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title: "Azure Managed Grafana: Essential SKU retirement"
summary: "Retirement date for the Azure Managed Grafana Essential SKU: 30 Mar 2027. On that date, all Azure Managed Grafana instances using the Essential SKU are deleted."
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# Azure Managed Grafana: Essential SKU retirement

Retirement date for the Azure Managed Grafana Essential SKU: 30 Mar 2027. On that date, all Azure Managed Grafana instances using the Essential SKU are deleted.

- Effective date: 30 Mar 2027
- Cloud: [Azure](https://eolwatch.dev/cloud/azure.md)
- Service: [Azure Managed Grafana](https://eolwatch.dev/services/azure/managed-grafana.md)
- Type: Retirement
- Category: [Feature](https://eolwatch.dev/categories/features.md)
- Replacement: Azure Managed Grafana Standard SKU or Azure Monitor Dashboards with Grafana
- Announced: 13 Apr 2026
- Official source: [azure.microsoft.com](https://azure.microsoft.com/updates?id=559395)
- Last checked: 12 Nov 2026

## What breaks

The Azure Managed Grafana Essential SKU is retired on 30 Mar 2027. Until that date, existing Essential SKU resources can be used without disruption. On the retirement date, all Azure Managed Grafana instances using the Essential SKU are deleted. Microsoft names loss of access to dashboards as part of the service disruption that a transition before the retirement date avoids.

## What to do

Transition from the Essential SKU to the Azure Managed Grafana Standard SKU or to Azure Monitor Dashboards with Grafana before the retirement date. Microsoft states that migration guidance is available in the Azure portal and product documentation.

## Replacement

Azure Managed Grafana Standard SKU or Azure Monitor Dashboards with Grafana

## Sources

- [Official source](https://azure.microsoft.com/updates?id=559395) (azure.microsoft.com, Official)

Last checked against this source on 12 Nov 2026.

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