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slug: "azure-ai-document-intelligence-v3-0-api-retirement"
title: "Azure AI Document Intelligence: v3.0 API retirement"
summary: "Retirement date for the Azure Document Intelligence v3.0 API: 30 Mar 2029. After that date the v3.0 API is no longer supported and becomes unusable."
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service: "Azure AI Document Intelligence"
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announced_date: "2026-05-06"
effective_date: "2029-03-30"
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replacement: "Azure Document Intelligence API v4.0"
affected_versions: ["3.0"]
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# Azure AI Document Intelligence: v3.0 API retirement

Retirement date for the Azure Document Intelligence v3.0 API: 30 Mar 2029. After that date the v3.0 API is no longer supported and becomes unusable.

- Effective date: 30 Mar 2029
- 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: 3.0
- Replacement: Azure Document Intelligence API v4.0
- Announced: 6 May 2026
- Official source: [azure.microsoft.com](https://azure.microsoft.com/updates?id=561176)
- Last checked: 12 Nov 2026

## What breaks

After the retirement date, the Azure Document Intelligence v3.0 API is no longer supported and becomes unusable. Microsoft asks customers to migrate to v4.0, the latest generally available API version, by the retirement date.

## Who is affected

### Affected versions

- `3.0`

## What to do

Migrate to the latest generally available Azure Document Intelligence API version, v4.0, by the retirement date.

## Replacement

Azure Document Intelligence API v4.0

## Sources

- [Official source](https://azure.microsoft.com/updates?id=561176) (azure.microsoft.com, Official)

Last checked against this source on 12 Nov 2026.

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