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Monthly updates for February 2021

Feb 25

We are retiring Classic Azure Migrate on 29 February 2024

Target retirement date: February 29, 2024

Transition to Azure Migrate by 29 February 2024.

  • Azure Migrate
  • Retirements
Feb 25

Action required: Switch to Azure Data Lake Storage Gen2 by 29 February 2024

Target retirement date: February 29, 2024

Migrate to Azure Data Lake Storage Gen2.

  • Azure Data Lake Storage Gen1
  • Retirements
Feb 25

Start using new alerts in Azure Monitor for Azure Government Cloud

Target retirement date: February 29, 2024

Classic alerts in Azure Monitor will be retired on 29 February 2024

  • Azure Monitor
  • Retirements
Feb 25

Start using new alerts in Azure Monitor for Azure China 21Vianet

Target retirement date: February 29, 2024

Classic alerts in Azure Monitor will be retired on 29 February 2024.

  • Azure Monitor
  • Retirements
Feb 25

Update the Azure Cosmos DB Java SDK by 29 February 2024

Target retirement date: February 29, 2024

We’ll be retiring version Sync 2.x of the Azure Cosmos DB Java SDK.

  • Azure Cosmos DB
  • Retirements
Feb 25

Azure Stack Edge Pro FPGA is retiring on 29 February 2024

Target retirement date: February 28, 2024

Upgrade to the new Azure Stack Edge Pro GPU devices.

  • Azure Stack Edge
  • Retirements
Feb 24

Azure Batch rendering VM images & licensing will be retired on 29 February 2024

Target retirement date: February 29, 2024

Azure Batching rendering VM images & licensing are being retired.

  • Batch
  • Retirements
Feb 24

We’re retiring the standard version of Custom Voice on 29 February 2024

Target retirement date: February 29, 2024

Upgrade to Custom Neural Voice.

  • Azure AI services
  • Retirements
Feb 24

We are retiring Azure Cognitive Services Text Analytics v2.x on 29 February 2024

Target retirement date: February 29, 2024

Transition to Azure Cognitive Services Text Analytics v3.

  • Azure AI services
  • Retirements
Feb 24

Please upgrade your Azure AD Connect sync to a newer version by 29 February 2024

Target retirement date: February 29, 2024

We’re retiring older versions of Azure Active Directory Connect.

  • Microsoft Entra ID (formerly Azure AD)
  • Security
  • Retirements
Feb 24

Azure Batch Transcription and Customization Rest API v2 will be retired by 29 February 2024

Target retirement date: February 29, 2024

Update your code that uses Azure Batch Transcription and Customization Rest API.

  • Azure AI Speech
  • Retirements
Feb 24

Azure Application Gateway analytics will be retired on 29 February 2024

Target retirement date: February 29, 2024

Transition to Azure Monitor Network Insights workbook.

  • Application Gateway
  • Azure Monitor
  • Security
  • Retirements
Feb 23

Update your scripts to use Az PowerShell modules by 29 February 2024

Target retirement date: February 29, 2024

We'll retire AzureRM PowerShell modules on 29 February 2024.

  • Retirements
Feb 23

Update your Azure Media Services REST API and SDKs to v3 by 29 February 2024

Target retirement date: February 29, 2024

We’ll be retiring version 2 of the Azure Media Services API and the associated client SDKs on 29 February 2024.

  • Media Services
  • Retirements
Feb 23

We’re retiring Classic Application Insights on 29 February 2024

Target retirement date: February 29, 2024

Transition to workspace-based Application Insights.

  • Application Insights
  • Retirements
Feb 23

Jenkins plug-ins for Azure are being retired on 29 February 2024

Target retirement date: February 29, 2024

Start using Azure CLI for a better experience integrating with Azure service.

  • Azure DevOps
  • Retirements
Feb 23

AKS legacy Azure AD integration will be retired on 29 February 2024

Target retirement date: February 29, 2024

Transition to AKS Managed Azure AD by 29 February 2024.

  • Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
  • Retirements
Feb 23

We’re retiring Azure Network Watcher Connection Monitor (classic) on 29 February 2024

Target retirement date: February 29, 2024

Transition to the new Connection Monitor in Azure Network Watcher.

  • Azure Monitor
  • Network Watcher
  • Retirements
Feb 23

We’re retiring Network Performance Monitor on 29 February 2024

Target retirement date: February 29, 2024

Transition to the new Connection Monitor in Azure Network Watcher.

  • Network Performance Monitor
  • Retirements
Feb 22

Earlier versions of Analysis Services client libraries will retire on 30 June 2021

Target retirement date: June 30, 2021

Update your Analytics Services client libraries to version 15.1.37.40 or higher by 30 June 2021.

  • Azure Analysis Services
  • Retirements

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