---
slug: "azure-cache-for-redis-retirement"
title: "Azure Cache for Redis (Basic, Standard and Premium) retirement"
summary: "Retirement date for Azure Cache for Redis (Basic, Standard and Premium): 30 Sep 2028. Instances that are not migrated by that date are shut down."
cloud: "azure"
service: "Azure Cache for Redis"
service_slug: "cache-for-redis"
category: "service"
type: "retirement"
announced_date: "2025-10-08"
effective_date: "2028-09-30"
effective_precision: "day"
replacement: "Azure Managed Redis"
affected_versions: []
source_url: "https://azure.microsoft.com/updates?id=499577"
extra_source_urls: ["https://aka.ms/AzureCacheForRedisRetirement"]
vendor_ref: "499577"
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 Cache for Redis (Basic, Standard and Premium) retirement

Retirement date for Azure Cache for Redis (Basic, Standard and Premium): 30 Sep 2028. Instances that are not migrated by that date are shut down.

- Effective date: 30 Sep 2028
- Cloud: [Azure](https://eolwatch.dev/cloud/azure.md)
- Service: [Azure Cache for Redis](https://eolwatch.dev/services/azure/cache-for-redis.md)
- Type: Retirement
- Category: [Service](https://eolwatch.dev/categories/services.md)
- Replacement: Azure Managed Redis
- Announced: 8 Oct 2025
- Official source: [azure.microsoft.com](https://azure.microsoft.com/updates?id=499577)
- Last checked: 12 Nov 2026

## What breaks

Azure Cache for Redis (Basic, Standard and Premium) is retired on 30 Sep 2028. Azure Cache for Redis instances that are not migrated by the retirement date are shut down.

## Who is affected

### Matching resource types

- `microsoft.cache/redis`
- `azurerm_redis_cache`

### Detected by the estate check from

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

## What to do

Migrate workloads to Azure Managed Redis before the retirement date. Microsoft links further details under [Learn more](https://aka.ms/AzureCacheForRedisRetirement).

## Replacement

Azure Managed Redis

## Sources

- [Official source](https://azure.microsoft.com/updates?id=499577) (azure.microsoft.com, Official)
- [Additional source](https://aka.ms/AzureCacheForRedisRetirement) (aka.ms, Official)

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

Page: https://eolwatch.dev/items/azure-cache-for-redis-retirement | JSON: https://eolwatch.dev/items/azure-cache-for-redis-retirement.json

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