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Azure Monitor for AKS-Engine will not be supported on 14 September 2026
Target retirement date: September 14, 2026
Azure Monitor for AKS-Engine will not be supported after 14 September 2026 - enable Azure Monitor to monitor AKS clusters migrated from AKS-Engine
Azure Database for MariaDB will be retired on 19 September 2025 – Migrate to Azure Database for MySQL Flexible Server
Target retirement date: September 19, 2025
Azure Database for MariaDB will be retired on 19 September 2025
Azure Monitor Data Collection API Retirement
Target retirement date: September 18, 2026
Support for Data Collector API feature is being discontinued. This feature allowed users to ingest custom logs into Log Analytics workspaces. DCR-based Log Ingestion API now provides similar capabilities with added flexibility of data transformation and support of secure authentication methods.
Transition to using standard tests for single-step availability testing in Azure Monitor application insights by 30 September 2026
Target retirement date: September 30, 2026
URL ping tests in the application insights feature will be retired on 30 September 2026.
Azure Maps Data V1 / V2 APIs will be retired on 16 September 2024 – transition to Azure Maps Data Registry APIs
Target retirement date: September 16, 2024
Azure Maps Data V1 / V2 APIs will be retired on 16 September 2024
Retirement: HTTP application routing add-on (preview) for AKS will retire 03/03/2025
Target retirement date: March 03, 2025
Transition your ingresses to Web Application routing add-on before 3/3/2025 to avoid service disruptions.
Azure Maps Render V1 APIs will be retired on 17 September 2026 – transition to Azure Maps Render V2 APIs
Target retirement date: September 17, 2026
Azure Maps Render V1 APIs will be retired on 17 September 2026
Retirement notice: The legacy Azure Storage Python client libraries will be retired on 13 September 2024
Target retirement date: September 13, 2024
Upgrade to the latest version of the libraries before the Legacy Azure Storage Python client libraries are retired on 13 September 2024.
Retirement notice: The Azure Storage Ruby client libraries will be retired on 13 September 2024
Target retirement date: September 13, 2024
Azure Storage Ruby client libraries are being retired on 13 September 2024 - Transition to calling the Azure Storage REST API directly from your Ruby applications
Retirement notice: The legacy Azure Storage Go client libraries will be retired on 13 September 2024
Target retirement date: September 13, 2024
Upgrade to the latest version of the libraries before the Legacy Azure Storage Go client libraries are retired on 13 September 2024.
Azure AI Video Indexer features adjustments following Media Services Retirement
Target retirement date: July 01, 2024
Azure AI Video Indexer classic accounts will be retired on 30 June 2024 due to Azure Media Service retirement - migrate your current resources to ARM accounts.
Announcing Azure FXT Edge Filer Retirement
Target retirement date: January 01, 2027
Azure FXT Edge Filer will be end of sale on 31 December 2023 with end of support on 31 December 2026
Retirement: Azure AI Document Intelligence v2.0 API will be retired on 31 August 2026
Azure AI Document Intelligence v2.0 API will be retired on 31 August 2026 – Upgrade to v3.1 general availability API version
Project Azure FarmBeats will be retired on 30 Sep 2023 – transition to Azure Data Manager for Agriculture.
Target retirement date: September 30, 2023
Project Azure FarmBeats will be retired on September 30, 2023
Azure Maps Gen1 Price Tier will be retired on 15 September 2026 -- transition to Azure Maps Gen2 Price Tier
Target retirement date: September 15, 2026
Azure Maps Gen1 Price Tier will be retired on 15 September 2026
Important Notice: Azure Product Retirement: End of Life Announcement of Azure Sphere classic CLI on 30 September 2024. Replace with Azure Sphere CLI
Target retirement date: September 30, 2024
Azure Sphere support for Azure Sphere classic CLI will be retired on 30 September 2024
August 2023
Azure Logic Apps (Standard): Upgrade to Node 18 LTS by 11 September 2023
Target retirement date: September 11, 2023
Support for Node 16 LTS is ending on 11 September 2023. Any application hosted on Azure Logic Apps that relies on this version will not be supported and must be upgraded to Node 18 LTS by 11 September 2023.
Retirement: Kubernetes 1.24 support in AKS
Target retirement date: August 16, 2023
Migrate to Kubernetes 1.25 or higher in AKS.
Retirement: Azure Container Apps preview API versions 2022-06-01-preview and 2022-11-01-preview
Target retirement date: November 16, 2023
If you're using Azure Resource Manager API version 2022-06-01-preview or 2022-11-01-preview to manage Azure Container Apps, please update your API requests to use version 2023-04-01-preview or later.
July 2023
The Classic VMs retirement deadline is now September 6, 2023
Target retirement date: September 06, 2023
Migrate your Classic VMs before September 6, 2023 to avoid service disruptions.
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