Microsoft has an Azure lifecycle Policy. Can you identify from the options below the correct time that Microsoft gives before retiring a guest operating system (OS)?

According to the Azure Guest OS retirement policy, Microsoft provides at least 12 months notice before retiring a guest OS family, giving customers sufficient time to plan and execute migrations to a supported OS version. This aligns with the broader Microsoft lifecycle policy commitments for cloud services.

6 months is not the defined notice period in the Azure Guest OS lifecycle policy; the policy mandates a longer 12-month minimum warning window.

60 days is far too short a period and does not match the Azure Guest OS retirement notice requirement defined by Microsoft's lifecycle policy.

24 months exceeds the documented minimum retirement notice period; the policy specifies 12 months, not 24, as the required advance notice.