General availability: Azure Lab Services August 2022 update
Improve performance, reliability, and scalability for Azure Lab Services with the latest update.
08/08/2022
Retirement: Licensing changes for future Azure VMware Solution subscriptions starting October 16, 2025.
Broadcom announced changes to their VMware licensing policies. The change now requires new customers to bring their own portable VCF subscriptions when using hyperscaler platforms. Our current Azure VMware Solution (AVS) customers can continue to operate
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