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slug: "azure-content-moderator-retirement"
title: "Azure Content Moderator retirement"
summary: "Retirement date for Azure Content Moderator: 15 Mar 2027. Existing resources keep working until that date. After it, Azure Content Moderator is not supported."
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service: "Azure Content Moderator"
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announced_date: "2024-03-22"
effective_date: "2027-03-15"
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# Azure Content Moderator retirement

Retirement date for Azure Content Moderator: 15 Mar 2027. Existing resources keep working until that date. After it, Azure Content Moderator is not supported.

- Effective date: 15 Mar 2027
- Cloud: [Azure](https://eolwatch.dev/cloud/azure.md)
- Service: [Azure Content Moderator](https://eolwatch.dev/services/azure/content-moderator.md)
- Type: Retirement
- Category: [Service](https://eolwatch.dev/categories/services.md)
- Replacement: Azure AI Content Safety
- Announced: 22 Mar 2024
- Official source: [azure.microsoft.com](https://azure.microsoft.com/updates?id=azure-content-moderator-retirement)
- Last checked: 12 Nov 2026

## What breaks

Existing Azure Content Moderator projects operate and remain functional until 15 Mar 2027. After the retirement date, Azure Content Moderator is not supported. New Azure Content Moderator projects have not been available for creation since 15 March 2024.

## 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

1. Review your current usage of Azure Content Moderator to understand the impact on your projects.
2. Explore [Azure AI Content Safety](https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/ai-services/content-safety/overview) to cover your content moderation requirements.

## Replacement

Azure AI Content Safety

## Sources

- [Official source](https://azure.microsoft.com/updates?id=azure-content-moderator-retirement) (azure.microsoft.com, Official)
- [Additional source](https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/ai-services/content-safety/overview) (learn.microsoft.com, Official)

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

Page: https://eolwatch.dev/items/azure-content-moderator-retirement | JSON: https://eolwatch.dev/items/azure-content-moderator-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.