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Every dated Azure change that forces action, in one place: end-of-life and end-of-support deadlines, plus announced pricing changes, configuration-default changes, retirements and policy mandates that impact your stack and costs. What's changing, when, and how long you have. For day-to-day announcements, see the Azure release feed.

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Dated changes (116)

Announced changes with an explicit effective date: pricing, defaults, retirements and policy mandates that existing workloads must plan around. Every date shown has been checked against the original announcement, which each row links to.

  1. 18 Aug 2026
    Retirement Retirement: Microsoft Defender for Cloud Deprecation in Microsoft Azure Operated by 21Vianet Announcement source ↗

    Microsoft Defender for Cloud in Azure Operated by 21Vianet will be retired. Services will be removed on 2026-08-18.

    5 days
  2. 18 Aug 2026
    Retirement Retirement: Microsoft Sentinel Deprecation in Microsoft Azure operated by 21Vianet Announcement source ↗

    Microsoft Sentinel in Azure Operated by 21Vianet will be retired. Services will be removed on 2026-08-18.

    5 days
  3. 23 Aug 2026
    Config Announcing: Microsoft Fabric Item Recovery will be enabled by default for tenants without an explicit setting source ↗

    Microsoft Fabric Item Recovery will be enabled by default for tenants without explicit settings. Review and adjust if needed.

    10 days
  4. 31 Aug 2026
    Retirement Azure VPN Client for Linux (Preview) to be retired August 31, 2026 source ↗

    Azure VPN Client for Linux (Preview) to be retired Aug 31, 2026. Find an alternative solution.

    18 days
  5. 31 Aug 2026
    Retirement Retirement: Azure VPN Client for Linux (Preview) will be retired on August 31, 2026 source ↗

    Azure VPN Client for Linux (Preview) will be retired. Connections may fail after Aug 31, 2026. Seek alternative VPN clients.

    18 days
  6. 1 Sept 2026
    Retirement Azure confidential VMs (cc_v5) to be retired September 1, 2026 source ↗

    Azure confidential VMs (cc_v5) will be retired Sep 1, 2026. Migrate workloads to supported VM types.

    19 days
  7. 1 Sept 2026
    Retirement Retirement: Nested confidential (cc_v5) VMs will be retired on September 1, 2026 source ↗

    cc_v5 confidential VM series will be retired and unavailable after Sep 1, 2026. Migrate affected VMs.

    19 days
  8. 8 Sept 2026
    Retirement AKS Retirement: Flatcar Container Linux for AKS (preview) source ↗

    Flatcar Container Linux for AKS (preview) node images and code will be removed; scaling/remediation will fail.

    26 days
  9. 14 Sept 2026
    EOL Azure Functions Azure Functions runtime 1 reaches end of life in 64 days source ↗

    Azure Functions runtime 1.x reaches EOL Sep 14, 2026. Migrate apps to v4.x. V3 on Linux Consumption plan stops Sep 30, 2026.

    32 days
  10. 30 Sept 2026
    Retirement Azure Functions Azure Functions runtime v3 on Linux Consumption to be retired Sep 30, 2026 source ↗

    Azure Functions runtime v3 on Linux Consumption retired Sep 30, 2026. Migrate to a supported runtime.

    48 days
  11. 30 Sept 2026
    Retirement Azure Functions Retirement: Azure Functions runtime v3 on Linux Consumption will stop running September 30, 2026 source ↗

    Azure Functions runtime v3 on Linux Consumption will stop running. Migrate apps to runtime v4 by Sept 30, 2026.

    48 days
  12. 30 Sept 2026
    Retirement Retirement: External Data Import & Data Connections in Azure Machine Learning will be retired on September 30, 2026 source ↗

    External Data Import & Data Connections in Azure Machine Learning will be retired after Sep 30, 2026. Existing connections won't work.

    48 days
  13. 30 Sept 2026
    EOL Retirement: End of life reminder of NVv3 and NVv4-series Azure virtual machine in Azure Batch pools source ↗

    Support for NVv3 and NVv4-series VMs in Azure Batch pools will be retired. Migrate Batch pools to newer VM series.

    48 days
  14. 30 Sept 2026
    Retirement AKS Retirement: Azure Network Policy Manager (NPM) for Windows nodes on AKS to Be Retired by September 30, 2026 source ↗

    Azure Network Policy Manager (NPM) for Windows nodes on AKS will end support. Migrate to Calico by Sep 30, 2026.

    48 days
  15. 30 Sept 2026
    Config Retirement: Legacy Authentication in Azure Monitor - Container Insights will be retired on September 30, 2026. source ↗

    Legacy Auth in Azure Monitor - Container Insights retired. Migrate to Managed Identity before September 30, 2026.

    48 days
  16. 30 Sept 2026
    Retirement Retirement: Azure Monitor SCOM Managed Instance will be retired on Sep 30, 2026 source ↗

    Azure Monitor SCOM Managed Instance will be retired. Customers will lose access after Sep 30, 2026. Plan migration.

    48 days
  17. 30 Sept 2026
    Retirement Retirement: Azure Machine Learning - Data labeling Deprecation source ↗

    Azure Machine Learning - Data labeling retired. Migrate to 3rd party providers by Sep 30, 2026; data will be lost.

    48 days
  18. 30 Sept 2026
    Retirement Retirement: NVv4-series Azure Virtual Machines will be retired on September 30, 2026 source ↗

    NVv4-series Azure Virtual Machines retired. VMs will be deallocated and stop working after Sep 30, 2026. Migrate VMs.

    48 days
  19. 30 Sept 2026
    EOL Retirement: Upgrade BlobFuse v1 to latest version of Blobfuse v2 source ↗

    Support for BlobFuse v1 discontinued. Migrate to BlobFuse v2 by September 30, 2026.

    48 days
  20. 30 Sept 2026
    Retirement Retirement: NVv3-series Azure Virtual Machines will be retired on September 30 ,2026 source ↗

    NVv3-series Azure VMs will be retired. VMs will stop working & be deallocated. Migrate off NVv3-series VMs by 2026-09-30.

    48 days
  21. 30 Sept 2026
    Retirement Retirement: VpnGw1-5 (Non-AZ SKUs) will be retired on Sep 30, 2026 – gateways will be automatically migrated to AZ SKUs source ↗

    VpnGw1-5 (Non-AZ SKUs) will be retired on Sep 30, 2026. Gateways will be auto-migrated to AZ SKUs. Reduced AZ SKU pricing starts Jan 1, 2025.

    48 days
  22. 1 Oct 2026
    EOL Retirement: Support for Python-2.7; 3.8 and PowerShell- 7.1; 7.2 will be retired on September 30, 2026 source ↗

    Python 2.7/3.8 and PowerShell 7.1/7.2 will no longer be supported by Automation from Oct 1, 2026. Update runbooks.

    49 days
  23. 1 Oct 2026
    EOL Azure Functions Retirement: Support for Python 3.10 ends on October 1, 2026 – upgrade your Azure Functions apps to Python 3.13 source ↗

    Support for Python 3.10 in Azure Functions ends. Upgrade your Functions apps to Python 3.13.

    49 days
  24. 1 Oct 2026
    EOL Retirement: Support for Python 3.10 ends on October 1st, 2026 source ↗

    Extended support for Python 3.10 on App Service ends. Upgrade your apps to Python 3.11.

    49 days
  25. 1 Oct 2026
    Config Retirement: Azure Cache for Redis is retiring on September 30, 2028 and new creation will be blocked for existing customers starting October 1, 2026 source ↗

    Azure Cache for Redis Basic/Standard/Premium: new creations blocked from Oct 1, 2026. Fully retired Sep 30, 2028. Migrate.

    49 days
  26. 1 Oct 2026
    Retirement Retirement: Azure Databricks Standard tier will retire by October 2026 source ↗

    Azure Databricks Standard tier will retire. Workspaces will auto-upgrade to Premium tier from 2026-10-01. Plan for changes.

    49 days
  27. 1 Oct 2026
    Retirement Azure SQL Retirement: Azure SQL Database FSV2-Series Offer source ↗

    Azure SQL Database FSV2-series hardware will be retired 2026-10-01. Migrate to Hyperscale premium/Gen5 by then.

    49 days
  28. 13 Oct 2026
    Cost Blob Storage Retirement: GPv1 and Legacy Blob storage account creation source ↗

    Existing GPv1 accounts auto-migrate to GPv2 after Oct 13, 2026, potentially increasing costs. Migrate proactively.

    61 days
  29. 13 Oct 2026
    Cost Blob Storage Retirement: General Purpose v1 (GPv1) and legacy blob storage accounts source ↗

    GPv1/legacy blob storage accounts auto-migrate to GPv2 after Oct 13, 2026, possibly increasing costs. Migrate manually.

    61 days
  30. 31 Oct 2026
    Retirement Retirement: Deprecation of Custom Resource Providers source ↗

    Custom Resource Provider (CuRP) service will be retired. Creates, updates, patches, and actions will be affected earlier.

    79 days
  31. 31 Oct 2026
    Retirement AKS Retirement: Windows Server 2022 on Azure Kubernetes Service enabled by Azure Arc

    Windows Server 2022 on AKS enabled by Arc will be retired. Plan for migration by October 31, 2026.

    79 days
  32. 10 Nov 2026
    EOL Azure App Service to end support for .NET 8 LTS on November 10, 2026 source ↗

    Azure App Service to end support for .NET 8 LTS on Nov 10, 2026. Update applications to supported versions.

    89 days
  33. 10 Nov 2026
    EOL Retirement: Support for .NET 8 (LTS) ends on November 10, 2026—upgrade your apps to .NET 10 (LTS) source ↗

    Support for .NET 8 (LTS) ends. Upgrade App Service apps to .NET 10 (LTS) by Nov 10, 2026, for security updates.

    89 days
  34. 10 Nov 2026
    EOL Retirement: Support for .NET 9 (STS) ends on November 10, 2026 source ↗

    Support for .NET 9 (STS) ends on 2026-11-10. Apps will run, but security updates will cease. Upgrade to a supported .NET version.

    89 days
  35. 30 Nov 2026
    Retirement Retirement: Managed NGINX Ingress with Application Routing Add-on Retiring November 2026 source ↗

    Managed NGINX Ingress with Application Routing Add-on will no longer be supported. Upgrade to alternatives.

    109 days
  36. 31 Dec 2026
    EOL Retirement: Extended support for PHP 8.2 ends December 31st, 2026 – upgrade apps to PHP 8.3 source ↗

    Extended support for PHP 8.2 ends Dec 31, 2026. Upgrade apps to PHP 8.3 to continue receiving security updates.

    140 days
  37. 12 Jan 2027
    EOL Retirement: Support for Windows Server 2016 Marketplace images on Azure Batch pools will end on January 12, 2027 source ↗

    Support for Windows Server 2016 Marketplace images on Azure Batch pools ends. Migrate workloads to supported images.

    152 days
  38. 31 Jan 2027
    Retirement Retirement: Migrate from Azure Blueprints by January 31, 2027 source ↗

    Azure Blueprints to be retired by Jan 31, 2027. Migrate to alternative solutions.

    171 days
  39. 31 Jan 2027
    Cost Announcing: Azure Databricks Genie One and Genie Agents Free Usage extended through January 31, 2027 source ↗

    Free usage for Azure Databricks Genie One and Genie Agents ends on January 31, 2027. Charges will apply thereafter.

    171 days
  40. 31 Jan 2027
    Retirement Retirement: Migrate from Azure Blueprints by January 31, 2027 source ↗

    Azure Blueprints will retire on Jan 31, 2027, with phased loss of functionality from July 31, 2026. Migrate workloads.

    171 days
  41. 1 Feb 2027
    Policy Azure reservation exchanges support by savings plans to be discontinued Feb 1, 2027 source ↗

    Azure reservation exchanges support by savings plans discontinued Feb 1, 2027. Review financial planning.

    172 days
  42. 1 Feb 2027
    Cost Announcing: Reservation exchanges for Azure services supported by savings plans will no longer be available starting February 1, 2027 source ↗

    Reservation exchanges for Azure services covered by savings plans will cease. Plan any exchanges before Feb 1, 2027.

    172 days
  43. 26 Feb 2027
    EOL Generally Available: Default Rule Set 2.2 and updates to ruleset support policy source ↗

    CRS 3.1, 3.0 (App Gateway) and DRS 1.2, 1.1, 1.0 (Front Door) support ends. Upgrade to supported versions.

    197 days
  44. 17 Mar 2027
    EOL AKS Retirement: Ubuntu 20.04 Node Pools in AKS source ↗

    Ubuntu 20.04 node pools in AKS will be retired 2027-03-17. No security updates. Migrate to Ubuntu 22.04+ & K8s 1.34+.

    216 days
  45. 30 Mar 2027
    Retirement Azure Managed Grafana Essential SKU to retire March 30, 2027 source ↗

    Azure Managed Grafana Essential SKU to retire March 30, 2027. Migrate to a different SKU or alternative.

    229 days
  46. 30 Mar 2027
    Retirement Retirement: Azure Managed Grafana Essential SKU will retire on March 30, 2027 source ↗

    Azure Managed Grafana Essential SKU will be retired. Transition to Standard SKU or Azure Monitor Dashboards by Mar 30, 2027.

    229 days
  47. 31 Mar 2027
    EOL Service Fabric ends Windows Server 2019 support March 2027 source ↗

    Service Fabric ends Windows Server 2019 support on March 31, 2027. Upgrade to a supported Windows Server version.

    230 days
  48. 31 Mar 2027
    EOL Azure Service Fabric support for Windows Server 2022 ends March 2027 source ↗

    Azure Service Fabric support for Windows Server 2022 ends March 31, 2027. Update OS version.

    230 days
  49. 31 Mar 2027
    Retirement Blob Storage Azure DNS Zone endpoints for Blob storage to be retired March 2027 source ↗

    Azure DNS Zone endpoints for Blob storage to be retired March 31, 2027. Update DNS configuration.

    230 days
  50. 31 Mar 2027
    Retirement Azure Functions Retirement: Python support for Azure App Service and Azure Functions on Windows will be retired on March 31, 2027 source ↗

    Python support for App Service/Functions on Windows will be retired. Migrate Python apps to Linux by Mar 31, 2027.

    230 days
  51. 31 Mar 2027
    Retirement Blob Storage Retirement: AzureDnsEndpoints for Azure storage accounts will be retired March 2027 source ↗

    AzureDnsZone endpoints (preview) for Azure Blob storage will be retired. Transition to Standard endpoints by Apr 1, 2027.

    230 days
  52. 31 Mar 2027
    EOL Retirement: Service Fabric support for Windows Server 2022 ends on March 31, 2027 - upgrade to Windows Server 2025 source ↗

    Service Fabric support for Windows Server 2022 ends. Upgrade clusters to Windows Server 2025 by Mar 31, 2027.

    230 days
  53. 31 Mar 2027
    EOL Retirement: Service Fabric support for Windows Server 2019 ends on March 31, 2027 - upgrade to Windows Server 2025 source ↗

    Service Fabric support for Windows Server 2019 ends. Upgrade clusters to Windows Server 2025 by Mar 31, 2027.

    230 days
  54. 31 Mar 2027
    Retirement Retirement: Deprecation of sidecar for remote-write for Azure Monitor managed service for Prometheus source ↗

    Sidecar for remote-write of Prometheus metrics to Azure Monitor Workspace will be deprecated.

    230 days
  55. 31 Mar 2027
    EOL Azure SQL Retirement: Azure SQL Elastic query - Shard_Map_Manager mode source ↗

    Azure SQL Elastic query using Shard_Map_Manager external data source type reaches end of support.

    230 days
  56. 31 Mar 2027
    Retirement Retirement: Emissions Impact Dashboard for Azure source ↗

    Emissions Impact Dashboard for Azure hosted by Power BI will be retired and no longer accessible after this date.

    230 days
  57. 31 Mar 2027
    Retirement Retirement: Cloud Services (Extended Support) to Be Retired on March 31, 2027 source ↗

    Cloud Services (extended support) deployment model will be retired. Migrate services to Service Fabric by 2027-03-31.

    230 days
  58. 31 Mar 2027
    Retirement Retirement: Docker Compose Feature for Azure App Service to Be Retired on March 31, 2027 – Replaced by Sidecars in Azure App Service source ↗

    Docker Compose for Azure App Service retires. Migrate to sidecar containers by March 31, 2027, to avoid disruptions.

    230 days
  59. 20 Apr 2027
    Retirement Retirement: Prompt Flow in Azure ML and Foundry source ↗

    Prompt Flow in Azure ML and Foundry will be retired. Migrate to Microsoft Agent Framework by April 20, 2027.

    250 days
  60. 30 Apr 2027
    Retirement Prompt Flow to be retired April 2027 for Microsoft Agent Framework source ↗

    Prompt Flow to be retired by April 30, 2027. Migrate from this feature for Microsoft Agent Framework.

    260 days
  61. 15 May 2027
    Retirement AKS Retirement: Windows Server Annual Channel (preview) source ↗

    AKS will remove Windows Server Annual Channel (preview) node images, causing scaling and remediation failures.

    275 days
  62. 31 May 2027
    Policy Azure Functions Retirement: TLS 1.0 and TLS 1.1 in Azure App Service, Azure Functions, and Azure Logic Apps source ↗

    Azure App Service, Functions, and Logic Apps will stop accepting TLS 1.0/1.1 connections after May 31, 2027. Update clients.

    291 days
  63. 31 May 2027
    EOL Retirement: End of life reminder of HBv2/HC-Series/NP-Series Azure Virtual Machine in Azure Batch Pool source ↗

    HBv2/HC/NP-Series VMs in Azure Batch pools will reach EOL. Migrate Batch pools to supported VM sizes by May 31, 2027.

    291 days
  64. 31 May 2027
    Retirement Retirement: NP-series Azure Virtual Machines will be retired on May 31, 2027 source ↗

    NP-series Azure Virtual Machines will be retired. Existing VMs will be deallocated and stop working after this date.

    291 days
  65. 31 May 2027
    Retirement Retirement: HBv2-series Azure Virtual Machines will be retired on May 31, 2027 source ↗

    HBv2-series Azure Virtual Machines will be retired. Existing VMs will be deallocated and stop working after this date.

    291 days
  66. 31 May 2027
    Retirement Retirement: HC-series Azure Virtual Machines will be retired on May 31, 2027 source ↗

    HC-series Azure Virtual Machines will be retired. Existing VMs will be deallocated and stop working after this date.

    291 days
  67. 30 Jun 2027
    EOL AKS Retirement: Azure Kubernetes Service support for Ubuntu 22.04 source ↗

    AKS support for Ubuntu 22.04 will be retired. Transition to Ubuntu 24.04 or later by June 30, 2027.

    321 days
  68. 1 Sept 2027
    EOL Retirement: End of Support Announcement for Azure Load Balancer numberOfProbes property on September 1, 2027. source ↗

    Azure Load Balancer numberOfProbes property support ends Sep 1, 2027. Migrate to probeThreshold property and API v2022-05-01+.

    384 days
  69. 15 Sept 2027
    Retirement Generally Available: Automated Patching retirement and replacement with Azure Update Manager source ↗

    Automated Patching feature will be retired on Sept 15, 2027. It is being replaced by Azure Update Manager.

    398 days
  70. 15 Sept 2027
    Retirement Retirement: Azure AI Document Intelligence GA API v2.1 is retiring on 15 September 2027 source ↗

    Azure AI Document Intelligence GA API v2.1 will retire on Sep 15, 2027. Migrate to a newer API version to avoid failures.

    398 days
  71. 23 Sept 2027
    Retirement Retirement: Retirement of Classic Alerts for Azure Site Recovery source ↗

    Classic Alerts for Azure Site Recovery will retire on Sept 23, 2027. Move to Azure Monitor alerts.

    406 days
  72. 27 Sept 2027
    Retirement Retirement: Azure Sphere is retiring Legacy service interfaces on September 27th, 2027 source ↗

    Azure Sphere Legacy service interfaces and API (PAPI) are retiring on September 27, 2027. Plan to migrate.

    410 days
  73. 30 Sept 2027
    EOL Azure VMware Solution AV36 Node End of Support September 30, 2027 source ↗

    Azure VMware Solution AV36 Node End of Support September 30, 2027. Plan migration or upgrade.

    413 days
  74. 30 Sept 2027
    Retirement Retirement: Azure Load Balancer Inbound NAT rule version 1 for Azure VMSS (aka Inbound NAT Pools) source ↗

    Inbound NAT pools v1 for Azure Load Balancer will be retired. Migrate to Inbound NAT rules v2 by Sept 30, 2027.

    413 days
  75. 30 Sept 2027
    EOL Retirement: Azure VMware Solution AV36 node End of Support on September 30, 2027 source ↗

    Azure VMware Solution AV36 nodes will reach end of support. SDDCs will be retired after Sept 30, 2027.

    413 days
  76. 30 Sept 2027
    Retirement Retirement: Planned Service Retirement - Azure Automation State Configuration on September 30, 2027 source ↗

    Azure Automation State Configuration retires Sep 30, 2027. Migrate to Azure Machine Configuration to avoid data loss.

    413 days
  77. 30 Sept 2027
    Retirement Retirement: SQL Data Sync will be retired on September 30th, 2027 source ↗

    SQL Data Sync will be retired on September 30, 2027. Migrate to alternatives to avoid data deletion.

    413 days
  78. 30 Sept 2027
    Retirement Retirement: Azure CDN Standard from Microsoft (classic) will be retired on September 30th, 2027 source ↗

    Azure CDN Standard from Microsoft (classic) retires Sep 30, 2027. Migrate to Azure Front Door Standard/Premium.

    413 days
  79. 30 Sept 2027
    Retirement Retirement: Network security group flow logs in Azure Network Watcher will be retired source ↗

    NSG flow logs in Azure Network Watcher retire Sep 30, 2027. Migrate to virtual network flow logs.

    413 days
  80. 30 Sept 2027
    Retirement AKS Retirement: Open Service Mesh add-on for AKS will be retired on September 30, 2027 source ↗

    Open Service Mesh add-on for AKS will be retired on Sep 30, 2027. Transition to Istio add-on.

    413 days
  81. 30 Sept 2027
    Retirement Retirement: Open Service Mesh extension for Arc-enabled Kubernetes will be retired on September 30, 2027 source ↗

    Open Service Mesh extension for Arc-enabled Kubernetes retires Sep 30, 2027. Migrate to an alternative like Istio.

    413 days
  82. 1 Oct 2027
    Retirement Retirement: Azure VMware Solution AV36 Node Retirement now on September 30, 2027 source ↗

    Azure VMware Solution AV36 Node Retirement. SDDCs inaccessible from Oct 1, 2027. Migrate workloads.

    414 days
  83. 31 Oct 2027
    Retirement Retirement: Azure Stream Analytics PowerBI output connector source ↗

    Azure Stream Analytics PowerBI output connector will be retired on Oct 31, 2027. Plan to transition to alternative output.

    444 days
  84. 27 Mar 2028
    EOL AKS Retirement: Announcing the 3-Year Retirement of Current Architecture for AKS on Windows Server 2019 and Windows Server 2022 source ↗

    AKS current architecture on Windows Server 2019/2022 will retire 2028-03-27. No support/updates. Replace clusters.

    592 days
  85. 31 Mar 2028
    EOL Azure Functions Retirement: Azure Functions – Durable Functions support for Netherite will end on March 31, 2028 source ↗

    Azure Functions Durable Functions support for Netherite ends 2028-03-31. Apps will work, but no support. Evaluate replacement.

    596 days
  86. 31 Mar 2028
    Retirement Retirement: Log Analytics Batch API to Be Retired on March 31, 2028 source ↗

    Log Analytics Batch API will be retired on 2028-03-31. Queries will fail. Migrate to the standard request API by then.

    596 days
  87. 31 Mar 2028
    Config Retirement: Azure App Service Will No Longer Support Linked Databases as a Part of Custom Backups After March 31, 2028 source ↗

    Azure App Service custom backups will no longer support linked databases from 2028-03-31. Implement native DB backup strategies.

    596 days
  88. 31 Mar 2028
    Retirement Entra Retirement: Prepare for the Retirement of Manually Registered Azure VPN Clients on March 31, 2028 source ↗

    Manually registered Azure VPN clients for P2S connections with Entra ID will retire 2028-03-31. Migrate to MS-registered client.

    596 days
  89. 31 Mar 2028
    Retirement Retirement: Azure Maps Traffic APIs Version 1.0 to Be Retired on March 31, 2028 source ↗

    Azure Maps Traffic APIs v1.0 will be retired 2028-03-31. API calls will fail. Migrate to newer API versions.

    596 days
  90. 31 Mar 2028
    Retirement Retirement: Support for Desired State Configuration Extension for Azure Virtual Machines to Be Retired on March 31, 2028 source ↗

    Desired State Configuration Extension for Azure VMs retires 2028-03-31. Transition to Azure Machine Configuration.

    596 days
  91. 31 Mar 2028
    Retirement Retirement: Azure Maps Route APIs Version 1.0 to Be Retired on March 31, 2028 source ↗

    Azure Maps Route APIs v1.0 will be retired. Migrate to v2025-01-01 to avoid API call failures after retirement.

    596 days
  92. 31 Mar 2028
    Retirement Key Vault Retirement: Docker Content Trust on March 31, 2028 – Replaced by the Notary Project and Azure Key Vault source ↗

    Docker Content Trust will be deprecated and data deleted on March 31, 2028. Transition to Notary Project ecosystem.

    596 days
  93. 31 Mar 2028
    Retirement AKS Retirement: Kubenet Networking for Azure Kubernetes Service to Be Retired on March 31, 2028 source ↗

    Kubenet networking for AKS will be retired on March 31, 2028. Migrate to avoid service disruptions.

    596 days
  94. 31 Mar 2028
    Retirement Retirement: Azure Spring Apps will be retired on March 31, 2028 source ↗

    Azure Spring Apps Basic, Standard, and Enterprise plans will be retired on March 31, 2028. Migrate to alternatives.

    596 days
  95. 31 Mar 2028
    Retirement Retirement: Azure Spring Apps will be retired on March 31, 2028 source ↗

    Azure Spring Apps (Basic, Standard, Enterprise plans) will be retired on March 31, 2028. Migrate to Container Apps.

    596 days
  96. 1 May 2028
    Retirement Retirement: D-series, Ds-series, Dv2-series, Dsv2-series, and Ls-series Virtual Machines for Azure Batch pools source ↗

    D/Ds/Dv2/Dsv2/Ls-series VMs for Azure Batch pools will be retired. Migrate pools to supported VM families.

    627 days
  97. 1 May 2028
    Retirement Retirement: D, Ds, Dv2, Dsv2, and Ls Series Virtual Machines to Be Retired on May 1, 2028 source ↗

    D, Ds, Dv2, Dsv2, and Ls series Azure VMs will be retired on 2028-05-01. Migrate workloads to other VM series.

    627 days
  98. 30 Jun 2028
    Retirement Retirement: VM Insights Map and Dependency Agent are being on June 30, 2028 source ↗

    VM Insights Map and Dependency Agent will be retired and unsupported from 2028-06-30. Plan for this change.

    687 days
  99. 31 Jul 2028
    Retirement Retirement: Azure Dedicated HSM source ↗

    Azure Dedicated HSM will be retired. Transition to Azure Cloud HSM or Managed HSM by 2028-07-31.

    718 days
  100. 8 Sept 2028
    Retirement Retirement: Entity Linking from Azure AI Language source ↗

    Entity Linking from Azure AI Language will be retired. Service retired on Sep 8, 2028. Transition to alternatives.

    757 days
  101. 8 Sept 2028
    Retirement Retirement: Operating System (OS) Disks on Standard HDD will be retired on 08 September 2028 source ↗

    OS Disks on Standard HDD will be retired & converted to Standard SSD. Migrate OS disks by 2028-09-08 to avoid auto-conversion.

    757 days
  102. 15 Sept 2028
    Retirement Retirement: Azure Disk Encryption source ↗

    Azure Disk Encryption retired. VMs using ADE will fail to unlock after reboots from Sep 15, 2028. Migrate to Encryption at Host.

    764 days
  103. 15 Sept 2028
    Retirement Key Vault Retirement: hsmPlatform 1 Keys in Azure Key Vault source ↗

    Support for hsmPlatform 1 keys in Azure Key Vault will be retired. Transition to hsmPlatform 2 keys by 2028-09-15.

    764 days
  104. 25 Sept 2028
    Retirement Retirement: Azure Computer Vision – Image Analysis will be retired on September 25, 2028 source ↗

    Azure Computer Vision - Image Analysis will be retired. Migrate workloads off by September 25, 2028.

    774 days
  105. 25 Sept 2028
    Retirement Retirement: Azure Custom Vision will be retired on September 25, 2028 source ↗

    Azure Custom Vision service will be retired. Migrate workloads off by September 25, 2028.

    774 days
  106. 30 Sept 2028
    Retirement AKS Retirement: Azure Network Policy Manager (NPM) for Linux nodes on AKS to Be Retired by September 30, 2028 source ↗

    Azure Network Policy Manager (NPM) for Linux nodes on AKS will end support. Migrate AKS clusters by Sep 30, 2028.

    779 days
  107. 30 Sept 2028
    Retirement Azure Functions Retirement: The Linux Consumption hosting plan of Azure Functions will be retired on September 30, 2028. Migrate to Flex Consumption. source ↗

    Azure Functions Linux Consumption hosting plan retired. Migrate to Flex Consumption by Sep 30, 2028 to avoid disruptions.

    779 days
  108. 15 Nov 2028
    Retirement Retirement: Av2-series, F-series, Fs-series, Fsv2-series, G-series, Gs-series, and Lsv2-series Virtual Machines for Azure Batch pools source ↗

    Av2/F/Fs/Fsv2/G/Gs/Lsv2-series VMs for Azure Batch pools will be retired. Migrate pools to supported VM families.

    825 days
  109. 30 Mar 2029
    EOL Azure Document Intelligence v3.0 API retiring March 30, 2029 source ↗

    Azure Document Intelligence v3.0 API retiring March 30, 2029. Migrate to a newer API version.

    960 days
  110. 30 Mar 2029
    EOL Retirement: Azure Document Intelligence v3.0 API will be retired on March 30, 2029 source ↗

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    960 days
  111. 31 Mar 2029
    EOL Cosmos DBSynapse Retirement: Azure Synapse Link for Azure Cosmos DB NoSQL source ↗

    Azure Synapse Link for Azure Cosmos DB NoSQL will reach EOL. Migrate to Mirroring for Microsoft Fabric by Mar 31, 2029.

    961 days
  112. 31 Mar 2029
    Retirement Retirement: Select Azure AI Language Features source ↗

    Select Azure AI Language features (Key Phrase Extraction, Sentiment Analysis, etc.) will be retired on March 31, 2029.

    961 days
  113. 31 Mar 2029
    Retirement Retirement: Manually registered Azure VPN Clients for ​Azure Government and ​Microsoft Azure operated by 21Vianet clouds will be retired on March 31, 2029 source ↗

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    961 days
  114. 31 Mar 2029
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    Azure Cosmos DB for PostgreSQL will be retired. Migrate to Azure Database for PostgreSQL Elastic Cluster by this date.

    961 days
  115. 30 Jun 2029
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    1052 days
  116. 31 Jul 2031
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    1813 days

Azure AI Foundry model retirements (129)

Models Azure has published a retirement date for, soonest first. A model ID is a dependency with an expiry date, not a stable configuration value, and the platform retires on its own schedule — a date here can differ from the model vendor's own page. Details & FAQ →

Model End of life Status
DeepSeek-R1 1 13 Aug 2026 end of life
MAI-Image-2e 2026-04-09 15 Aug 2026 1 days left
MAI-Image-2 2026-02-20 15 Aug 2026 1 days left
gpt-chat-latest 2026-05-28 28 Aug 2026 14 days left
gpt-chat-latest 2026-06-24 28 Aug 2026 14 days left
model-router 2025-05-19 30 Aug 2026 16 days left
model-router 2025-08-07 30 Aug 2026 16 days left
gpt-realtime-2 2026-05-06 31 Aug 2026 17 days left
TimeGEN-1 1 31 Aug 2026 17 days left
tsuzumi-7b 2 31 Aug 2026 17 days left
sora-2 2025-12-08 15 Sept 2026 32 days left
gpt-4o 2024-05-13 1 Oct 2026 48 days left
o3-mini 2025-01-31 1 Oct 2026 48 days left
Kimi-K2.7-Code 2026-06-12 3 Oct 2026 50 days left
Cohere-command-a-plus-05-2026 1 13 Oct 2026 60 days left
gpt-4.1-nano 2025-04-14 14 Oct 2026 61 days left
gpt-4o-mini-transcribe 2025-03-20 15 Oct 2026 62 days left
gpt-4o-mini-tts 2025-03-20 15 Oct 2026 62 days left
gpt-4o-transcribe 2025-03-20 15 Oct 2026 62 days left
o4-mini 2025-04-16 16 Oct 2026 63 days left
claude-haiku-4-5 — 19 Oct 2026 66 days left
claude-opus-4-5 — 19 Oct 2026 66 days left
claude-sonnet-4-5 — 19 Oct 2026 66 days left
o1 2024-12-17 21 Oct 2026 68 days left
o1-pro 2025-03-19 21 Oct 2026 68 days left
o3 2025-04-16 21 Oct 2026 68 days left
gpt-image-1 2025-04-15 23 Oct 2026 70 days left
codex-mini 2025-05-16 15 Nov 2026 93 days left
tts 001 15 Dec 2026 123 days left
tts-hd 001 15 Dec 2026 123 days left
whisper 001 15 Dec 2026 123 days left
o3-pro 2025-06-10 17 Dec 2026 125 days left
o3-deep-research 2025-06-26 26 Dec 2026 134 days left
Kimi-K2.5 1 26 Jan 2027 165 days left
claude-opus-4-6 — 2 Feb 2027 172 days left
gpt-5 2025-08-07 9 Feb 2027 179 days left
gpt-5-mini 2025-08-07 9 Feb 2027 179 days left
gpt-5-nano 2025-08-07 9 Feb 2027 179 days left
claude-sonnet-4-6 — 10 Feb 2027 180 days left
gpt-audio 2025-08-28 2 Mar 2027 200 days left
gpt-realtime 2025-08-28 2 Mar 2027 200 days left
gpt-5-codex 2025-09-15 17 Mar 2027 215 days left
gpt-audio-mini 2025-10-06 6 Apr 2027 235 days left
gpt-realtime-mini 2025-10-06 6 Apr 2027 235 days left
grok-4-20-non-reasoning 1 6 Apr 2027 235 days left
grok-4-20-reasoning 1 6 Apr 2027 235 days left
claude-opus-4-7 — 6 Apr 2027 235 days left
gpt-5-pro 2025-10-06 7 Apr 2027 236 days left
gpt-image-1-mini 2025-10-06 7 Apr 2027 236 days left
gpt-4.1 2025-04-14 14 Apr 2027 243 days left
gpt-4.1-mini 2025-04-14 14 Apr 2027 243 days left
gpt-4o 2024-08-06 14 Apr 2027 243 days left
gpt-4o 2024-11-20 14 Apr 2027 243 days left
gpt-4o-mini 2024-07-18 14 Apr 2027 243 days left
gpt-4o-transcribe-diarize 2025-10-15 15 Apr 2027 244 days left
Kimi-K2.6 2026-04-20 16 Apr 2027 245 days left
gpt-5.1 2025-11-13 15 May 2027 274 days left
gpt-5.1-codex 2025-11-13 15 May 2027 274 days left
gpt-5.1-codex-mini 2025-11-13 15 May 2027 274 days left
gpt-5.1-codex-max 2025-12-04 18 May 2027 277 days left
model-router 2025-11-18 20 May 2027 279 days left
gpt-5.2 2025-12-11 8 Jun 2027 298 days left
gpt-4o-mini-transcribe 2025-12-15 15 Jun 2027 305 days left
gpt-4o-mini-tts 2025-12-15 15 Jun 2027 305 days left
gpt-audio-mini 2025-12-15 15 Jun 2027 305 days left
gpt-realtime-mini 2025-12-15 15 Jun 2027 305 days left
gpt-image-1.5 2025-12-16 16 Jun 2027 306 days left
gpt-realtime-2.1 2026-07-07 25 Jun 2027 315 days left
gpt-realtime-2.1-mini 2026-07-07 25 Jun 2027 315 days left
FW-DeepSeek-V3.1 1 1 Jul 2027 321 days left
FW-DeepSeek-V3.2 1 1 Jul 2027 321 days left
FW-GLM-4.7 1 1 Jul 2027 321 days left
FW-GLM-5 1 1 Jul 2027 321 days left
FW-GLM-5.1 1 1 Jul 2027 321 days left
FW-GPT-OSS-120B 1 1 Jul 2027 321 days left
FW-Kimi-K2-Instruct-0905 1 1 Jul 2027 321 days left
FW-Kimi-K2-Thinking 1 1 Jul 2027 321 days left
FW-Kimi-K2.5 1 1 Jul 2027 321 days left
FW-MiniMax-M2.5 1 1 Jul 2027 321 days left
FW-Qwen3-14B 1 1 Jul 2027 321 days left
FW-Qwen3.5-122B-A10B 1 1 Jul 2027 321 days left
FW-Qwen3.5-397B-A17B 1 1 Jul 2027 321 days left
gpt-5.2-codex 2026-01-14 13 Jul 2027 333 days left
gpt-5.3-codex 2026-02-24 24 Aug 2027 375 days left
gpt-audio-1.5 2026-02-23 24 Aug 2027 375 days left
gpt-realtime-1.5 2026-02-23 24 Aug 2027 375 days left
gpt-5.4 2026-03-05 2 Sept 2027 384 days left
gpt-5.4-pro 2026-03-05 7 Sept 2027 389 days left
gpt-5.4-mini 2026-03-17 21 Sept 2027 403 days left
gpt-5.4-nano 2026-03-17 21 Sept 2027 403 days left
gpt-image-2 2026-04-21 21 Oct 2027 433 days left
gpt-5.5 2026-04-24 26 Oct 2027 438 days left
gpt-5.6-luna 2026-07-09 11 Jan 2028 515 days left
gpt-5.6-sol 2026-07-09 11 Jan 2028 515 days left
gpt-5.6-terra 2026-07-09 11 Jan 2028 515 days left
text-embedding-3-large 1 9 Feb 2028 544 days left
text-embedding-3-small 1 9 Feb 2028 544 days left
text-embedding-ada-002 1 9 Feb 2028 544 days left
text-embedding-ada-002 2 9 Feb 2028 544 days left
DeepSeek-V4-Flash 2026-04-23 20 Feb 2028 555 days left
DeepSeek-V4-Pro 2026-04-23 20 Feb 2028 555 days left
Archive: 28 already retired
Model End of life Status
grok-3 1 1 May 2026 end of life
grok-3-mini 1 1 May 2026 end of life
grok-4-fast-non-reasoning 1 1 May 2026 end of life
grok-4-fast-reasoning 1 1 May 2026 end of life
Cohere-command-r-08-2024 1 12 May 2026 end of life
Cohere-command-r-plus-08-2024 1 12 May 2026 end of life
gpt-5-chat 2025-10-03 13 May 2026 end of life
gpt-5.2-chat 2025-12-11 13 May 2026 end of life
Cohere-rerank-v3.5 1 14 May 2026 end of life
Llama-3.2-11B-Vision-Instruct — 13 Jun 2026 end of life
Llama-3.2-90B-Vision-Instruct — 13 Jun 2026 end of life
Meta-Llama-3.1-405B-Instruct — 13 Jun 2026 end of life
Meta-Llama-3.1-8B — 13 Jun 2026 end of life
Meta-Llama-3.1-8B-Instruct — 13 Jun 2026 end of life
gpt-5-chat 2025-08-07 29 Jun 2026 end of life
gpt-5.1-chat 2025-11-13 29 Jun 2026 end of life
gpt-5.2-chat 2026-02-10 29 Jun 2026 end of life
gpt-5.3-chat 2026-03-03 29 Jun 2026 end of life
DeepSeek-R1-0528 1 13 Jul 2026 end of life
DeepSeek-V3-0324 1 13 Jul 2026 end of life
DeepSeek-V3.1 1 13 Jul 2026 end of life
sora-2 2025-10-06 15 Jul 2026 end of life
mistral-document-ai-2505 1 20 Jul 2026 end of life
Stable-Diffusion-3.5-Large 1 31 Jul 2026 end of life
Stable-Image-Core 1 31 Jul 2026 end of life
Stable-Image-Ultra 1 31 Jul 2026 end of life
gpt-chat-latest 2026-05-05 5 Aug 2026 end of life
claude-opus-4-1 — 5 Aug 2026 end of life

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