[all OSs] Updating Azure PowerShell Module version to 14.6.0 on January 26th, 2026.

[erik-bershel]

Breaking changes

Pre-installed Az PowerShell module on all OSs will be updated to v14.6.0.

Target date

Image deployment will start on Monday January 26th, 2026 and will take about 3 days.

The motivation for the changes

We want to provide a more recent version preinstalled.
Root issue: #13365

Possible impact

If your workflows rely on Az cmdlets with behavior that changed between major versions, you may encounter compatibility issues. In such cases, pinning a specific Az module version is recommended.

Platforms affected

• Azure DevOps
• GitHub Actions

Runner images affected

• Ubuntu 22.04
• Ubuntu 24.04
• Ubuntu Slim
• macOS 14
• macOS 14 Arm64
• macOS 15
• macOS 15 Arm64
• macOS 26 Arm64
• Windows Server 2019
• Windows Server 2022
• Windows Server 2025

Mitigation ways

If you see any issues with your workflows, you may do one of the next steps:

GitHub Actions:

• Use the azure/powershell action, it lets you to specify a module version you would like using by passing the azPSVersion parameter.

Azure DevOps:

• Use the AzurePowershell@5 task to specify a desired version.