Public IP SKU, retired on 30 September 2025, that could be static or dynamic and was open by default; Standard Load Balancer, Bastion and Azure Firewall would not accept it.
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Terms in this definition
- SKU
The size or tier of a service, for example a VM size or the Premium tier of ACR.
- Azure Load Balancer
Layer-4 load balancer operating within a region, with zone redundancy on the Standard SKU; it has no WAF, doesn't terminate TLS and can't route by URL.
- Azure Firewall
Stateful network firewall run by Azure as a managed service; it can be placed in Virtual WAN hubs and administered through Firewall Manager.