{
  "slug": "azure-machine-learning-prompt-flow-retirement",
  "title": "Azure Machine Learning and Microsoft Foundry: Prompt Flow retirement",
  "summary": "Retirement date for Prompt Flow in Azure Machine Learning, Microsoft Foundry, and VS Code: 20 Apr 2027. Microsoft names Microsoft Agent Framework as the replacement.",
  "cloud": "azure",
  "service": "Azure Machine Learning",
  "service_slug": "machine-learning",
  "category": "feature",
  "type": "retirement",
  "announced_date": "2026-04-27",
  "effective_date": "2027-04-20",
  "effective_precision": "day",
  "impact": "Prompt Flow is fully retired from Azure ML, Microsoft Foundry, and VS Code on the retirement date. Microsoft recommends rebuilding key workloads and moving deployments to supported alternatives ahead of retirement. The announcement does not describe what happens to existing flows and deployments after that date. Microsoft Agent Framework reached general availability on April 3, 2026.",
  "migration_path": "1. Use Microsoft Agent Framework for most orchestration scenarios. Review the Microsoft Foundry options if you also depend on evaluation or tracing.\n2. Follow a phased approach: rebuild key workloads, validate them thoroughly, and move deployments to supported alternatives ahead of retirement.\n3. Use the [Migration guide](https://aka.ms/PFtoMAFMigration) and the [Migration code samples](https://aka.ms/PFMigrationCodeSamples).",
  "replacement": "Microsoft Agent Framework",
  "affected_versions": [],
  "source_url": "https://azure.microsoft.com/updates?id=502936",
  "extra_source_urls": [
    "https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/agent-framework/",
    "https://aka.ms/PFtoMAFMigration",
    "https://aka.ms/PFMigrationCodeSamples"
  ],
  "vendor_ref": "502936",
  "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-machine-learning-prompt-flow-retirement",
  "short_url": "https://eolwatch.dev/i/5w",
  "markdown_url": "https://eolwatch.dev/items/azure-machine-learning-prompt-flow-retirement.md",
  "json_url": "https://eolwatch.dev/items/azure-machine-learning-prompt-flow-retirement.json",
  "estate_check": null
}