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October 2022

7 Oct

Azure Static Web Apps extended support for .NET Core 3.1 ends on 3 December 2022

Target retirement date: December 03, 2022

Post 3 December 2022, Azure Static Web Apps will end support for .NET Core 3.1.

  • Static Web Apps
  • Retirements
7 Oct

Desired state configuration VM Extension for Linux, and Azure Automation DSC support for Linux, will be retired on 30 September 2023

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Target retirement date: September 30, 2022

PowerShell DSC Virtual Machine extension for Linux, and Azure Automation DSC support for Linux, will be retired on 30 September 2023

  • Automation
  • Virtual Machines
  • Retirements
  • Management
  • Features
7 Oct

Migrate your runbooks to managed identities in Azure Automation by 30 September 2023

Target retirement date: September 28, 2022

Azure Automation Run As accounts will be retired on 30 September 2023.

  • Retirements

September 2022

30 Sep

Azure Static Web Apps support for Node 12 ends on 3 December 2022

Target retirement date: December 03, 2022

Post 3 December 2022, Azure Static Web Apps will end support for Node 12.

  • Static Web Apps
  • Retirements
30 Sep

Upgrade your Azure Cache for Redis instances to use Redis version 6 by 30 June 2023

Target retirement date: September 14, 2022

Azure Cache for Redis instances running on Redis version 4 need to be upgraded by 30 June 2023.

  • Azure Cache for Redis
  • Retirements

August 2022

1 Aug

Azure StorSimple 8000/1200 series will no longer be supported starting 31st December 2022

Target retirement date: December 31, 2022

Updated announcement for Azure StorSimple 8000/1200 series end of life.

  • StorSimple
  • Retirements

May 2022

6 May

Azure VM insights guest health (preview) will be retired on 30 November 2022

Target retirement date: November 30, 2022

Transition to Azure Monitor log alerts for VM guest health by 30 November 2022.

  • Retirements
6 May

Update your IoT Edge devices on Raspberry Pi OS Stretch

Target retirement date: July 01, 2022

Transition to using Bullseye to continue receiving patches.

  • Azure IoT Edge
  • Retirements
2 May

Azure Video Analyzer (preview) will be retired on 30 November 2022

Target retirement date: November 30, 2022

Azure Video Analyzer (preview) will be retired on 30 November 2022 – transition to either Dynamics Connected Spaces or Open Source solutions by that date

  • Retirements

April 2022

29 Apr

Azure Machine Learning Reinforcement Learning preview will be retired on 30 June 2022

Target retirement date: June 30, 2022

Start using Ray on Azure Machine Learning Library before 30 June 2022.

  • Azure Machine Learning
  • Retirements

March 2022

28 Mar

IoT connector preview feature in Azure API for FHIR retiring on 30 September 2022

Target retirement date: September 30, 2022

Migrate to MedTech service feature which provides stronger security and supportability.

  • Azure API for FHIR
  • Retirements
21 Mar

Update your Azure App Service apps to use Microsoft .NET 6 before 13 December 2022

Target retirement date: December 13, 2022

Extended support for .NET Core 3.1 is ending on 13 December 2022.

  • App Service
  • App Service (Linux)
  • Retirements
17 Mar

Extended support for Microsoft .NET Core 3.1 will end on 13 December 2022

Target retirement date: December 13, 2022

Update your Azure Functions apps to use Microsoft .NET 6 before 13 December 2022

  • Azure Functions
  • Retirements
17 Mar

IoT Hub on Azure Stack Hub public preview will be retired on 30 September 2022

Target retirement date: July 31, 2022

Migrate to Azure IoT Edge gateway by 30 September 2022.

  • Azure Stack Hub
  • Azure IoT Edge
  • Azure IoT Hub
  • Retirements
16 Mar

Premium Container SKU (public preview) will be retired on 30 June 2022

Target retirement date: June 30, 2022

Transition to Premium V3 by 30 June 2022.

  • App Service
  • Retirements
16 Mar

Community support for Node 12 LTS is ending on 30 April 2022

Target retirement date: April 30, 2022

Community support for Node 12 LTS is ending on 30 April 2022 – transition to Node 14 LTS by that date

  • App Service
  • App Service (Linux)
  • Retirements
16 Mar

Community support for .NET 5 is ending on 8 May 2022

Target retirement date: May 08, 2022

Community support for .NET 5 will end on 8 May 2022 – transition to .NET 6 by that date

  • App Service
  • App Service (Linux)
  • Retirements

January 2022

19 Jan

Scheduled Query Rules API preview version 2021-02-01 will be retired on 31 January 2022

Target retirement date: January 31, 2022

Transition to Scheduled Query Rules API version 2021-08-01 before 31 January 2022.

  • Azure Monitor
  • Retirements
  • Services
  • Management
  • Features

December 2021

8 Dec

Azure Monitor containers insights preview version for Azure Red Hat OpenShift v4.x will be retired by 31 May 2022

Target retirement date: May 31, 2022

Transition to Container Insights by 31 May 2022.

  • Azure Monitor
  • Azure Arc enabled Kubernetes
  • Azure Red Hat OpenShift
  • Retirements

November 2021

23 Nov

Azure Scheduler will be retired on 31 January 2022

Target retirement date: January 31, 2022

Transition to Azure Log Apps before 31 January 2022.

  • Scheduler
  • Retirements

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