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slug: "azure-computer-vision-image-analysis-retirement"
title: "Azure Computer Vision: Image Analysis retirement"
summary: "Retirement date for the Azure Computer Vision Image Analysis service: 25 Sep 2028. Microsoft provides full support for existing customers until that date."
cloud: "azure"
service: "Azure Computer Vision"
service_slug: "computer-vision"
category: "feature"
type: "retirement"
announced_date: "2025-10-23"
effective_date: "2028-09-25"
effective_precision: "day"
replacement: "Document Intelligence, Face API or GPT models in Microsoft Foundry, depending on the use case"
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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 Computer Vision: Image Analysis retirement

Retirement date for the Azure Computer Vision Image Analysis service: 25 Sep 2028. Microsoft provides full support for existing customers until that date.

- Effective date: 25 Sep 2028
- Cloud: [Azure](https://eolwatch.dev/cloud/azure.md)
- Service: [Azure Computer Vision](https://eolwatch.dev/services/azure/computer-vision.md)
- Type: Retirement
- Category: [Feature](https://eolwatch.dev/categories/features.md)
- Replacement: Document Intelligence, Face API or GPT models in Microsoft Foundry, depending on the use case
- Announced: 23 Oct 2025
- Official source: [azure.microsoft.com](https://azure.microsoft.com/updates?id=502909)
- Last checked: 12 Nov 2026

## What breaks

Microsoft has announced the retirement of the Azure Computer Vision Image Analysis service, with the retirement date 25 Sep 2028. All existing Image Analysis customers have full support until that date. Microsoft encourages customers to plan and carry out a transition to another Azure product during the support window. The transition plan depends on the specific use cases for Image Analysis.

## What to do

1. For OCR and Read capabilities, use [Document Intelligence](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-services/document-intelligence/prebuilt/read?view=doc-intel-4.0.0&tabs=sample-code).
2. For Face scenarios, use the [Face API](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-services/computer-vision/overview-identity).
3. For other Computer Vision scenarios, use the [GPT model series in Microsoft Foundry](https://ai.azure.com/catalog/models).
4. [Azure AI Content Understanding](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-services/content-understanding/overview), a product in preview at the time of the announcement, also supports many image analysis use cases.
5. See the [Azure Computer Vision Image Analysis documentation](https://aka.ms/computer-vision-migration) for more information on your specific use case.

## Replacement

Document Intelligence, Face API or GPT models in Microsoft Foundry, depending on the use case

## Sources

- [Official source](https://azure.microsoft.com/updates?id=502909) (azure.microsoft.com, Official)
- [Additional source](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-services/document-intelligence/prebuilt/read?view=doc-intel-4.0.0&tabs=sample-code) (learn.microsoft.com, Official)
- [Additional source](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-services/computer-vision/overview-identity) (learn.microsoft.com, Official)
- [Additional source](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-services/content-understanding/overview) (learn.microsoft.com, Official)
- [Additional source](https://aka.ms/computer-vision-migration) (aka.ms, Official)

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

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