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.Net Standard user-defined functions for Azure Stream Analytics will be retired on 30 September 2024.
Target retirement date: October 01, 2024
.Net Standard user-defined functions for Azure Stream Analytics will be retired on 30 September 2024. After that date, it won’t be possible to use the feature. Please transition to JavaScript user-defined functions for Azure Stream Analytics.
Support of Azure Notification Hubs’ Firebase Cloud Messaging (FCM) legacy API will be deprecated by July 2024.
Target retirement date: March 31, 2027
Azure Notification Hubs support for GCM/FCM legacy will be retired on 1 July 2024.
Azure Advisor will no longer display aggregated potential yearly savings beginning 30 September 2024
Target retirement date: April 19, 2024
Learn how to continue calculating aggregated potential yearly savings.
App Service Environment version 1 and version 2 will be retired on 31 August 2024
Target retirement date: August 31, 2024
Migrate to App Service Environment v3 by 31 August 2024.
Cloud Services (classic) deployment model is retiring on 31 August 2024
Target retirement date: August 31, 2024
Cloud Services (classic) retiring in August 2024.
Five Azure classic networking services will be retired on 31 August 2024
Target retirement date: August 31, 2024
Classic Networking Services retiring in August 2024.
Action recommended: Prepare for model version retirement in Azure OpenAI
Action recommended: Prepare for model version retirement in Azure OpenAI
March 2024
Begin using Azure Monitor–based dashboards in Azure API Management before the built-in analytics dashboards are retired on 15 March 2027
Target retirement date: March 15, 2027
The classic built-in analytics dashboards will be retired on 15 March 2027.
Migrate your Git Repository to automated deployments with APIOps by 15 March 2025
Target retirement date: March 15, 2025
The Git repository feature in Azure API Management will be retired 15 March 2025
Azure CycleCloud support for Chef run_lists and cookbooks in cluster-init projects is ending on 31 March 2025
Target retirement date: April 01, 2025
End of Life Announcement for Chef Run_lists and Cookbooks in Azure CycleCloud Cluster-Init Projects on 31 March 2025
Migrate to Azure AI Document Intelligence v3.1 GA version
Target retirement date: August 31, 2026
Azure AI Document Intelligence v2.0 API will be retired on 31 August 2026
Custom .Net deserializer for Azure Stream Analytics will be retired on 30 September 2024.
Target retirement date: September 30, 2024
Custom .Net deserializer for Azure Stream Analytics will be retired on 30 September 2024.
We're retiring Memory Optimized Data Flows in Azure Data Factory - use General Purpose for better performance at a lower price.
Target retirement date: April 01, 2027
We're retiring Memory Optimized Data Flows in Azure Data Factory
Custom .net deserializer for Azure Stream Analytics will be retired on 30 September 2024
Target retirement date: October 01, 2024
Custom .net deserializer for Azure Stream Analytics will be retired on 30 September 2024. After that date, it won't be possible to use the feature. Please transition to a JSON, AVRO, or CSV built-in deserializer by that date.
Azure HDInsight 5.0 will be retired on 31 March 2025
Target retirement date: March 31, 2025
Azure HDInsight 5.0 for cluster shapes Kafka, Interactive Query, and Spark will retire on 31 March 2025. HDInsight, 5.1 is Generally available from November 1, 2023, this release contains all the latest versions of supported software. It comes with all the improvements made in open-source versions and the integrations from Microsoft.
Retirement notice: Windows Server 2022 will retire with k8s 1.34 in March 2027
Target retirement date: March 15, 2027
Windows Server 2022 will be retired on 15 March 2027
Retirement notice: The legacy Azure Storage C++ client libraries will be retired on 29 March 2025
Target retirement date: March 29, 2024
Legacy Azure Storage C++ client libraries will be retired on 29 March 2025. Before that date, you’ll need to transition to the latest version of the Azure Storage C++ client libraries.
Azure Maps Web SDK Map Control version 2.0.x and Azure Maps Service Module will be retired on 30 September 2026
Target retirement date: September 30, 2026
Azure Maps Web SDK Map Control version 2.0.x and Azure Maps Service Module will be retired on 30 September 2026
Retirement: Support for .NET 6 ends on 12 November 2024—upgrade your Azure Functions apps to .NET 8
Target retirement date: November 12, 2024
Upgrade your Azure Functions apps to .NET 8
Retirement: Support for the in-process model for .NET apps in Azure Functions ends 10 November 2026.
Target retirement date: November 10, 2026
Migrate your .NET apps in Azure Functions to the isolated worker model
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