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slug: "azure-ai-document-intelligence-v2-1-api-retirement"
title: "Azure AI Document Intelligence: GA API v2.1 retirement"
summary: "Retirement date for the Azure AI Document Intelligence GA API v2.1: 15 Sep 2027. From that date, all requests to the service with that API version fail."
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effective_date: "2027-09-15"
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replacement: "A newer GA API version of Document Intelligence"
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# Azure AI Document Intelligence: GA API v2.1 retirement

Retirement date for the Azure AI Document Intelligence GA API v2.1: 15 Sep 2027. From that date, all requests to the service with that API version fail.

- Effective date: 15 Sep 2027
- Cloud: [Azure](https://eolwatch.dev/cloud/azure.md)
- Service: [Azure AI Document Intelligence](https://eolwatch.dev/services/azure/ai-document-intelligence.md)
- Type: Retirement
- Category: [API or SDK](https://eolwatch.dev/categories/apis-sdks.md)
- Affected versions: 2.1
- Replacement: A newer GA API version of Document Intelligence
- Announced: 12 Sep 2024
- Official source: [azure.microsoft.com](https://azure.microsoft.com/updates?id=azure-docuement-intelligence-v2-retirement)
- Last checked: 12 Nov 2026

## What breaks

The Document Intelligence GA API v2.1 is retired on the retirement date, and all requests to the service with that API version fail. Microsoft recommends re-training custom models with a newer GA API.

## Who is affected

### Affected versions

- `2.1`

## What to do

1. [Migrate to a newer GA API version of Document Intelligence](https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=2285844) by 15 Sep 2027.
2. If you use custom models, re-train them with a newer GA API, as Microsoft recommends.

## Replacement

A newer GA API version of Document Intelligence

## Sources

- [Official source](https://azure.microsoft.com/updates?id=azure-docuement-intelligence-v2-retirement) (azure.microsoft.com, Official)

Last checked against this source on 12 Nov 2026.

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