn how retirement of Basic Load Balancer and Basic SKU Public IP address in Azure will impact VMs provisioned in Azure DevTest Labs.
+ms.topic: how-to
+ms.author: anishtrakru
+author: RoseHJM
+ms.date: 03/20/2025
+ms.custom: UpdateFrequency2
+---
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+# Standard Load Balancer and Standard SKU Public IP address in Azure DevTest Labs
+
+Azure DevTest Labs has made enhancements designed to accommodate two upcoming retirements in Azure:
+
+   |Retirement|Date|Details|
+   |---|---|---|
+   |**Azure Basic Load Balancer**|**September 30, 2025**|The Azure Basic Load Balancer will be retired. You can continue using your existing Basic Load Balancers until this date, but **you will not be able to deploy new ones after 31 March 2025**. For more information, please refer to the [official announcement](https://azure.microsoft.com/updates?id=azure-basic-load-balancer-will-be-retired-on-30-september-2025-upgrade-to-standard-load-balancer).|
+   |**Basic SKU Public IP Addresses**|**September 30, 2025**|Basic SKU Public IP Addresses will be retired in Azure. You can continue using your existing Basic SKU public IP addresses until this date, but **you will not be able to create new ones after 31 March 2025**. For more information, please refer to the [official announcement](https://azure.microsoft.com/updates?id=upgrade-to-standard-sku-public-ip-addresses-in-azure-by-30-september-2025-basic-sku-will-be-retired).|
+
+> [!IMPORTANT]
+> The **enhancements to support retirement of Basic Load Balancer and Basic SKU Public IP address in Azure** feature are currently in preview in Azure DevTest Labs. For more information about the preview status, see the [Supplemental Terms of Use for Microsoft Azure Previews](https://azure.microsoft.com/support/legal/preview-supplemental-terms/). The document defines legal terms that apply to Azure features that are in beta, in preview, or otherwise not yet released into general availability.
+
+These retirements **will not impact VMs with Private IPs**. However, they will impact VMs with Public or Shared IPs in the following ways:
+
+## Impact on VMs with Public IPs:
+- **Current Setup**: When you create a Public IP VM, a Basic SKU Public IP address resource with dynamic IP allocation is created.
+- **New Setup**: A Standard SKU Public IP address resource with static IP allocation will be created when you create a Public IP VM. Each VM with a Public IP will be assigned its own public IP address, allowing direct access via RDP or SSH. **You need to create and configure a Network Security Group (NSG) to allow inbound traffic** such as RDP or SSH connection. To learn more about how to create and configure NSGs, please check [Create, change, or delete a network security group](https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/virtual-network/manage-network-security-group?tabs=network-security-group-portal).
+- **How to View the SKU**:
+    - Go to the Azure compute view of the VM under Network settings.
+    - Click on the link of the Public IP resource.
+    - In the resource overview page, you can see the SKU type as Standard.
+
+## Impact on VMs with Shared IPs:
+- **Current Setup**: All VMs created with Shared IPs are placed in the same resource group, which has one assigned Basic SKU public IP address. DevTest Labs automatically creates a Basic load balancer to manage traffic for these VMs. When a VM with a shared IP is added to a subnet, it is automatically added to the load balancer and assigned a TCP port number on the public IP address, forwarding to the SSH port on the VM.
+- **New Setup**: A Standard SKU load balancer will be created and used instead of a Basic Load Balancer. **You need to create and configure a Network Security Group (NSG) to allow inbound traffic** such as RDP or SSH connection. To learn more about how to create and configure NSGs, please check [Create, change, or delete a network security group](https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/virtual-network/manage-network-security-group?tabs=network-security-group-portal).
+- How to View the SKU:
+    - Go to the Azure compute view of the VM under Load Balancing.
+    - Click on the link of the load balancer resource.
+    - In the resource overview page, you can see the SKU type as Standard.
+
+**These changes in Azure DevTest Labs are being rolled out to different regions in phases. We expect to complete the rollout by March 31, 2025.**