Upgrade a public IP address using the Azure portal, Azure CLI, or Azure PowerShell
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Important
On September 30, 2025, Basic SKU public IPs will be retired. For more information, see the official announcement. If you are currently using Basic SKU public IPs, make sure to upgrade to Standard SKU public IPs prior to the retirement date.
Azure public IP addresses are created with a SKU, either Basic or Standard. The SKU determines their functionality including allocation method, feature support, and resources they can be associated with.
In this article, you learn how to upgrade a static Basic SKU public IP address to Standard SKU in the Azure portal, Azure CLI, or Azure PowerShell.
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Upgrade public IP address
In this section, you upgrade your static Basic SKU public IP to the Standard SKU using the Azure portal, Azure CLI, or Azure PowerShell.
Upgrading a public IP resource retains the IP address.
Important
In the majority of cases, Public IPs upgraded from Basic to Standard SKU continue to have no availability zones. This means they cannot be associated with an Azure resource that is either zone-redundant or tied to a pre-specified zone in regions where this is offered. (In rare cases where the Basic Public IP has a specific zone assigned, it will retain this zone when upgraded to Standard.)
Note
If you have multiple basic SKU public IP addresses attached to a virtual machine, it may be easier to use our upgrade script.
In the search box at the top of the portal, enter Public IP.
In the search results, select Public IP addresses.
In Public IP addresses, select myBasicPublicIP or the IP address you want to upgrade.
Select the upgrade banner at the top of the overview section in myBasicPublicIP.
Note
The basic public IP you are upgrading must have static assignment. You'll receive a warning that the IP can't be upgraded if you try to upgrade a dynamically allocated IP address. Change the IP address assignment to static before upgrading.
Select the I acknowledge check box, and then select Upgrade.
Warning
Upgrading a basic public IP to standard SKU can't be reversed. Public IPs upgraded from basic to standard SKU continue to have no guaranteed availability zones.
Upgrading a public IP resource retains the IP address.
Important
In the majority of cases, Public IPs upgraded from Basic to Standard SKU continue to have no availability zones. This means they cannot be associated with an Azure resource that is either zone-redundant or tied to a pre-specified zone in regions where this is offered. (In rare cases where the Basic Public IP has a specific zone assigned, it will retain this zone when upgraded to Standard.)
Note
If you have multiple basic SKU public IP addresses attached to a virtual machine, it may be easier to use our upgrade script.
az network public-ip update \
--resource-group myResourceGroup \
--name myBasicPublicIP \
--sku Standard
Note
The basic public IP you are upgrading must have static assignment. You'll receive a warning that the IP can't be upgraded if you try to upgrade a dynamically allocated IP address. Change the IP address assignment to static before upgrading.
Warning
Upgrading a basic public IP to standard SKU can't be reversed. Public IPs upgraded from basic to standard SKU continue to have no guaranteed availability zones.
Upgrading a public IP resource retains the IP address.
Important
In the majority of cases, Public IPs upgraded from Basic to Standard SKU continue to have no availability zones. This means they cannot be associated with an Azure resource that is either zone-redundant or tied to a pre-specified zone in regions where this is offered. (In rare cases where the Basic Public IP has a specific zone assigned, it will retain this zone when upgraded to Standard.)
Note
If you have multiple basic SKU public IP addresses attached to a virtual machine, it may be easier to use our upgrade script.
### Place the public IP address into a variable. ###
$ip = @{
Name = 'myBasicPublicIP'
ResourceGroupName = 'myResourceGroup'
}
$pubIP = Get-AzPublicIpAddress @ip
### Set the SKU to standard. ###
$pubIP.Sku.Name = 'Standard'
Set-AzPublicIpAddress -PublicIpAddress $pubIP
Note
The basic public IP you are upgrading must have static assignment. You'll receive a warning that the IP can't be upgraded if you try to upgrade a dynamically allocated IP address. Change the IP address assignment to static before upgrading.
Warning
Upgrading a basic public IP to standard SKU can't be reversed. Public IPs upgraded from basic to standard SKU continue to have no guaranteed availability zones.
Verify upgrade
In this section, you verify the public IP address is now the standard SKU using the Azure portal, Azure CLI, or Azure PowerShell.
In the search box at the top of the portal, enter Public IP.
In the search results, select Public IP addresses.
In Public IP addresses, select myBasicPublicIP or the IP address you upgraded.
Verify that the SKU is listed as Standard in the Overview section.
With the following Azure CLI command, verify that the SKU is listed as Standard in the output:
# Get the SKU of the public IP address.
az network public-ip show \
--resource-group myResourceGroup \
--name myBasicPublicIP \
--query sku \
--output tsv
With the following Azure PowerShell command, verify that the SKU is listed as Standard in the output:
### Place the public IP address into a variable. ###
$ip = @{
Name = 'myBasicPublicIP'
ResourceGroupName = 'myResourceGroup'
}
$pubIP = Get-AzPublicIpAddress @ip
### Display setting. ####
$pubIP.Sku.Name
Next steps
In this article, you upgraded a basic SKU public IP address to standard SKU.
For more information on public IP addresses in Azure, see:
