Manually registered Azure VPN Clients for Azure Government and Microsoft retirement date and replacement

Name: Manually registered Azure VPN Clients for Azure Government and Microsoft retires (Azure VPN Gateway)
Start: 2029-03-31
End: 2029-03-31

Azure VPN Gateway · Cloud service · retires Mar 31, 2029 (in 29 months)Unverified

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Dates

Checked Nov 9, 2026 on Microsoft's page

Retires	Mar 31, 2029 (in 29 months)
Announced	Mar 31, 2026
Replacement	None named
What it is	On March 31, 2029, we’ll be retiring manually registered Azure VPN clients for point-to-site connections with Microsoft Entra ID authentication for Azure Government and Microsoft Azure operated by 21Vianet clouds.
Source	azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates?id=557395

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Microsoft lists Manually registered Azure VPN Clients for Azure Government and Microsoft on Azure VPN Gateway to retire on Mar 31, 2029.

Sep 25Source