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‎docs-conceptual/azps-15.1.0/azureps-support-lifecycle.md‎

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## Support of releases
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Azure PowerShell ships two types of generally available releases. Customers can choose Standard Term
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Support (STS) or Long Term Support (LTS) releases. The quality of all releases is the same. The only
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difference is the length of support.
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Azure PowerShell currently ships only one type of generally available release: Standard Term Support
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(STS). All major versions are considered STS releases.
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- **Standard Term Support (STS) releases**
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- Odd-numbered major versions are STS releases.
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- STS versions are supported until the next major release of Azure PowerShell.
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- Supported for approximately six months from the original major version release date.
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- Receives minor version and patch updates until out of support.
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- **Long Term Support (LTS) releases**
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- Even-numbered major versions are LTS releases, beginning with **Az** 12.0.0.
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- The final version of each LTS release is supported until the second subsequent STS version is
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released.
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- Supported for approximately 18 months from the original major version release date.
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- Receives minor version updates _only for the first 6 months_ and patch updates until out of
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support.
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> [!IMPORTANT]
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> You must install the latest minor and patch version to qualify for support.
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The following image illustrates the release cadence and support lifecycle of Azure PowerShell for
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STS and LTS releases.
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![Support Lifecycle](../../media/support-lifecycle/support-lifecycle.jpg)
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The following table provides examples of how the release cadence correlates with the support
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lifecycle:
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> [!NOTE]
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> The dates in the following table are for example purposes only. The actual release dates vary.
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| Version number | Release schedule | Breaking changes | Release type | Support type | Supported until version |
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| 12.5.0 | October 2024 | | Minor | LTS | _**15.0.0**_ |
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| 14.0.0 | May 2025 | ![Yes][1] | Major | LTS | 14.1.0 |
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| 14.1.0 | June 2025 | | Minor | LTS | 14.2.0 |
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| 14.2.0 | July 2025 | | Minor | LTS | 14.3.0 |
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| 14.3.0 | August 2025 | | Minor | LTS | 14.4.0 |
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| 14.4.0 | September 2025 | | Minor | LTS | 14.5.0 |
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| 14.5.0 | October 2025 | | Minor | LTS | _**17.0.0**_ |
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| 15.0.0 | November 2025 | ![Yes][1] | Major | STS | 15.1.0 |
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| 15.1.0 | December 2025 | | Minor | STS | 15.2.0 |
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| 15.2.0 | January 2026 | | Minor | STS | 15.3.0 |
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| 15.3.0 | February 2026 | | Minor | STS | 15.4.0 |
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| 15.4.0 | March 2026 | | Minor | STS | 15.5.0 |
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| 15.5.0 | April 2026 | | Minor | STS | _**16.0.0**_ |
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| 16.0.0 | May 2026 | ![Yes][1] | Major | LTS | 16.1.0 |
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| 16.1.0 | June 2026 | | Minor | LTS | 16.2.0 |
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| 16.2.0 | July 2026 | | Minor | LTS | 16.3.0 |
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| 16.3.0 | August 2026 | | Minor | LTS | 16.4.0 |
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| 16.4.0 | September 2026 | | Minor | LTS | 16.5.0 |
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| 16.5.0 | October 2026 | | Minor | LTS | _**19.0.0**_ |
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- Examples:
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- To qualify for support, you must update to 14.1.0 when released if you have **Az** 14.0.0
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- If **Az** 14.5.0 is the final release of **Az** version 14, it's supported until the release of
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**Az** 17.0.0.
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- When **Az** 14.0.0 is released, **Az** version 13 is no longer supported.
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## Breaking changes
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- [Az 15.0.0 breaking changes](migrate-az-15.0.0.md)
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- [Az 14.0.0 breaking changes](migrate-az-14.0.0.md)
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- [Az 13.0.0 breaking changes](migrate-az-13.0.0.md)
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- [Az 12.0.0 breaking changes](migrate-az-12.0.0.md)
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| ![Supported][1] Az 14.x | ![Supported][1] | ![Supported][1] |
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| ![Out of Support][4] Az 13.x | ![Out of Support][4] | ![Out of Support][4] |
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| ![Supported][1] Az 12.x | ![Supported][1] | ![Supported][1] |
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| ![Out of Support][4] <= Az 11.x | ![Out of Support][4] | ![Out of Support][4] |
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| ![Out of Support][4] AzureRM (all versions) | ![Not Supported][3] | ![Out of Support][4] |
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| ![Out of Support][4] Azure (all versions) | ![Not Supported][3] | ![Out of Support][4] |
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| ![Supported][1] Az 15.x | ![Supported][1] | ![Supported][1] |
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| ![Out of Support][4] <= Az 14.x | ![Out of Support][4] | ![Out of Support][4] |
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- The ![Supported][1] icon indicates supported version combinations of Azure PowerShell and
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