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Azure Front Door: Front Door (classic) retirement

Retirement date for Azure Front Door (classic) in the public cloud: 31 Mar 2027. Microsoft directs customers to migrate to Front Door Standard or Premium by that date.

Retires , 31 Mar 2027

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What breaks

Azure Front Door (classic) is retired for the public cloud on the retirement date. Since 1 April 2025, new Front Door (classic) resources cannot be created via the Azure portal, Terraform, or any command line tools. Existing resources can still be modified until Front Door (classic) is fully retired. Microsoft describes migration as the way to avoid potential disruptions in service.

Who is affected

Matching resource types

  • microsoft.network/frontdoors
  • azurerm_frontdoor

Detected by the estate check from

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

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What to do

  1. Review the Front Door Standard and Premium comparison and the pricing of each tier.
  2. Migrate to Azure Front Door Standard or Premium.
  3. Create new resources on Front Door Standard or Premium, and use the Standard or Premium API and command line tools in DevOps workflows.

Replacement

Azure Front Door Standard or Premium

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