{"id":249104,"date":"2024-06-05T07:00:02","date_gmt":"2024-06-05T14:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/visualstudio\/?p=249104"},"modified":"2025-03-31T15:31:33","modified_gmt":"2025-03-31T22:31:33","slug":"giving-our-visual-studio-azure-marketplace-images-a-makeover","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/visualstudio\/giving-our-visual-studio-azure-marketplace-images-a-makeover\/","title":{"rendered":"Giving our Azure marketplace images a makeover"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We <a href=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/visualstudio\/visual-studios-azure-marketplace-images-now-support-microsoft-dev-box\/\">previously announced<\/a> the addition of new, optimized Azure VM image offers to help you create and test your applications faster and more easily on Azure VMs and the <a href=\"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/products\/dev-box\/\">Microsoft Dev Box<\/a> service. As we continue to evolve and optimize our <a href=\"https:\/\/azuremarketplace.microsoft.com\/en-US\/marketplace\/apps?filters=virtual-machine-images%3Bwindows%3Bmicrosoft&amp;page=1&amp;search=visual%20studio\">offers<\/a>, we&#8217;re introducing more developer-optimized VM images and deprecating our older non-optimized offers. In this blog post, we\u2019ll provide details and timelines for the additions and depreciations that will take place over the next couple of months.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/visualstudio\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2024\/05\/large_imageretirmentblog-picture.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-249133\" src=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/visualstudio\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2024\/05\/large_imageretirmentblog-picture.png\" alt=\"Image large imageretirmentblog picture\" width=\"895\" height=\"469\" srcset=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/visualstudio\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2024\/05\/large_imageretirmentblog-picture.png 895w, https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/visualstudio\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2024\/05\/large_imageretirmentblog-picture-300x157.png 300w, https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/visualstudio\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2024\/05\/large_imageretirmentblog-picture-768x402.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 895px) 100vw, 895px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Boost your productivity with new Azure marketplace images<\/h2>\n<p>We&#8217;re committed to giving you the best, most productive starting point for your Azure VMs and <a href=\"https:\/\/learn.microsoft.com\/en-us\/azure\/dev-box\/concept-dev-box-concepts#dev-box-definition\">Dev Box definitions<\/a>. That&#8217;s why our <a href=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/visualstudio\/visual-studios-azure-marketplace-images-now-support-microsoft-dev-box\/#visual-studio-images-optimized-for-developers\">developer optimized<\/a> images are tailored to meet your development needs and include the latest OS\u2019s, tools, and developer settings. They also provide a consistent and reliable development environment that can be easily replicated and shared across teams and projects.<\/p>\n<p>Today we are happy to announce two new additions to our Azure marketplace presence. First, we just added a VS 2022 Community image to the existing <a href=\"https:\/\/azuremarketplace.microsoft.com\/marketplace\/apps\/microsoftvisualstudio.visualstudioplustools?exp=ubp8&amp;tab=Overview\">Visual Studio 2022 (Microsoft Dev Box compatible)<\/a> VM offer.<\/p>\n<p>For the second addition, which will happen later this year, we&#8217;ll create a new Azure VM offer that focuses on the latest Windows Server release.<\/p>\n<p>This new <a href=\"https:\/\/azuremarketplace.microsoft.com\/marketplace\/apps\/microsoftvisualstudio.visualstudiowsplustools?exp=ubp8&amp;tab=Overview\">Window Server offer<\/a> will include images of the following Visual Studio releases:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>VS 2019 Professional<\/li>\n<li>VS 2019 Enterprise<\/li>\n<li>VS 2022 Community<\/li>\n<li>VS 2022 Professional<\/li>\n<li>VS 2022 Enterprise<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>What are we deprecating?<\/h2>\n<p>Over the years we have published several VM images in the Azure marketplace. Although we believe this has made it easier for you to develop on your Azure VMs, many of our older VM images have either reached their end-of-life, contain unsupported components, duplicate more recent marketplace releases, or don\u2019t offer developer optimizations.<\/p>\n<p>Today we are announcing our plan to deprecate the following offers:<\/p>\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Offer to be deprecated<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>Replaced by offer<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/azuremarketplace.microsoft.com\/marketplace\/apps\/microsoftvisualstudio.windows?exp=ubp8&amp;tab=PlansAndPrice\">Windows Client<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\n<td>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/azuremarketplace.microsoft.com\/marketplace\/apps\/microsoftvisualstudio.windowsplustools?exp=ubp8&amp;tab=Overview\">Windows 11<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/azuremarketplace.microsoft.com\/en-us\/marketplace\/apps\/microsoftvisualstudio.windowsplustools?exp=ubp8&amp;tab=PlansAndPrice\">Windows 10<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/azuremarketplace.microsoft.com\/marketplace\/apps\/microsoftvisualstudio.visualstudio2019latest?exp=ubp8&amp;tab=Overview\">Visual Studio 2019<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\n<td>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/azuremarketplace.microsoft.com\/marketplace\/apps\/microsoftvisualstudio.visualstudio2019plustools?exp=ubp8&amp;tab=Overview\">Visual Studio 2019 (Microsoft Dev Box compatible)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/azuremarketplace.microsoft.com\/marketplace\/apps\/microsoftvisualstudio.visualstudiowsplustools?exp=ubp8&amp;tab=Overview\">Visual Studio on Windows Server<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/azuremarketplace.microsoft.com\/marketplace\/apps\/microsoftvisualstudio.visualstudio2022?exp=ubp8&amp;tab=Overview\">Visual Studio 2022<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\n<td>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/azuremarketplace.microsoft.com\/marketplace\/apps\/microsoftvisualstudio.visualstudioplustools?exp=ubp8&amp;tab=Overview\">Visual Studio 2022 (Microsoft Dev Box compatible)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/azuremarketplace.microsoft.com\/marketplace\/apps\/microsoftvisualstudio.visualstudiowsplustools?exp=ubp8&amp;tab=Overview\">Visual Studio on Windows Server<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>We also plan to deprecate the VS 2015 images from the <a href=\"https:\/\/azuremarketplace.microsoft.com\/marketplace\/apps\/microsoftvisualstudio.visualstudio?exp=ubp8&amp;tab=Overview\">Visual Studio 2015 &amp; 2017<\/a> offer. There will be no changes to the VS 2017 images at this point, and the offer will be renamed to \u201cVisual Studio 2017\u201d to reflect these changes.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>What\u2019s the timeline for these changes?<\/h2>\n<p>We know some of you may rely on the images that we are planning to deprecate. Because we want to make the right choices and provide you with ample time to make changes and provide feedback, we&#8217;ll make these changes gradually. We hope to gather and address your feedback along the way.<\/p>\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Phase<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>Date<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>Description<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>1<\/td>\n<td><strong>Starts:<\/strong> June 28, 2024<\/p>\n<p><strong>Completes:<\/strong> ~90 days after (Sept 26, 2024)<\/td>\n<td>\n<ul>\n<li>Deprecation of VS 2015 images in offer <a href=\"https:\/\/azuremarketplace.microsoft.com\/marketplace\/apps\/microsoftvisualstudio.visualstudio?exp=ubp8&amp;tab=Overview\">Visual Studio 2015 &amp; 2017<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Deprecation of offer <a href=\"https:\/\/azuremarketplace.microsoft.com\/marketplace\/apps\/microsoftvisualstudio.windows?exp=ubp8&amp;tab=PlansAndPrice\">Windows Client<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2<\/td>\n<td><strong>Starts:<\/strong> December 28, 2024<\/p>\n<p><strong>Completes:<\/strong> ~90 days after (March 28, 2025).<\/td>\n<td>\n<ul>\n<li>Deprecation of offers: <a href=\"https:\/\/nam06.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fazuremarketplace.microsoft.com%2Fen-us%2Fmarketplace%2Fapps%2Fmicrosoftvisualstudio.visualstudio2022%3Fexp%3Dubp8%26tab%3DOverview&amp;data=05%7C02%7CRuben.Rios%40microsoft.com%7Cd6e0d3c3869647e4878408dc5a824d2b%7C72f988bf86f141af91ab2d7cd011db47%7C1%7C0%7C638484762898466152%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=V4SwWa9WA0ILRigR28ymiu4wFlaojehMQQTTi5%2BUq5c%3D&amp;reserved=0\">VS 2022<\/a> &amp;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/nam06.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fazuremarketplace.microsoft.com%2Fen-us%2Fmarketplace%2Fapps%2Fmicrosoftvisualstudio.visualstudio2019latest%3Fexp%3Dubp8%26tab%3DOverview&amp;data=05%7C02%7CRuben.Rios%40microsoft.com%7Cd6e0d3c3869647e4878408dc5a824d2b%7C72f988bf86f141af91ab2d7cd011db47%7C1%7C0%7C638484762898472002%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=ZVbh0YT87rgzUhV9Is2xHyo3Ny3ckSiNUCGOGvQ6uEI%3D&amp;reserved=0\">VS 2019<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>3<\/td>\n<td>~December, 2024<\/td>\n<td>\n<ul>\n<li>New Windows Server offer is published.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>At the <strong>start<\/strong> date for each deprecation phase, impacted offers (Dev Box compatible plans are not impacted) will:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>No longer be searchable in the marketplace.<\/li>\n<li>Remain available for deployment to new VMs or scale set instances up until the deprecation date.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Here\u2019s what will happen after the deprecation <strong>completes:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>You won\u2019t be able to deploy any additional virtual machine (VM) using any images within these respective offers.<\/li>\n<li>Active VM instances won\u2019t be affected following the deprecation date.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>See the full <a href=\"https:\/\/learn.microsoft.com\/azure\/virtual-machines\/deprecated-images#i-received-an-email-that-my-workloads-are-running-on-images-that-are-scheduled-for-deprecation--what-does-this-mean-and-does-deprecation-impact-my-existing-workloads\">Deprecated images FAQ<\/a> to learn more.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Finally, don&#8217;t forget that you can make your own custom images using our <a href=\"https:\/\/visualstudio.microsoft.com\/vs\/older-downloads\/\">older downloads<\/a> page.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Let us know what you think!<\/h2>\n<p>We know that these kinds of changes might impact some in a way that we\u2019ve not accounted for, or that the process may be too arduous to react to. Therefore, we ask you to please share your thoughts about the deprecation plan via <a href=\"https:\/\/developercommunity.visualstudio.com\/t\/Feedback-for-the-deprecation-of-Azure-Ma\/10664630\">this Developer Community ticket<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>If you have feedback about the new additions, requests or suggestions to improve our Azure VM offerings, please share it via <a href=\"https:\/\/developercommunity.visualstudio.com\/t\/General-feedback-for-the-Azure-Marketpla\/10664628\">this Developer Community ticket<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We previously announced the addition of new, optimized Azure VM image offers to help you create and test your applications faster and more easily on Azure VMs and the Microsoft Dev Box service. As we continue to evolve and optimize our offers, we&#8217;re introducing more developer-optimized VM images and deprecating our older non-optimized offers. 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