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slug: "azure-machine-learning-data-labeling-retirement"
title: "Azure Machine Learning: data labeling retirement"
summary: "Retirement date for data labeling in Azure Machine Learning: 30 Sep 2026. On that date, workloads running data labeling are deleted and the associated application data is lost."
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# Azure Machine Learning: data labeling retirement

Retirement date for data labeling in Azure Machine Learning: 30 Sep 2026. On that date, workloads running data labeling are deleted and the associated application data is lost.

- Effective date: 30 Sep 2026
- Cloud: [Azure](https://eolwatch.dev/cloud/azure.md)
- Service: [Azure Machine Learning](https://eolwatch.dev/services/azure/machine-learning.md)
- Type: Retirement
- Category: [Feature](https://eolwatch.dev/categories/features.md)
- Replacement: Third-party data labeling providers
- Announced: 1 Oct 2025
- Official source: [azure.microsoft.com](https://azure.microsoft.com/updates?id=501692)
- Last checked: 12 Nov 2026

## What breaks

Data labeling in Azure Machine Learning is retired on 30 Sep 2026. On the retirement date, workloads running data labeling are deleted and the associated application data is lost.

## What to do

1. Migrate existing data labeling workloads to third-party data labeling providers before the retirement date.
2. Once labeled data is generated, copy it into an Azure Machine Learning storage account for further pre-processing or model training as required.

## Replacement

Third-party data labeling providers

## Sources

- [Official source](https://azure.microsoft.com/updates?id=501692) (azure.microsoft.com, Official)

Last checked against this source on 12 Nov 2026.

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