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May 2023

May 15

Transition to Azure AD to query data from Azure Monitor application insights by 31 March 2026

IN DEVELOPMENT

Target retirement date: March 31, 2026

API keys for querying data from Azure Monitor application insights will be retired on 31 March 2026

  • Retirements
May 15

Switch to Azure AD authentication for application insights by 30 September 2025

IN DEVELOPMENT

Target retirement date: September 30, 2025

API keys used to stream live metrics telemetry into application insights will be retired on 30 September 2025.

  • Retirements
May 12

We're retiring Speech-to-text REST preview API v3.1-preview.1 on May 12, 2023

Target retirement date: May 12, 2023

We recently made the Speech-to-text REST API version 3.1 generally available. With this release, we'll retire the preview version v3.1-preview.1 on May 12, 2023.

  • Azure Cognitive Services
  • Services
  • SDK and Tools
  • Retirements
  • Features
May 5

Retirement of SQL Server Native Client (SNAC) OLE DB provider for linked servers in Azure SQL Managed Instance

IN DEVELOPMENT

Target retirement date: June 01, 2023

All existing linked server objects configured to use SQLNCLI will automatically switch to using the fully compatible third (current) generation of provider – known as Microsoft OLE DB Driver for SQL Server or MSOLEDBSQL.

  • Azure SQL Managed Instance
  • Retirements
  • Features

April 2023

Apr 28

Application Gateway V1 will be retired on 28 April 2026– Transition to Application Gateway V2

Target retirement date: April 28, 2026

Application Gateway V1 will be retired on 28 April 2026

  • Application Gateway
  • Retirements
  • Security
Apr 21

Support has ended for Gen 4 hardware on Azure SQL Database

Target retirement date: March 31, 2023

Gen 4 hardware on Azure SQL Database is no longer supported, effective March 31, 2023. Databases may remain on Gen 4 configurations, albeit with limitations.

  • Azure SQL Database
  • Retirements
Apr 21

Cognitive Services Custom Commands feature is being retired on April 30, 2026

Target retirement date: April 30, 2026

Custom Commands voice commanding solution will be retired on 30 April 2026.

  • Speech Services
  • Retirements
Apr 21

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.

  • App Service
  • Retirements
Apr 14

Retirement notice: transition to the Authentication methods policy for Azure Active Directory

NOW AVAILABLE

Target retirement date: September 30, 2024

The ability to manage authentication methods in the legacy MFA and SSPR policies will be retired on 30 September 2024.

  • Retirements

March 2023

Mar 31

Action recommended: Implement disaster recovery strategies for your Azure App Service web apps by 31 March 2025

Target retirement date: March 31, 2025

We'll no longer place apps in disaster recovery mode in the event of a regional disaster.

  • App Service
  • Retirements
Mar 31

The “managed” IoT Edge solution on Azure stack Edge will be retired on March 31, 2024. Transition your IoT Edge workloads to an IoT Edge solution running on a Linux VM on Azure Stack Edge.

Target retirement date: March 31, 2024

The “managed” IoT Edge solution on Azure Stack Edge will be retired on 31 March 2024

  • Retirements
Mar 31

Azure Database for PostgreSQL Single Server will be retired—migrate to Flexible Server by 28 March 2025

NOW AVAILABLE

Target retirement date: March 30, 2023

On 28 March 2025, Azure Database for PostgreSQL Single Server will be retired, and you'll need to migrate to Azure Database for PostgreSQL Flexible Server by that date.

  • Azure Database for PostgreSQL
  • Retirements
Mar 31

Action Required: Transition to DCR-based KQL transformations by 31 March 2026 

Target retirement date: March 31, 2026

Custom fields feature will be retired on 31 March 2026

  • Azure Monitor
  • Retirements
Mar 31

Azure CDN will be retiring Azure CDN Standard from Akamai on 31 October 2023 – transition to another CDN profile to avoid service interruption

Target retirement date: November 01, 2023

Azure CDN Standard from Akamai is being retired and services will end on 31 October 2023

  • Retirements
Mar 31

SQL Server connector’s V1 actions and triggers will be retired on 31 March 2024 – transition to SQL Server connector’s V2 actions and triggers

Target retirement date: March 31, 2024

SQL Server connector’s V1 actions and triggers will be retired on 31 March 2024

  • Logic Apps
  • Retirements
Mar 31

Retirement notice: Migrate from Public Peering by March 31, 2024

Target retirement date: April 01, 2024

ExpressRoute Public Peering will be retired on March 31, 2024.

  • Azure ExpressRoute
  • ExpressRoute Circuits
  • Retirements
Mar 31

Classic experience to protect VMware machines using Azure Site Recovery will be retired on 30 March 2026

Target retirement date: March 30, 2026

Azure Site Recovery’s classic experience to protect VMware VMs will be retired on 30 March 2026

  • Azure Site Recovery
  • Retirements
Mar 31

Transition to built-in Azure Monitor alerts for Recovery Services vaults in Azure Backup by 31 March 2026

Target retirement date: March 31, 2026

Classic alerts for Azure Backup will be retired on 31 March, 2026

  • Azure Backup
  • Retirements
Mar 24

Docker container runtime retirement for Windows node pools effective May 1, 2023

NOW AVAILABLE

Migrate to containers before May 1, 2023

  • Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
  • Retirements
Mar 24

Batch custom image pools using VHD or managed images will be retired on 31 March 2026

Target retirement date: April 01, 2026

Transition custom image pools use images from Azure Compute Gallery

  • Batch
  • Retirements
  • Features

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