---
slug: "azure-log-analytics-batch-api-retirement"
title: "Azure Monitor Log Analytics: batch API retirement"
summary: "Retirement date for the batch API in Azure Monitor Log Analytics: 31 Mar 2028. After that date, queries that use this API no longer work."
cloud: "azure"
service: "Azure Monitor Log Analytics"
service_slug: "log-analytics"
category: "api_sdk"
type: "retirement"
announced_date: "2025-04-01"
effective_date: "2028-03-31"
effective_precision: "day"
replacement: "Standard request API for the Azure Monitor Log Analytics data access API"
affected_versions: []
source_url: "https://azure.microsoft.com/updates?id=486080"
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vendor_ref: "486080"
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 Monitor Log Analytics: batch API retirement

Retirement date for the batch API in Azure Monitor Log Analytics: 31 Mar 2028. After that date, queries that use this API no longer work.

- Effective date: 31 Mar 2028
- Cloud: [Azure](https://eolwatch.dev/cloud/azure.md)
- Service: [Azure Monitor Log Analytics](https://eolwatch.dev/services/azure/log-analytics.md)
- Type: Retirement
- Category: [API or SDK](https://eolwatch.dev/categories/apis-sdks.md)
- Replacement: Standard request API for the Azure Monitor Log Analytics data access API
- Announced: 1 Apr 2025
- Official source: [azure.microsoft.com](https://azure.microsoft.com/updates?id=486080)
- Last checked: 12 Nov 2026

## What breaks

The batch API in Azure Monitor Log Analytics is retired on 31 Mar 2028. After that date, queries that use this API no longer work. Workloads that call the batch API are affected, including usage through the Azure Monitor Query client SDKs, which Microsoft asks customers to review.

## What to do

1. Review any use of the batch API, including through the [Azure Monitor Query client SDKs](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-monitor/logs/api/overview#try-the-log-analytics-api).
2. Move to the standard request API and format for the Azure Monitor Log Analytics data access API.
3. Split batch queries into single queries and follow the [request](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-monitor/logs/api/request-format) and [response](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-monitor/logs/api/response-format) API formats.
4. See the Microsoft [documentation](https://aka.ms/laapideprecation) for more information.

## Replacement

Standard request API for the Azure Monitor Log Analytics data access API

## Sources

- [Official source](https://azure.microsoft.com/updates?id=486080) (azure.microsoft.com, Official)
- [Additional source](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-monitor/logs/api/batch-queries) (learn.microsoft.com, Official)
- [Additional source](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/developer/intro/azure-service-sdk-tool-versioning) (learn.microsoft.com, Official)
- [Additional source](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-monitor/logs/api/request-format) (learn.microsoft.com, Official)
- [Additional source](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-monitor/logs/api/response-format) (learn.microsoft.com, Official)
- [Additional source](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-monitor/logs/api/overview#try-the-log-analytics-api) (learn.microsoft.com, Official)
- [Additional source](https://aka.ms/laapideprecation) (aka.ms, Official)

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

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