All upcoming cloud retirements, end of support dates and breaking changes in the Features category

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Due in 30 days4Next: Azure Kubernetes Service: managed NGINX ingress (Application Routing) retirementNov 2026 The vendor gives a month, not a day.
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All upcoming cloud retirements, end of support dates and breaking changes in the Features category
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Oct 2029 · 1 item
Oct 2029 The vendor gives a month, not a day.	In about 3 years, Oct 2029	OT security retirementAzureMicrosoft Defender for IoTRetirement date for the operational technology (OT) security component of Microsoft Defender for IoT: Oct 2029. Customers of Defender for IoT OT Security need to move to an alternative OT security solution before retirement.	Azure	Microsoft Defender for IoT	Retirement
Sep 2029 · 1 item
30 Sep 2029	In about 3 years, 30 Sep 2029	Arc-enabled System Center Virtual Machine Manager retirementAzureAzure ArcRetirement date for Azure Arc-enabled System Center Virtual Machine Manager (SCVMM): 30 Sep 2029. Customers must plan and transition to alternative solutions.	Azure	Azure Arc	Retirement
Mar 2029 · 3 items
31 Mar 2029	In about 2 years, 31 Mar 2029	retirement of eight featuresAzureAzure AI LanguageRetirement date for eight Azure AI Language features, including Key Phrase Extraction, Sentiment Analysis, CLU, Custom Question Answering and Summarization: 31 Mar 2029. After that date, requests to these features return errors.	Azure	Azure AI Language	Retirement
31 Mar 2029	In about 2 years, 31 Mar 2029	Azure Synapse Link for NoSQL retirementAzureAzure Cosmos DBEnd of life date for Azure Synapse Link for Azure Cosmos DB NoSQL: 31 Mar 2029. Existing customers remain fully supported until that date.	Azure	Azure Cosmos DB	Retirement
31 Mar 2029	In about 2 years, 31 Mar 2029	manually registered VPN clients retirement (Gov, 21Vianet)AzureAzure VPN GatewayRetirement date for manually registered Azure VPN clients in Azure Government and Microsoft Azure operated by 21Vianet: 31 Mar 2029. After that date, only Microsoft-registered VPN clients are supported.	Azure	Azure VPN Gateway	Retirement
Sep 2028 · 9 items
30 Sep 2028	In about 2 years, 30 Sep 2028	standalone services retirementAzureAzure Communication ServicesRetirement date for several standalone Azure Communication Services offerings, including Email, SMS, Chat and Rooms: 30 Sep 2028. From that date they no longer function, and calling services work only with Microsoft Teams on the latest SDKs.	Azure	Azure Communication Services	Retirement
30 Sep 2028	In about 2 years, 30 Sep 2028	Linux Consumption hosting plan retirementAzureAzure FunctionsThe Linux Consumption hosting plan of Azure Functions is retired on 30 Sep 2028. After that date there is no technical support and new Linux Consumption function apps cannot be created.	Azure	Azure Functions	Retirement
30 Sep 2028	In about 2 years, 30 Sep 2028	Network Policy Manager on Linux nodes end of supportAzureAzure Kubernetes ServiceEnd of support date for Azure Network Policy Manager (NPM) on Linux nodes in AKS: 30 Sep 2028. Microsoft directs AKS clusters running Linux nodes to migrate from NPM to Cilium Network Policy.	Azure	Azure Kubernetes Service	End of support
30 Sep 2028	In about 2 years, 30 Sep 2028	URL ping tests retirementAzureAzure Monitor Application InsightsRetirement date for URL ping tests in Application Insights: 30 Sep 2028. On that date, existing URL ping tests are removed from Application Insights resources. Standard tests replace them for single-step availability testing.	Azure	Azure Monitor Application Insights	Retirement
25 Sep 2028	In about 2 years, 25 Sep 2028	Image Analysis retirementAzureAzure Computer VisionRetirement date for the Azure Computer Vision Image Analysis service: 25 Sep 2028. Microsoft provides full support for existing customers until that date.	Azure	Azure Computer Vision	Retirement
15 Sep 2028	In about 2 years, 15 Sep 2028	support for hsmPlatform 1 keys retirementAzureAzure Key VaultRetirement date for support of hsmPlatform 1 keys in Azure Key Vault: 15 Sep 2028. Microsoft recommends moving to hsmPlatform 2 keys.	Azure	Azure Key Vault	Retirement
15 Sep 2028	In about 2 years, 15 Sep 2028	Azure Disk Encryption retirementAzureAzure Virtual MachinesAzure Disk Encryption is retired on 15 Sep 2028. From that date, workloads that use it keep running but fail to unlock after a reboot. Microsoft recommends Encryption at Host.	Azure	Azure Virtual Machines	Retirement
8 Sep 2028	In about 2 years, 8 Sep 2028	Entity Linking retirementAzureAzure AI LanguageRetirement date for Entity Linking in Azure AI Language: 8 Sep 2028. Microsoft supports existing Entity Linking until that date and recommends Named Entity Recognition or another replacement solution.	Azure	Azure AI Language	Retirement
8 Sep 2028	In about 2 years, 8 Sep 2028	OS disks on Standard HDD retirementAzureAzure Disk StorageService for operating system (OS) disks on Standard HDD is retired on 8 Sep 2028. OS disks not migrated by then are converted to Standard SSD of equivalent size.	Azure	Azure Disk Storage	Retirement
Jun 2028 · 1 item
30 Jun 2028	In about 2 years, 30 Jun 2028	VM Insights Map and Dependency Agent retirementAzureAzure MonitorRetirement date for VM Insights Map and the Dependency Agent in Azure Monitor: 30 Jun 2028. After that date, the Map tab, the Service Map API and new Dependency Agent data are no longer available.	Azure	Azure Monitor	Retirement
Mar 2028 · 6 items
31 Mar 2028	In about 17 months, 31 Mar 2028	linked databases in custom backups retirementAzureAzure App ServiceFrom 31 Mar 2028, the Azure App Service custom backup feature no longer backs up linked databases. Microsoft recommends the native backup and restore tools of each database instead.	Azure	Azure App Service	Retirement
31 Mar 2028	In about 17 months, 31 Mar 2028	Docker Content Trust retirementAzureAzure Container RegistryRetirement date for Docker Content Trust in Azure Container Registry: 31 Mar 2028. On that date the function is removed and the data stored for signing and verifying signatures with it is permanently deleted.	Azure	Azure Container Registry	Retirement
31 Mar 2028	In about 17 months, 31 Mar 2028	Durable Functions Netherite backend end of supportAzureAzure FunctionsEnd of support date for the Netherite backend provider of Durable Functions: 31 Mar 2028. Function apps using Netherite keep working after that date, but support cases can no longer be opened for them.	Azure	Azure Functions	End of support
31 Mar 2028	In about 17 months, 31 Mar 2028	kubenet networking retirementAzureAzure Kubernetes ServiceRetirement date for kubenet networking on Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS): 31 Mar 2028. From that date, workloads running on kubenet for AKS are no longer supported.	Azure	Azure Kubernetes Service	Retirement
31 Mar 2028	In about 17 months, 31 Mar 2028	manually registered Azure VPN clients retirementAzureAzure VPN GatewayRetirement date for manually registered Azure VPN clients for point-to-site connections with Microsoft Entra ID authentication: 31 Mar 2028. After that date, only Microsoft-registered VPN clients are supported.	Azure	Azure VPN Gateway	Retirement
27 Mar 2028	In about 16 months, 27 Mar 2028	AKS on Windows Server 2019 and 2022 current architecture retirementAzureAzure ArcRetirement date for the current architecture of Azure Kubernetes Service on Windows Server 2019 and Windows Server 2022: 27 Mar 2028. From that date, existing clusters get no support or updates, and the current architecture cannot be deployed, upgraded or scaled.	Azure	Azure Arc	Retirement
Oct 2027 · 2 items
31 Oct 2027	In about 12 months, 31 Oct 2027	Always Encrypted with Intel SGX enclaves retirementAzureAzure SQL DatabaseRetirement date for Always Encrypted with Intel SGX enclaves in Azure SQL Database: 31 Oct 2027. After retirement, workloads using Intel SGX enclaves no longer have enclave functionality.	Azure	Azure SQL Database	Retirement
31 Oct 2027	In about 12 months, 31 Oct 2027	Power BI output connector retirementAzureAzure Stream AnalyticsRetirement date for the Azure Stream Analytics Power BI output connector: 31 Oct 2027. On that date, Stream Analytics jobs that run with the Power BI output connector are stopped.	Azure	Azure Stream Analytics	Retirement
Sep 2027 · 11 items
30 Sep 2027	In about 11 months, 30 Sep 2027	State Configuration retirementAzureAzure AutomationRetirement date for Azure Automation State Configuration: 30 Sep 2027. On that date, all configurations and node registrations in the feature are deleted. Microsoft names Azure Machine Configuration as the replacement.	Azure	Azure Automation	Retirement
30 Sep 2027	In about 11 months, 30 Sep 2027	Azure CDN Standard from Microsoft (classic) retirementAzureAzure Content Delivery NetworkRetirement date for Azure CDN Standard from Microsoft (classic): 30 Sep 2027. Microsoft directs customers to migrate to Azure Front Door Standard or Premium by that date to avoid service disruptions.	Azure	Azure Content Delivery Network	Retirement
30 Sep 2027	In about 11 months, 30 Sep 2027	Open Service Mesh add-on retirementAzureAzure Kubernetes ServiceRetirement date for the Open Service Mesh add-on for Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS): 30 Sep 2027. Security patch updates end on that date. The add-on receives no new minor versions or features.	Azure	Azure Kubernetes Service	Retirement
30 Sep 2027	In about 11 months, 30 Sep 2027	pod name dimension on pod metrics retirementAzureAzure Kubernetes ServiceFrom 30 Sep 2027, the pod name dimension is retired on two AKS Azure Monitor platform metrics, kube_pod_status_phase and kube_pod_status_ready. The metrics become aggregate pod counters.	Azure	Azure Kubernetes Service	Retirement
30 Sep 2027	In about 11 months, 30 Sep 2027	Inbound NAT pools retirementAzureAzure Load BalancerRetirement date for Inbound NAT pools in Azure Load Balancer (port forwarding to Virtual Machine Scale Set instances): 30 Sep 2027. New Inbound NAT pools cannot be created from November 15, 2026. Single-VM Inbound NAT rules version 1 are not affected.	Azure	Azure Load Balancer	Retirement
30 Sep 2027	In about 11 months, 30 Sep 2027	NSG flow logs retirementAzureAzure Network WatcherNetwork security group (NSG) flow logs in Azure Network Watcher are retired on 30 Sep 2027. New NSG flow logs can no longer be created, and Microsoft recommends virtual network flow logs instead.	Azure	Azure Network Watcher	Retirement
30 Sep 2027	In about 11 months, 30 Sep 2027	SQL Data Sync retirementAzureAzure SQL DatabaseRetirement date for SQL Data Sync: 30 Sep 2027. On that date, workloads running SQL Data Sync are deleted and the associated application data is lost.	Azure	Azure SQL Database	Retirement
29 Sep 2027	In about 11 months, 29 Sep 2027	Functions on Azure Container Apps V1 retirementAzureAzure Container AppsRetirement date for Functions on Azure Container Apps V1: 29 Sep 2027. After that date, existing V1 apps stop running and no longer process requests or event-driven triggers.	Azure	Azure Container Apps	Retirement
23 Sep 2027	In about 10 months, 23 Sep 2027	Classic Alerts retirementAzureAzure Site RecoveryRetirement date for Classic Alerts in Azure Site Recovery: 23 Sep 2027. Microsoft recommends moving to the alerting solution based on Azure Monitor.	Azure	Azure Site Recovery	Retirement
Sep 2027 The vendor gives a month, not a day.	In about 10 months, Sep 2027	Best Practices retirementAzureAzure AutomanageRetirement date for Azure Automanage Best Practices: Sep 2027. Microsoft encourages customers to transition to Azure Policy before the retirement date.	Azure	Azure Automanage	Retirement
1 Sep 2027	In about 10 months, 1 Sep 2027	numberOfProbes property end of supportAzureAzure Load BalancerEnd of support date for the Azure Load Balancer numberOfProbes property: 1 Sep 2027. Microsoft does not support the property after that date and names the probeThreshold property as the one to use.	Azure	Azure Load Balancer	End of support
Aug 2027 · 3 items
30 Aug 2027	In about 10 months, 30 Aug 2027	license-included service retirementAzureAzure VMware SolutionRetirement date for the Azure VMware Solution (AVS) license-included service: 30 Aug 2027. License-included PayGo SKUs retire on October 31, 2026; Reserved Instance customers are required to buy portable Broadcom VCF licenses and move to an AVS VCF BYOL SKU before the retirement date.	Azure	Azure VMware Solution	Retirement
1 Aug 2027	In about 9 months, 1 Aug 2027	NVIDIA P4 GPU shutdownGCPCompute EngineShutdown date for NVIDIA P4 GPUs on Google Cloud: 1 Aug 2027. From that date, resources that run NVIDIA P4 GPUs cannot be created, launched, or accessed.	GCP	Compute Engine	Retirement
1 Aug 2027	In about 9 months, 1 Aug 2027	NVIDIA T4 GPU shutdownGCPCompute EngineShutdown date for NVIDIA T4 GPUs on Google Cloud: 1 Aug 2027. From that date, resources that run NVIDIA T4 GPUs cannot be created, launched, or accessed.	GCP	Compute Engine	Retirement
Jun 2027 · 1 item
16 Jun 2027	In about 7 months, 16 Jun 2027	customer-supplied encryption keys (CSEKs) shutdownGCPCompute EngineShutdown date for customer-supplied encryption keys (CSEKs) in the Compute Engine deprecations table: 16 Jun 2027. Google's CSEK deprecation page gives July 20, 2027 for complete removal and names customer-managed encryption keys (CMEK) as the alternative.	GCP	Compute Engine	Retirement
May 2027 · 1 item
31 May 2027	In about 7 months, 31 May 2027	Azure App Service, Functions and Logic Apps: TLS 1.0 and 1.1 retirementAzureAzure App ServiceAfter 31 May 2027, Azure App Service, Azure Functions, and Azure Logic Apps no longer accept connections that use TLS 1.0 or TLS 1.1. Clients need to support TLS 1.2 or later.	Azure	Azure App Service	Retirement
Apr 2027 · 6 items
20 Apr 2027	In about 5 months, 20 Apr 2027	Azure Machine Learning and Microsoft Foundry: Prompt Flow retirementAzureAzure Machine LearningRetirement date for Prompt Flow in Azure Machine Learning, Microsoft Foundry, and VS Code: 20 Apr 2027. Microsoft names Microsoft Agent Framework as the replacement.	Azure	Azure Machine Learning	Retirement
1 Apr 2027	In about 5 months, 1 Apr 2027	Memory Optimized Data Flows retirementAzureAzure Data FactoryRetirement of Memory Optimized Data Flows in Azure Data Factory: 1 Apr 2027. Microsoft states that all Azure Data Factory Data Flows use the General Purpose SKU going forward.	Azure	Azure Data Factory	Retirement
1 Apr 2027	In about 5 months, 1 Apr 2027	multimodalembedding@001 retirementGCPGemini Enterprise Agent PlatformRetirement date for multimodalembedding@001 on Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform: 1 Apr 2027. Google's model versions page mentions errors caused by models reaching their retirement dates, without describing them, and links a migration guide.	GCP	Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform	Retirement
1 Apr 2027	In about 5 months, 1 Apr 2027	text-embedding-004 retirementGCPGemini Enterprise Agent PlatformRetirement date for text-embedding-004 on Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform: 1 Apr 2027. Google's model versions page mentions errors caused by models reaching their retirement dates, without describing them, and links a migration guide.	GCP	Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform	Retirement
1 Apr 2027	In about 5 months, 1 Apr 2027	text-embedding-005 retirementGCPGemini Enterprise Agent PlatformRetirement date for text-embedding-005 on Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform: 1 Apr 2027. Google's model versions page mentions errors caused by models reaching their retirement dates, without describing them, and links a migration guide.	GCP	Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform	Retirement
1 Apr 2027	In about 5 months, 1 Apr 2027	text-multilingual-embedding-002 retirementGCPGemini Enterprise Agent PlatformRetirement date for text-multilingual-embedding-002 on Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform: 1 Apr 2027. Google's model versions page mentions errors caused by models reaching their retirement dates, without describing them, and links a migration guide.	GCP	Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform	Retirement
Mar 2027 · 9 items
31 Mar 2027	In about 5 months, 31 Mar 2027	Docker Compose feature retirementAzureAzure App ServiceRetirement date for the Docker Compose feature in Azure App Service: 31 Mar 2027. After that date, Docker Compose applications that were not migrated to sidecar containers face disruptions and HTTP 5xx errors.	Azure	Azure App Service	Retirement
31 Mar 2027	In about 5 months, 31 Mar 2027	sidecar for Prometheus remote-write retirementAzureAzure MonitorAzure Monitor deprecates the sidecar for remote-write of Prometheus metrics to Azure Monitor Workspace on 31 Mar 2027. Microsoft recommends direct remote-write from self-hosted Prometheus or Prometheus Operator.	Azure	Azure Monitor	Retirement
31 Mar 2027	In about 5 months, 31 Mar 2027	Elastic query Shard_Map_Manager mode end of supportAzureAzure SQL DatabaseEnd of support date for Azure SQL Elastic query in Shard_Map_Manager mode: 31 Mar 2027. Existing workloads keep running after that date but no longer receive updates or support from Microsoft.	Azure	Azure SQL Database	End of support
31 Mar 2027	In about 5 months, 31 Mar 2027	SSTP protocol support retirementAzureAzure VPN GatewayRetirement date for SSTP protocol support on Azure VPN Gateway: 31 Mar 2027. From that date, existing SSTP-enabled gateways can no longer be used to establish SSTP connections.	Azure	Azure VPN Gateway	Retirement
30 Mar 2027	In about 5 months, 30 Mar 2027	Essential SKU retirementAzureAzure Managed GrafanaRetirement date for the Azure Managed Grafana Essential SKU: 30 Mar 2027. On that date, all Azure Managed Grafana instances using the Essential SKU are deleted.	Azure	Azure Managed Grafana	Retirement

Oct 2029 · 1 item

In about 3 years, Oct 2029Oct 2029 The vendor gives a month, not a day.
OT security retirement
AzureMicrosoft Defender for IoTRetirement
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Sep 2027 · 11 items

In about 11 months, 30 Sep 202730 Sep 2027
State Configuration retirement
AzureAzure AutomationRetirement
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In about 11 months, 30 Sep 202730 Sep 2027
Azure CDN Standard from Microsoft (classic) retirement
AzureAzure Content Delivery NetworkRetirement
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In about 11 months, 30 Sep 202730 Sep 2027
Open Service Mesh add-on retirement
AzureAzure Kubernetes ServiceRetirement
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In about 11 months, 30 Sep 202730 Sep 2027
pod name dimension on pod metrics retirement
AzureAzure Kubernetes ServiceRetirement
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In about 11 months, 30 Sep 202730 Sep 2027
Inbound NAT pools retirement
AzureAzure Load BalancerRetirement
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In about 11 months, 30 Sep 202730 Sep 2027
NSG flow logs retirement
AzureAzure Network WatcherRetirement
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In about 11 months, 30 Sep 202730 Sep 2027
SQL Data Sync retirement
AzureAzure SQL DatabaseRetirement
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In about 11 months, 29 Sep 202729 Sep 2027
Functions on Azure Container Apps V1 retirement
AzureAzure Container AppsRetirement
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In about 10 months, 23 Sep 202723 Sep 2027
Classic Alerts retirement
AzureAzure Site RecoveryRetirement
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In about 10 months, Sep 2027Sep 2027 The vendor gives a month, not a day.
Best Practices retirement
AzureAzure AutomanageRetirement
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In about 10 months, 1 Sep 20271 Sep 2027
numberOfProbes property end of support
AzureAzure Load BalancerEnd of support
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Aug 2027 · 3 items

In about 10 months, 30 Aug 202730 Aug 2027
license-included service retirement
AzureAzure VMware SolutionRetirement
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In about 9 months, 1 Aug 20271 Aug 2027
NVIDIA P4 GPU shutdown
GCPCompute EngineRetirement
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In about 9 months, 1 Aug 20271 Aug 2027
NVIDIA T4 GPU shutdown
GCPCompute EngineRetirement
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Jun 2027 · 1 item

In about 7 months, 16 Jun 202716 Jun 2027
customer-supplied encryption keys (CSEKs) shutdown
GCPCompute EngineRetirement
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May 2027 · 1 item

In about 7 months, 31 May 202731 May 2027
Azure App Service, Functions and Logic Apps: TLS 1.0 and 1.1 retirement
AzureAzure App ServiceRetirement
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Apr 2027 · 6 items

In about 5 months, 20 Apr 202720 Apr 2027
Azure Machine Learning and Microsoft Foundry: Prompt Flow retirement
AzureAzure Machine LearningRetirement
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In about 5 months, 1 Apr 20271 Apr 2027
Memory Optimized Data Flows retirement
AzureAzure Data FactoryRetirement
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In about 5 months, 1 Apr 20271 Apr 2027
multimodalembedding@001 retirement
GCPGemini Enterprise Agent PlatformRetirement
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In about 5 months, 1 Apr 20271 Apr 2027
text-embedding-004 retirement
GCPGemini Enterprise Agent PlatformRetirement
Source
In about 5 months, 1 Apr 20271 Apr 2027
text-embedding-005 retirement
GCPGemini Enterprise Agent PlatformRetirement
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In about 5 months, 1 Apr 20271 Apr 2027
text-multilingual-embedding-002 retirement
GCPGemini Enterprise Agent PlatformRetirement
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Mar 2027 · 9 items

In about 5 months, 31 Mar 202731 Mar 2027
Docker Compose feature retirement
AzureAzure App ServiceRetirement
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In about 5 months, 31 Mar 202731 Mar 2027
sidecar for Prometheus remote-write retirement
AzureAzure MonitorRetirement
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In about 5 months, 31 Mar 202731 Mar 2027
Elastic query Shard_Map_Manager mode end of support
AzureAzure SQL DatabaseEnd of support
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In about 5 months, 31 Mar 202731 Mar 2027
SSTP protocol support retirement
AzureAzure VPN GatewayRetirement
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In about 5 months, 30 Mar 202730 Mar 2027
Essential SKU retirement
AzureAzure Managed GrafanaRetirement
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