What's new in Azure VPN Gateway?
Azure VPN Gateway is updated regularly. Stay up to date with the latest announcements. This article provides you with information about:
- Projected changes
- Recent releases
- Previews underway with known limitations (if applicable)
- Known issues
- Deprecated functionality (if applicable)
- Azure VPN Client versions
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Upcoming projected changes
Note
Timelines are subject to change.
| Event | Customer impact | Anticipated timelines | Customer action/ prerequisites | Documentation | Annoucement Links |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Basic SKU public IP address migration | - New pricing changes. - To qualify for successful migration, ensure you have the right IP address space and subnet size. - Up to 10 minutes of downtime is expected during customer-controlled migration. - Customers will have 3 months to migrate after the release of the migration tool. |
- Apr/May 2025: Basic SKU public IP address-to-Standard SKU public IP address migration tool is available for for active-passive gateways. - Jul/Aug 2025: Basic SKU public IP address-to-Standard SKU public IP address migration tool is available for for active-active gateways. - May 2025 to Sep 2025: Customer-controlled migration can be initiated after tool availability. - Sep 2025: Basic SKU public IP addresses are deprecated. |
- Ensure you have the right IP address space and subnet size, check here. - If your VPN gateway is using a Basic SKU public IP address, migrate it to a Standard SKU public IP address. - If your VPN gateway is already using a Standard SKU public IP address, no action is required. |
Available when the migration tool is released. | Basic SKU public IP address retirement |
| Non-AZ gateway SKU retirement | - New pricing for AZ gateway SKUs applied since Jan 2025. - Non-AZ gateway SKUs will be migrated to AZ gateway SKUs with no downtime expected. - Non-AZ gateway SKU creates to be blocked by May 2025. |
- Jan 2025: New pricing for AZ gatway SKUs activated. - May 2025 to Sep 2026: Non-AZ gateway SKU-to-AZ gateway SKU migration available. - Sep 2026: Non-AZ gateway SKU retirement. |
- If the VPN gateway is using a Basic public IP address SKU, migrate it to a Standard public IP address SKU. | VPN Gateway SKU consolidation and migration | Non-AZ gateway SKU retirement |
| Gateway SKU retirement: Standard and High Performance SKUs. | - New Standard/High Perf SKU gateway creations blocked Nov 2023. - Standard/High Perf SKU gateways will be migrated to VpnGw1/VpnGw2. - No downtime is expected for migration. |
- May 2025 to Sep 2025: Standard/HighPerf SKU migration. - Sep 2025: Standard/HighPerf SKU retirement. |
- No action required | Working with VPN Gateway legacy SKUs | Standard and HighPerf gateway SKU retirement |
| Classic VPN gateways retired | - Classic VPN gateways will be decommissioned. | - Aug 2024: Retirement - By Aug 2025: Decommission |
- Migrate your classic VPN gateway to an Azure Resource Manager gateway | VPN Gateway classic to Resource Manager migration | Classic resource retirement |
Recent releases and announcements
| Type | Area | Name | Description | Date added | Limitations |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SKU Consolidation | N/A | VpnGw1-5 non-AZ VPN Gateway SKU | VpnGw1-5 non-AZ SKU will be deprecated on 30 Sep 2026. View the announcement here | Sep 2024 | N/A |
| P2S VPN | P2S | Azure VPN Client for Linux | Certificate authentication, Microsoft Entra ID authentication. | May 2024 | N/A |
| P2S VPN | P2S | Azure VPN Client for macOS | Microsoft Entra ID authentication updates, additional features. | Sept 2024 | N/A |
| P2S VPN | P2S | Azure VPN Client for Windows | Microsoft Entra ID authentication updates, additional features. | May 2024 | N/A |
| SKU deprecation | N/A | Standard/High performance VPN gateway SKU | Legacy SKUs (Standard and HighPerformance) will be deprecated on 30 Sep 2025. View the announcement here. | Nov 2023 | N/A |
| Feature | All | Customer-controlled gateway maintenance | Customers can schedule maintenance (Guest OS and Service updates) during a time of the day that best suits their business needs. | Nov 2023 (Public preview) | See the FAQ. |
| Feature | All | APIPA for VPN Gateway (General availability) | All SKUs of active-active VPN gateways now support multiple custom BGP APIPA addresses for each instance. | Jan 2022 | N/A |
| P2S VPN | P2S | Feedback Hub support for Azure VPN Client connections | Customers can use Feedback Hub to file a bug/allow feedback triage for Azure VPN Client connections. | May 2024 | Windows 10, Windows 11 only |
Azure VPN Client - Windows
| Version | Release Date | New in this release |
|---|---|---|
| 4.0.0.0 | Jan 2025 | - Pre-requisites check for P2S - XAML Upgrade - Feedback prompts - System Tray support - Compact View Mode - Rekey with Entra ID Authentication - Support to Close UI with active connections |
| 3.4.1.0 | Oct 2024 | - Temporary rollback prerequisites check for P2S |
| 3.4.0.0 | Sept 2024 | - Prerequisites check for P2S - Behavior change for rekey with Entra ID Authentication. For information about disconnects, see Why am I getting disconnected from my Azure VPN Client? |
| 3.3.1.0 | Jun 2024 | - Microsoft-registered App ID Audience support for Microsoft Entra ID authentication - TLS 1.3 support (requires TLS1.3 in Azure VPN Gateway) - Better integrations with Feedback Hub (also valid for previous versions) - Client stability improvements - Minor bug fixes |
| 3.2.0.0 | Nov 2023 | - Microsoft Entra authentication is now available from the settings page - Accessibility Improvements - Connection logs in UTCM - Minor bug fixes |
Azure VPN Client - Linux
| Version | Release Date | New in this release |
|---|---|---|
| 3.3.0.0 | Jun 2024 | - New client for Linux - Microsoft-registered App ID support for Microsoft Entra ID authentication |
Azure VPN Client - macOS
| Version | Release Date | New in this release |
|---|---|---|
| 2.7.101 | Aug 2024 | - Auto reconnect on unintentional disconnects - Released universal build (Arm64 and x86_64) - Removed the dependency on Rosetta software - Performance and stability improvements |
| 2.5.3 | May 2024 | - Rebranding of Azure Active Directory to Microsoft Entra |
| 2.5.0 | Apr 2024 | - Microsoft-registered App ID support for Microsoft Entra ID authentication Audience - TLSv 1.3 support - version rolled back |
| 2.4.0 | Nov 2023 | - Multiple server root certificate feature |