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slug: "azure-ai-services-anomaly-detector-retirement"
title: "Azure AI Services Anomaly Detector retirement"
summary: "Retirement date for AI Services Anomaly Detector: 1 Oct 2026. After that date, the service can no longer be used with applications."
cloud: "azure"
service: "Azure AI Services Anomaly Detector"
service_slug: "ai-services-anomaly-detector"
category: "service"
type: "retirement"
announced_date: "2023-09-29"
effective_date: "2026-10-01"
effective_precision: "day"
replacement: null
affected_versions: []
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extra_source_urls: ["https://aka.ms/AnomalyDetectorQnA"]
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last_checked_at: "2026-11-12T09:55:19.345Z"
created_at: "2026-11-13T13:36:44.208Z"
updated_at: "2026-11-13T13:36:44.208Z"
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# Azure AI Services Anomaly Detector retirement

Retirement date for AI Services Anomaly Detector: 1 Oct 2026. After that date, the service can no longer be used with applications.

- Effective date: 1 Oct 2026
- Cloud: [Azure](https://eolwatch.dev/cloud/azure.md)
- Service: [Azure AI Services Anomaly Detector](https://eolwatch.dev/services/azure/ai-services-anomaly-detector.md)
- Type: Retirement
- Category: [Service](https://eolwatch.dev/categories/services.md)
- Replacement: Not stated by vendor
- Announced: 29 Sep 2023
- Official source: [azure.microsoft.com](https://azure.microsoft.com/updates?id=ai-services-anomaly-detector-will-be-retired-on-1-october-2026)
- Last checked: 12 Nov 2026

## What breaks

After 1 Oct 2026, AI Services Anomaly Detector can no longer be used with applications. Existing AI Services Anomaly Detector resources remain usable until the retirement date. Customers using AI Services Anomaly Detector are affected.

## Who is affected

### Matching resource types

- `microsoft.cognitiveservices/accounts`
- `azurerm_cognitive_account`

### Fields the check reads

- `kind`

### Detected by the estate check from

- Azure Resource Graph export (CSV or JSON)
- Terraform state or plan (JSON)
- ARM template

## What to do

Microsoft has not published migration steps. See the source for details.

## Replacement

Not stated by vendor.

## Sources

- [Official source](https://azure.microsoft.com/updates?id=ai-services-anomaly-detector-will-be-retired-on-1-october-2026) (azure.microsoft.com, Official)
- [Additional source](https://aka.ms/AnomalyDetectorQnA) (aka.ms, Official)

Last checked against the first source in this list on 12 Nov 2026.

Page: https://eolwatch.dev/items/azure-ai-services-anomaly-detector-retirement | JSON: https://eolwatch.dev/items/azure-ai-services-anomaly-detector-retirement.json

The text on this page is drafted with AI assistance from the vendor's text, checked against the official source and approved by a person before it is published.