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  "slug": "azure-data-factory-memory-optimized-data-flows-retirement",
  "title": "Azure Data Factory: Memory Optimized Data Flows retirement",
  "summary": "Retirement of Memory Optimized Data Flows in Azure Data Factory: 1 Apr 2027. Microsoft states that all Azure Data Factory Data Flows use the General Purpose SKU going forward.",
  "cloud": "azure",
  "service": "Azure Data Factory",
  "service_slug": "data-factory",
  "category": "feature",
  "type": "retirement",
  "announced_date": "2024-03-29",
  "effective_date": "2027-04-01",
  "effective_precision": "day",
  "impact": "Azure Data Factory Memory Optimized Data Flows are fully retired on 1 Apr 2027. Microsoft states that all Azure Data Factory Data Flows use the General Purpose SKU going forward. Creation of new Memory Optimized Data Flows was discontinued beginning 1 April 2024; until retirement, existing pipelines can continue to use existing memory optimized data flows, but new Azure Integration Runtimes using Memory Optimized cannot be created. Customers using Azure Data Factory Memory Optimized Data Flows are affected.",
  "migration_path": "Assign General Purpose integration runtimes to existing and new data flows instead of using Memory Optimized. The announcement's action list also includes the step \"To create new data flows, create a new Azure Integration Runtime using Memory Optimized instead of General Purpose\", and the same list states that new Azure Integration Runtimes using Memory Optimized cannot be created.",
  "replacement": "General Purpose Azure Data Factory Data Flows",
  "affected_versions": [],
  "source_url": "https://azure.microsoft.com/updates?id=were-retiring-memory-optimized-data-flows-in-azure-data-factory-use-general-purpose-for-better-performance-at-a-lower-price",
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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",
  "url": "https://eolwatch.dev/items/azure-data-factory-memory-optimized-data-flows-retirement",
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