When you provision SQL Server on Azure VM, the SQL Server setup program installs a Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable, which is required for SQL Server components to run properly. Your security software may send alerts about end of life (EOL) or obsolete software components due to the version of the Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable components that were installed by SQL Server, particularly for older versions of SQL Server (SQL Server 2016 and earlier). According to the support lifecycle policy, Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable components are supported as long as the product that installed them is supported. As long as your installed version of SQL Server is still supported, you can safely ignore this warning. We recommend not removing VC++ as it may break some SQL Server functionality.