Upgrade path for public IP attached to Virtual Network Gateway

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Upgrade path for public IP attached to Virtual Network Gateway

Nathan Bell 5

I received an email that I must upgrade a public IP from Basic to Standard SKU by September 30. That Email linked to this documentation (https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-network/ip-services/public-ip-basic-upgrade-guidance). In my case the public IP is connected to a Virtual Network Gateway. The documentation for that upgrade path is here (https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/vpn-gateway/basic-public-ip-migrate-howto). Unfortunately the "migrate" tab shown in that documentation does not exist. I assume the documentation is old and the tool has been removed? Is there some way to get access to that tool? Is there another migrate path? I could use detailed documentation and step by step instructions.

G Sree Vidya 4,005 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator

2025-08-01T16:39:34.33+00:00

Hello Nathan Bell

I wanted to follow up and check if you had the opportunity to review the information provided by TP in our previous post.

Kindly let us know if the above helps or you need further assistance on this issue.
Nathan Bell 5 Reputation points

2025-08-04T14:10:52.4866667+00:00

Yes, I think my question is answered for now. I will wait for updated migration instructions for VPN gateway.

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G Sree Vidya 4,005 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator

2025-08-01T16:39:34.33+00:00

Hello Nathan Bell

I wanted to follow up and check if you had the opportunity to review the information provided by TP in our previous post.

Kindly let us know if the above helps or you need further assistance on this issue.
Nathan Bell 5 Reputation points

2025-08-04T14:10:52.4866667+00:00

Yes, I think my question is answered for now. I will wait for updated migration instructions for VPN gateway.

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TP 131.6K Volunteer Moderator

Hi Nathan,

For VPN Gateway you have until end of January 2026 to upgrade Basic SKU public IP to Standard SKU.

What SKU is your current VPN Gateway? This will help me give you more specific advice. The migration procedure that will allow you to upgrade your Public IP to Standard SKU varies depending on your VPN Gateway SKU.

1. If your VPN Gateway SKU is Basic, the migration approach for Basic SKU VPN Gateway has not been published. The current timeline is for it to be published by July 30, 2025 (still not published as of today, July 31st). There is no action needed yet.

Screenshot excerpt from documentation below:

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2. If your VPN SKU is not Basic, please navigate to your VPN Gateway in the portal, click Settings -- Configuration to see if you have Migrate tab. If you have Migrate tab, please follow instructions in article below:

How to migrate a Basic SKU public IP address to Standard SKU - Preview

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/vpn-gateway/basic-public-ip-migrate-howto

If Migrate tab is not there, it means the migration functionality hasn't rolled out to the region yet. Please see article below for more detailed information on timelines:

What's new in Azure VPN Gateway?

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/vpn-gateway/whats-new#upcoming-projected-changes

Please click Accept Answer and upvote if the above was helpful.

Thanks.

-TP

Nathan Bell 5 Reputation points

2025-07-31T20:53:49.3866667+00:00

Sku is Basic. There is no migrate tab (I said this is my original post). See screenshots.
TP 131.6K Reputation points Volunteer Moderator

2025-07-31T20:58:29.2733333+00:00

Yes, the migration path has not been published yet for Basic SKU so it makes sense there would not be a Migrate tab. There is no action needed yet.

The deadline to upgrade the Basic SKU Public IP address (used with VPN Gateway) to Standard is end of January 2026, so there is still time.
TP 131.6K Reputation points Volunteer Moderator

2025-08-05T16:46:44.6633333+00:00
Hi Nathan,

No action needed at this time.

The latest update published today states, in regards to Basic SKU VPN Gateway:

Your actual IP address will not change, and connectivity will not be interrupted.

An automated capability to remove the Basic public IP from your gateway will be available in Sept/Oct 2025

Deprecation timeline of Basic IP for all VPN Gateways is moved from Sep 2025 to end of Jan 2026

Because Microsoft is retiring Basic public IP resources, we’re updating the Basic VPN Gateway construct. You’ll see the Basic public IP reference as an attribute on your virtual network gateway.

If you have scripts, ARM templates, or monitoring solutions that reference the Basic public IP resource, update them to use the IP address property of the virtual network gateway instead.

Please click Accept Answer and upvote if the above was helpful.

Thanks.

-TP

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