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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.
Desired state configuration VM Extension for Linux, and Azure Automation DSC support for Linux, will be retired on 30 September 2023
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
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.
September 2022
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.
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.
August 2022
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.
May 2022
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.
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 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
April 2022
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.
March 2022
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
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
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
January 2022
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.
December 2021
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.
November 2021
Azure Scheduler will be retired on 31 January 2022
Target retirement date: January 31, 2022
Transition to Azure Log Apps before 31 January 2022.
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