Microsoft to Retire Eight Azure AI Language Features
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Microsoft will retire eight Azure AI Language features on March 31, 2029, including Key Phrase Extraction and Sentiment Analysis. This change affects users of these specific Azure AI Language services, prompting a need to migrate to newer capabilities. The retirement is part of ongoing service evolution and users should plan their transition before the deadline.
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- Eight Azure AI Language features scheduled for retirement
Microsoft will retire Key Phrase Extraction, Sentiment Analysis and Opinion Mining, Custom Text Classification, Conversational Language Understanding (CLU), and Custom Question Answering (CQA) on March 31, 2029. Users of these features will need to migrate to newer capabilities before this date.
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https://azure.microsoft.com/updates?id=557394
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