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## Support of releases

Azure PowerShell ships two types of generally available releases. Customers can choose Standard Term
Support (STS) or Long Term Support (LTS) releases. The quality of all releases is the same. The only
difference is the length of support.
Azure PowerShell currently ships only one type of generally available release: Standard Term Support
(STS). All major versions are considered STS releases.

- **Standard Term Support (STS) releases**

- Odd-numbered major versions are STS releases.
- STS versions are supported until the next major release of Azure PowerShell.
- Supported for approximately six months from the original major version release date.
- Receives minor version and patch updates until out of support.

- **Long Term Support (LTS) releases**

- Even-numbered major versions are LTS releases, beginning with **Az** 12.0.0.
- The final version of each LTS release is supported until the second subsequent STS version is
released.
- Supported for approximately 18 months from the original major version release date.
- Receives minor version updates _only for the first 6 months_ and patch updates until out of
support.

> [!IMPORTANT]
> You must install the latest minor and patch version to qualify for support.

The following image illustrates the release cadence and support lifecycle of Azure PowerShell for
STS and LTS releases.

![Support Lifecycle](../../media/support-lifecycle/support-lifecycle.jpg)

The following table provides examples of how the release cadence correlates with the support
lifecycle:

> [!NOTE]
> The dates in the following table are for example purposes only. The actual release dates vary.

| Version number | Release schedule | Breaking changes | Release type | Support type | Supported until version |
| -------------- | ---------------- | ---------------- | ------------ | ------------ | ----------------------- |
| 12.5.0 | October 2024 | | Minor | LTS | _**15.0.0**_ |
| 14.0.0 | May 2025 | ![Yes][1] | Major | LTS | 14.1.0 |
| 14.1.0 | June 2025 | | Minor | LTS | 14.2.0 |
| 14.2.0 | July 2025 | | Minor | LTS | 14.3.0 |
| 14.3.0 | August 2025 | | Minor | LTS | 14.4.0 |
| 14.4.0 | September 2025 | | Minor | LTS | 14.5.0 |
| 14.5.0 | October 2025 | | Minor | LTS | _**17.0.0**_ |
| 15.0.0 | November 2025 | ![Yes][1] | Major | STS | 15.1.0 |
| 15.1.0 | December 2025 | | Minor | STS | 15.2.0 |
| 15.2.0 | January 2026 | | Minor | STS | 15.3.0 |
| 15.3.0 | February 2026 | | Minor | STS | 15.4.0 |
| 15.4.0 | March 2026 | | Minor | STS | 15.5.0 |
| 15.5.0 | April 2026 | | Minor | STS | _**16.0.0**_ |
| 16.0.0 | May 2026 | ![Yes][1] | Major | LTS | 16.1.0 |
| 16.1.0 | June 2026 | | Minor | LTS | 16.2.0 |
| 16.2.0 | July 2026 | | Minor | LTS | 16.3.0 |
| 16.3.0 | August 2026 | | Minor | LTS | 16.4.0 |
| 16.4.0 | September 2026 | | Minor | LTS | 16.5.0 |
| 16.5.0 | October 2026 | | Minor | LTS | _**19.0.0**_ |

- Examples:
- To qualify for support, you must update to 14.1.0 when released if you have **Az** 14.0.0
installed.
- If **Az** 14.5.0 is the final release of **Az** version 14, it's supported until the release of
**Az** 17.0.0.
- When **Az** 14.0.0 is released, **Az** version 13 is no longer supported.

## Breaking changes

Major version releases of Azure PowerShell introduce breaking changes and occur up to two times per
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see the following articles.

- [Upcoming breaking changes](upcoming-breaking-changes.md)
- [Az 15.0.0 breaking changes](migrate-az-15.0.0.md)
- [Az 14.0.0 breaking changes](migrate-az-14.0.0.md)
- [Az 13.0.0 breaking changes](migrate-az-13.0.0.md)
- [Az 12.0.0 breaking changes](migrate-az-12.0.0.md)
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| Azure PowerShell | PowerShell <br/> 7.x (any supported version) | Windows PowerShell <br/> 5.1 |
| ------------------------------------------- | :------------------------------------------: | :--------------------------: |
| ![Supported][1] Az 14.x | ![Supported][1] | ![Supported][1] |
| ![Out of Support][4] Az 13.x | ![Out of Support][4] | ![Out of Support][4] |
| ![Supported][1] Az 12.x | ![Supported][1] | ![Supported][1] |
| ![Out of Support][4] <= Az 11.x | ![Out of Support][4] | ![Out of Support][4] |
| ![Out of Support][4] AzureRM (all versions) | ![Not Supported][3] | ![Out of Support][4] |
| ![Out of Support][4] Azure (all versions) | ![Not Supported][3] | ![Out of Support][4] |
| ![Supported][1] Az 15.x | ![Supported][1] | ![Supported][1] |
| ![Out of Support][4] <= Az 14.x | ![Out of Support][4] | ![Out of Support][4] |

- The ![Supported][1] icon indicates supported version combinations of Azure PowerShell and
PowerShell.
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