---
title: "All upcoming Azure retirements, end of support dates and breaking changes in the Features category"
url: "https://eolwatch.dev/?window=all&cloud=azure&category=features"
as_of: "2026-11-13"
total: 47
---

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

47 items: upcoming, earliest date first. Filters: cloud Azure; category Features. Countdowns are counted for 13 Nov 2026 (UTC).

## Upcoming

| Date | Countdown | Item | Service | Type | Source |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Nov 2026 | This month | [Azure Kubernetes Service: managed NGINX ingress (Application Routing) retirement](https://eolwatch.dev/items/azure-aks-managed-nginx-ingress-application-routing-retirement.md) | Azure Kubernetes Service | Retirement | [azure.microsoft.com](https://azure.microsoft.com/updates?id=555839) |
| Mar 2027 | In 108 days at the earliest | [Azure Blob Storage: AzureDnsZone endpoints (preview) retirement](https://eolwatch.dev/items/azure-blob-storage-azurednszone-endpoints-retirement.md) | Azure Blob Storage | Retirement | [azure.microsoft.com](https://azure.microsoft.com/updates?id=558276) |
| 15 Mar 2027 | In 122 days | [Azure API Management: built-in analytics dashboards retirement](https://eolwatch.dev/items/azure-api-management-built-in-analytics-dashboards-retirement.md) | Azure API Management | Retirement | [azure.microsoft.com](https://azure.microsoft.com/updates?id=begin-using-azure-monitor-based-dashboards-in-azure-api-management-before-the-builtin-analytics-dashboards-are-retired-on-15) |
| 15 Mar 2027 | In 122 days | [Azure Application Gateway: WAF v2 Configuration retirement](https://eolwatch.dev/items/azure-application-gateway-waf-v2-configuration-retirement.md) | Azure Application Gateway | Retirement | [azure.microsoft.com](https://azure.microsoft.com/updates?id=retirement-support-for-application-gateway-web-application-firewall-v2-configuration-is-ending) |
| 30 Mar 2027 | In 137 days | [Azure Managed Grafana: Essential SKU retirement](https://eolwatch.dev/items/azure-managed-grafana-essential-sku-retirement.md) | Azure Managed Grafana | Retirement | [azure.microsoft.com](https://azure.microsoft.com/updates?id=559395) |
| 31 Mar 2027 | In 138 days | [Azure App Service: Docker Compose feature retirement](https://eolwatch.dev/items/azure-app-service-docker-compose-retirement.md) | Azure App Service | Retirement | [azure.microsoft.com](https://azure.microsoft.com/updates?id=485167) |
| 31 Mar 2027 | In 138 days | [Azure Monitor: sidecar for Prometheus remote-write retirement](https://eolwatch.dev/items/azure-monitor-prometheus-remote-write-sidecar-retirement.md) | Azure Monitor | Retirement | [azure.microsoft.com](https://azure.microsoft.com/updates?id=550519) |
| 31 Mar 2027 | In 138 days | [Azure SQL Database: Elastic query Shard_Map_Manager mode end of support](https://eolwatch.dev/items/azure-sql-database-elastic-query-shard-map-manager-end-of-support.md) | Azure SQL Database | End of support | [azure.microsoft.com](https://azure.microsoft.com/updates?id=558086) |
| 31 Mar 2027 | In 138 days | [Azure VPN Gateway: SSTP protocol support retirement](https://eolwatch.dev/items/azure-vpn-gateway-sstp-protocol-retirement.md) | Azure VPN Gateway | Retirement | [azure.microsoft.com](https://azure.microsoft.com/updates?id=499923) |
| 1 Apr 2027 | In 139 days | [Azure Data Factory: Memory Optimized Data Flows retirement](https://eolwatch.dev/items/azure-data-factory-memory-optimized-data-flows-retirement.md) | Azure Data Factory | Retirement | [azure.microsoft.com](https://azure.microsoft.com/updates?id=were-retiring-memory-optimized-data-flows-in-azure-data-factory-use-general-purpose-for-better-performance-at-a-lower-price) |
| 20 Apr 2027 | In 158 days | [Azure Machine Learning and Microsoft Foundry: Prompt Flow retirement](https://eolwatch.dev/items/azure-machine-learning-prompt-flow-retirement.md) | Azure Machine Learning | Retirement | [azure.microsoft.com](https://azure.microsoft.com/updates?id=502936) |
| 31 May 2027 | In 199 days | [Azure App Service, Functions and Logic Apps: TLS 1.0 and 1.1 retirement](https://eolwatch.dev/items/azure-app-service-tls-1-0-and-tls-1-1-retirement.md) | Azure App Service | Retirement | [azure.microsoft.com](https://azure.microsoft.com/updates?id=557852) |
| 30 Aug 2027 | In 290 days | [Azure VMware Solution: license-included service retirement](https://eolwatch.dev/items/azure-vmware-solution-license-included-retirement.md) | Azure VMware Solution | Retirement | [azure.microsoft.com](https://azure.microsoft.com/updates?id=569535) |
| Sep 2027 | In 292 days at the earliest | [Azure Automanage: Best Practices retirement](https://eolwatch.dev/items/azure-automanage-best-practices-retirement.md) | Azure Automanage | Retirement | [azure.microsoft.com](https://azure.microsoft.com/updates?id=azure-automanage-best-practices-retirement-migrate-to-azure-policy) |
| 1 Sep 2027 | In 292 days | [Azure Load Balancer: numberOfProbes property end of support](https://eolwatch.dev/items/azure-load-balancer-numberofprobes-property-end-of-support.md) | Azure Load Balancer | End of support | [azure.microsoft.com](https://azure.microsoft.com/updates?id=end-of-support-announcement-for-azure-load-balancer-numberofprobes-property-on-1-september-2027) |
| 23 Sep 2027 | In 314 days | [Azure Site Recovery: Classic Alerts retirement](https://eolwatch.dev/items/azure-site-recovery-classic-alerts-retirement.md) | Azure Site Recovery | Retirement | [azure.microsoft.com](https://azure.microsoft.com/updates?id=azure-site-recovery-classic-alerts-retirement) |
| 29 Sep 2027 | In 320 days | [Azure Container Apps: Functions on Azure Container Apps V1 retirement](https://eolwatch.dev/items/azure-container-apps-functions-v1-retirement.md) | Azure Container Apps | Retirement | [azure.microsoft.com](https://azure.microsoft.com/updates?id=570800) |
| 30 Sep 2027 | In 321 days | [Azure Automation: State Configuration retirement](https://eolwatch.dev/items/azure-automation-state-configuration-retirement.md) | Azure Automation | Retirement | [azure.microsoft.com](https://azure.microsoft.com/updates?id=planned-service-retirement-azure-automation-state-configuration-16-september-2027) |
| 30 Sep 2027 | In 321 days | [Azure CDN Standard from Microsoft (classic) retirement](https://eolwatch.dev/items/azure-content-delivery-network-standard-from-microsoft-classic-retirement.md) | Azure Content Delivery Network | Retirement | [azure.microsoft.com](https://azure.microsoft.com/updates?id=azure-cdn-standard-from-microsoft-classic-will-be-retired-on-30-september-2027) |
| 30 Sep 2027 | In 321 days | [Azure Kubernetes Service: Open Service Mesh add-on retirement](https://eolwatch.dev/items/azure-aks-open-service-mesh-add-on-retirement.md) | Azure Kubernetes Service | Retirement | [azure.microsoft.com](https://azure.microsoft.com/updates?id=open-service-mesh-add-on-for-aks-will-be-retired-on-september-30-2027) |
| 30 Sep 2027 | In 321 days | [Azure Kubernetes Service: pod name dimension on pod metrics retirement](https://eolwatch.dev/items/azure-aks-pod-name-metric-dimension-retirement.md) | Azure Kubernetes Service | Retirement | [azure.microsoft.com](https://azure.microsoft.com/updates?id=570232) |
| 30 Sep 2027 | In 321 days | [Azure Load Balancer: Inbound NAT pools retirement](https://eolwatch.dev/items/azure-load-balancer-inbound-nat-pools-retirement.md) | Azure Load Balancer | Retirement | [azure.microsoft.com](https://azure.microsoft.com/updates?id=565482) |
| 30 Sep 2027 | In 321 days | [Azure Network Watcher: NSG flow logs retirement](https://eolwatch.dev/items/azure-network-watcher-nsg-flow-logs-retirement.md) | Azure Network Watcher | Retirement | [azure.microsoft.com](https://azure.microsoft.com/updates?id=azure-nsg-flow-logs-retirement) |
| 30 Sep 2027 | In 321 days | [Azure SQL Database: SQL Data Sync retirement](https://eolwatch.dev/items/azure-sql-database-sql-data-sync-retirement.md) | Azure SQL Database | Retirement | [azure.microsoft.com](https://azure.microsoft.com/updates?id=sql-data-sync-retirement) |
| 31 Oct 2027 | In 352 days | [Azure SQL Database: Always Encrypted with Intel SGX enclaves retirement](https://eolwatch.dev/items/azure-sql-database-always-encrypted-intel-sgx-enclaves-retirement.md) | Azure SQL Database | Retirement | [azure.microsoft.com](https://azure.microsoft.com/updates?id=569236) |
| 31 Oct 2027 | In 352 days | [Azure Stream Analytics: Power BI output connector retirement](https://eolwatch.dev/items/azure-stream-analytics-powerbi-output-connector-retirement.md) | Azure Stream Analytics | Retirement | [azure.microsoft.com](https://azure.microsoft.com/updates?id=466774) |
| 27 Mar 2028 | In 500 days | [Azure Arc: AKS on Windows Server 2019 and 2022 current architecture retirement](https://eolwatch.dev/items/azure-arc-aks-on-windows-server-current-architecture-retirement.md) | Azure Arc | Retirement | [azure.microsoft.com](https://azure.microsoft.com/updates?id=485893) |
| 31 Mar 2028 | In 504 days | [Azure App Service: linked databases in custom backups retirement](https://eolwatch.dev/items/azure-app-service-custom-backup-linked-databases-retirement.md) | Azure App Service | Retirement | [azure.microsoft.com](https://azure.microsoft.com/updates?id=485047) |
| 31 Mar 2028 | In 504 days | [Azure Container Registry: Docker Content Trust retirement](https://eolwatch.dev/items/azure-container-registry-docker-content-trust-retirement.md) | Azure Container Registry | Retirement | [azure.microsoft.com](https://azure.microsoft.com/updates?id=485241) |
| 31 Mar 2028 | In 504 days | [Azure Functions: Durable Functions Netherite backend end of support](https://eolwatch.dev/items/azure-functions-durable-functions-netherite-end-of-support.md) | Azure Functions | End of support | [azure.microsoft.com](https://azure.microsoft.com/updates?id=489009) |
| 31 Mar 2028 | In 504 days | [Azure Kubernetes Service: kubenet networking retirement](https://eolwatch.dev/items/azure-aks-kubenet-networking-retirement.md) | Azure Kubernetes Service | Retirement | [azure.microsoft.com](https://azure.microsoft.com/updates?id=485172) |
| 31 Mar 2028 | In 504 days | [Azure VPN Gateway: manually registered Azure VPN clients retirement](https://eolwatch.dev/items/azure-vpn-gateway-manually-registered-vpn-clients-retirement.md) | Azure VPN Gateway | Retirement | [azure.microsoft.com](https://azure.microsoft.com/updates?id=485535) |
| 30 Jun 2028 | In 595 days | [Azure Monitor: VM Insights Map and Dependency Agent retirement](https://eolwatch.dev/items/azure-monitor-vm-insights-map-dependency-agent-retirement.md) | Azure Monitor | Retirement | [azure.microsoft.com](https://azure.microsoft.com/updates?id=491629) |
| 8 Sep 2028 | In 665 days | [Azure AI Language: Entity Linking retirement](https://eolwatch.dev/items/azure-ai-language-entity-linking-retirement.md) | Azure AI Language | Retirement | [azure.microsoft.com](https://azure.microsoft.com/updates?id=499851) |
| 8 Sep 2028 | In 665 days | [Azure Disk Storage: OS disks on Standard HDD retirement](https://eolwatch.dev/items/azure-disk-storage-os-disks-on-standard-hdd-retirement.md) | Azure Disk Storage | Retirement | [azure.microsoft.com](https://azure.microsoft.com/updates?id=500157) |
| 15 Sep 2028 | In 672 days | [Azure Key Vault: support for hsmPlatform 1 keys retirement](https://eolwatch.dev/items/azure-key-vault-hsmplatform-1-keys-retirement.md) | Azure Key Vault | Retirement | [azure.microsoft.com](https://azure.microsoft.com/updates?id=494676) |
| 15 Sep 2028 | In 672 days | [Azure Virtual Machines: Azure Disk Encryption retirement](https://eolwatch.dev/items/azure-virtual-machines-disk-encryption-retirement.md) | Azure Virtual Machines | Retirement | [azure.microsoft.com](https://azure.microsoft.com/updates?id=493779) |
| 25 Sep 2028 | In 682 days | [Azure Computer Vision: Image Analysis retirement](https://eolwatch.dev/items/azure-computer-vision-image-analysis-retirement.md) | Azure Computer Vision | Retirement | [azure.microsoft.com](https://azure.microsoft.com/updates?id=502909) |
| 30 Sep 2028 | In 687 days | [Azure Communication Services: standalone services retirement](https://eolwatch.dev/items/azure-communication-services-standalone-services-retirement.md) | Azure Communication Services | Retirement | [azure.microsoft.com](https://azure.microsoft.com/updates?id=557117) |
| 30 Sep 2028 | In 687 days | [Azure Functions: Linux Consumption hosting plan retirement](https://eolwatch.dev/items/azure-functions-linux-consumption-plan-retirement.md) | Azure Functions | Retirement | [azure.microsoft.com](https://azure.microsoft.com/updates?id=499451) |
| 30 Sep 2028 | In 687 days | [Azure Kubernetes Service: Network Policy Manager on Linux nodes end of support](https://eolwatch.dev/items/azure-aks-network-policy-manager-linux-end-of-support.md) | Azure Kubernetes Service | End of support | [azure.microsoft.com](https://azure.microsoft.com/updates?id=500268) |
| 30 Sep 2028 | In 687 days | [Azure Monitor Application Insights: URL ping tests retirement](https://eolwatch.dev/items/azure-application-insights-url-ping-tests-retirement.md) | Azure Monitor Application Insights | Retirement | [azure.microsoft.com](https://azure.microsoft.com/updates?id=transition-to-using-standard-tests-for-singlestep-availability-testing-in-azure-monitor-application-insights-by-30-september) |
| 31 Mar 2029 | In 869 days | [Azure AI Language: retirement of eight features](https://eolwatch.dev/items/azure-ai-language-eight-features-retirement.md) | Azure AI Language | Retirement | [azure.microsoft.com](https://azure.microsoft.com/updates?id=557394) |
| 31 Mar 2029 | In 869 days | [Azure Cosmos DB: Azure Synapse Link for NoSQL retirement](https://eolwatch.dev/items/azure-cosmos-db-synapse-link-for-nosql-retirement.md) | Azure Cosmos DB | Retirement | [azure.microsoft.com](https://azure.microsoft.com/updates?id=558560) |
| 31 Mar 2029 | In 869 days | [Azure VPN Gateway: manually registered VPN clients retirement (Gov, 21Vianet)](https://eolwatch.dev/items/azure-vpn-gateway-manually-registered-vpn-clients-gov-21vianet-retirement.md) | Azure VPN Gateway | Retirement | [azure.microsoft.com](https://azure.microsoft.com/updates?id=557395) |
| 30 Sep 2029 | In 1,052 days | [Azure Arc: Arc-enabled System Center Virtual Machine Manager retirement](https://eolwatch.dev/items/azure-arc-enabled-scvmm-retirement.md) | Azure Arc | Retirement | [azure.microsoft.com](https://azure.microsoft.com/updates?id=570283) |
| Oct 2029 | In 1,053 days at the earliest | [Microsoft Defender for IoT: OT security retirement](https://eolwatch.dev/items/azure-defender-for-iot-ot-security-retirement.md) | Microsoft Defender for IoT | Retirement | [azure.microsoft.com](https://azure.microsoft.com/updates?id=576255) |

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