Upgrade a public IP address using Azure PowerShell

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Important

On September 30, 2025, Basic SKU public IPs will be retired. For more information, see the official announcement. If you are currently using Basic SKU public IPs, make sure to upgrade to Standard SKU public IPs prior to the retirement date.

Azure public IP addresses are created with a SKU, either Basic or Standard. The SKU determines their functionality including allocation method, feature support, and resources they can be associated with.

In this article, you'll learn how to upgrade a static Basic SKU public IP address to Standard SKU using Azure PowerShell.

Prerequisites

If you choose to install and use PowerShell locally, this article requires the Azure PowerShell module version 5.4.1 or later. Run Get-Module -ListAvailable Az to find the installed version. If you need to upgrade, see Install Azure PowerShell module. If you're running PowerShell locally, you also need to run Connect-AzAccount -Environment AzureChinaCloud to create a connection with Azure.

Upgrade public IP address

In this section, you'll use the Azure CLI to upgrade your static Basic SKU public IP to the Standard SKU. Upgrading a public IP resource retains the IP address.

In order to upgrade a public IP, it must not be associated with any resource. For more information, see View, modify settings for, or delete a public IP address to learn how to disassociate a public IP.

Upgrading a public IP resource retains the IP address.

Important

In the majority of cases, Public IPs upgraded from Basic to Standard SKU continue to have no availability zones. This means they cannot be associated with an Azure resource that is either zone-redundant or tied to a pre-specified zone in regions where this is offered. (In rare cases where the Basic Public IP has a specific zone assigned, it will retain this zone when upgraded to Standard.)

### Place the public IP address into a variable. ###
$ip = @{
    Name = 'myBasicPublicIP'
    ResourceGroupName = 'myResourceGroup'
}
$pubIP = Get-AzPublicIpAddress @ip

### Set the SKU to standard. ###
$pubIP.Sku.Name = 'Standard'
Set-AzPublicIpAddress -PublicIpAddress $pubIP

Note

The basic public IP you are upgrading must have static assignment. You'll receive a warning that the IP can't be upgraded if you try to upgrade a dynamically allocated IP address. Change the IP address assignment to static before upgrading.

Warning

Upgrading a basic public IP to standard SKU can't be reversed. Public IPs upgraded from basic to standard SKU continue to have no guaranteed availability zones.

Verify upgrade

In this section, you'll verify the public IP address is now the standard SKU.

### Place the public IP address into a variable. ###
$ip = @{
    Name = 'myBasicPublicIP'
    ResourceGroupName = 'myResourceGroup'
}
$pubIP = Get-AzPublicIpAddress @ip

### Display setting. ####
$pubIP.Sku.Name

The command should display Standard.

Next steps

In this article, you upgraded a basic SKU public IP address to standard SKU.

For more information on public IP addresses in Azure, see: