Update VPN Gateway deprecation timelines and details

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articles/vpn-gateway/whats-new.md

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 | Event | Customer impact| Anticipated timelines | Customer action/ prerequisites | Documentation | Announcement Links |
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-|Basic SKU public IP address migration - For all VPN SKU's except Basic SKU Gateway |- New [pricing changes](https://azure.microsoft.com/pricing/details/ip-addresses/).<br>- To qualify for successful migration, ensure you have the right IP address space and subnet size.<br>- Up to 10 minutes of downtime is expected during customer-controlled migration.<br>- Customers will have at least ~3 months to migrate after the release of the migration tool.|- **Starting Aug 4, 2025**: Basic SKU public IP address-to-Standard SKU public IP address migration tool is in **public preview** for **active-passive** gateways in Public cloud. <br> - **Active-Passive GA** in Public and National Clouds(Mooncake and Fairfax): GA by 1/30/26 <br> **Active-Active GA** in all clouds: Public Preview in Feb'26 with plan to announce GA in Mar’26 <br>- **July 2026**: Basic SKU public IP addresses are deprecated. <br> - **Deprecation timeline of Basic IP for all VPN Gateways is moved to End of June 2026**|- Ensure you have the right IP address space and subnet size, check here.<br>- If your VPN gateway is using a Basic SKU public IP address, migrate it to a Standard SKU public IP address.<br> - If your VPN gateway is already using a Standard SKU public IP address, no action is required.|- [About Basic SKU Public IP address migration](basic-public-ip-migrate-about.md) <br>  - [How to migrate Basic SKU public IP address to Standard](basic-public-ip-migrate-howto.md?tabs=portal)|[Basic SKU public IP address retirement](https://azure.microsoft.com/updates?id=upgrade-to-standard-sku-public-ip-addresses-in-azure-by-30-september-2025-basic-sku-will-be-retired) |
-|Basic SKU public IP address migration - For Basic SKU Gateway | - Your actual IP address will not change, and connectivity will not be interrupted. | An automated capability to remove the Basic public IP from your gateway will be available **Mid-February'2026** <br> - **Deprecation timeline of Basic IP for all VPN Gateways is moved to end of  June 2026** | - Because Microsoft is retiring Basic public IP resources, we’re updating the Basic VPN Gateway construct. You’ll see the Basic public IP reference as an attribute on your virtual network gateway. <br> - Your actual IP address will not change, and connectivity will not be interrupted. <br> - If you have scripts, ARM templates, or monitoring solutions that reference the Basic public IP resource, update them to use the IP address property of the virtual network gateway instead. | Available when the migration details are released | [Basic SKU public IP address retirement](https://azure.microsoft.com/updates?id=upgrade-to-standard-sku-public-ip-addresses-in-azure-by-30-september-2025-basic-sku-will-be-retired) |
+|Basic SKU public IP address migration - For all VPN SKUs except Basic SKU Gateway |- New [pricing changes](https://azure.microsoft.com/pricing/details/ip-addresses/).<br>- To qualify for successful migration, ensure you have the right IP address space and subnet size.<br>- Up to 10 minutes of downtime is expected during customer-controlled migration.<br>- Customers will have at least ~3 months to migrate after the release of the migration tool.|- **Starting Aug 4, 2025**: Basic SKU public IP address-to-Standard SKU public IP address migration tool is in **public preview** for **active-passive** gateways in Public cloud. <br> - **Active-Passive GA** in Public and National Clouds(Mooncake and Fairfax): GA by 1/30/26 <br> **Active-Active GA** in all clouds: Public Preview in Feb'26 with plan to announce GA in Mar’26 <br>- **July 2026**: Basic SKU public IP addresses are deprecated. <br> - **Deprecation timeline of Basic IP for all VPN Gateways is moved to End of June 2026**|- Ensure you have the right IP address space and subnet size, check here.<br>- If your VPN gateway is using a Basic SKU public IP address, migrate it to a Standard SKU public IP address.<br> - If your VPN gateway is already using a Standard SKU public IP address, no action is required.|- [About Basic SKU Public IP address migration](basic-public-ip-migrate-about.md) <br>  - [How to migrate Basic SKU public IP address to Standard](basic-public-ip-migrate-howto.md?tabs=portal)|[Basic SKU public IP address retirement](https://azure.microsoft.com/updates?id=upgrade-to-standard-sku-public-ip-addresses-in-azure-by-30-september-2025-basic-sku-will-be-retired) |
+|Basic SKU public IP address migration - For Basic SKU Gateway | - Your actual IP address won't change, and connectivity won't be interrupted. | An automated capability to remove the Basic public IP from your gateway will be available **Mid-February'2026** <br> - **Deprecation timeline of Basic IP for all VPN Gateways is moved to end of  June 2026** | - Because Microsoft is retiring Basic public IP resources, we’re updating the Basic VPN Gateway construct. You’ll see the Basic public IP reference as an attribute on your virtual network gateway. <br> - Your actual IP address won't change, and connectivity won't be interrupted. <br> - If you have scripts, ARM templates, or monitoring solutions that reference the Basic public IP resource, update them to use the IP address property of the virtual network gateway instead. | Available when the migration details are released | [Basic SKU public IP address retirement](https://azure.microsoft.com/updates?id=upgrade-to-standard-sku-public-ip-addresses-in-azure-by-30-september-2025-basic-sku-will-be-retired) |
 |Non-AZ gateway SKU retirement |- New pricing for AZ gateway SKUs applied since Jan 2025.<br>- Non-AZ gateway SKUs will be migrated to AZ gateway SKUs with no downtime expected.<br>- Non-AZ gateway SKU creates to be blocked by May 2025. |- **Jan 2025**: New pricing for AZ gateway SKUs activated.<br> - **May 2025 to Sep 2026**: Non-AZ gateway SKU-to-AZ gateway SKU migration available.<br> - **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. In case of Standard IP, you can upgrade the gateway SKU from portal |[VPN Gateway SKU consolidation and migration](gateway-sku-consolidation.md)| [Non-AZ gateway SKU retirement](https://azure.microsoft.com/updates?id=vpngw1-5-non-az-skus-will-be-retired-on-30-september-2026)|
 |Legacy SKU retirement: Standard and High Performance SKUs.|- New Standard/High Perf SKU gateway creations blocked Nov 2023.<br> - Standard/High Perf SKU gateways will be migrated to VpnGw1/VpnGw2 on non-AZ regions and to VpnGw1AZ/VpnAz2 on AZ regions.<br> - Up to 10 minutes of downtime is expected during customer-controlled migration.|- **May 2025 to Mar 2026**: Standard/HighPerf SKU migration.<br>- **Mar 2026**: Standard/HighPerf SKU retirement (extended from Sep 2025).| - **Nov 2025** Migrate your Basic IP address from portal for Active-Passive gateway <br>- **Jan 2026** Migrate your Basic IP address from portal for Active-Active gateway |[Working with VPN Gateway legacy SKUs](vpn-gateway-about-skus-legacy.md)|[Standard and HighPerf gateway SKU retirement](https://azure.microsoft.com/updates?id=standard-and-highperformance-vpn-gateway-skus-will-be-retired-on-30-september-2025)|
 |Classic VPN gateways retired|- Classic VPN gateways will be decommissioned.|- **Aug 2024**: Retirement<br>- **By Aug 2025**: Decommission|- Migrate your classic VPN gateway to an Azure Resource Manager gateway|[VPN Gateway classic to Resource Manager migration](vpn-gateway-classic-resource-manager-migration.md)|[Classic resource retirement](https://azure.microsoft.com/updates?id=cloud-services-retirement-announcement)|