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slug: "azure-maps-gen1-price-tier-retirement"
title: "Azure Maps: Gen1 price tier (Standard S0 and S1) retirement"
summary: "Retirement date for the Azure Maps Gen1 price tier (Standard S0 and Standard S1): 15 Sep 2026. On that date, accounts still on Gen1 are automatically upgraded to the Gen2 price tier."
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service: "Azure Maps"
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announced_date: "2023-09-15"
effective_date: "2026-09-15"
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replacement: "Azure Maps Gen2 price tier"
affected_versions: ["Gen1","Standard S0","Standard S1"]
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# Azure Maps: Gen1 price tier (Standard S0 and S1) retirement

Retirement date for the Azure Maps Gen1 price tier (Standard S0 and Standard S1): 15 Sep 2026. On that date, accounts still on Gen1 are automatically upgraded to the Gen2 price tier.

- Effective date: 15 Sep 2026
- Cloud: [Azure](https://eolwatch.dev/cloud/azure.md)
- Service: [Azure Maps](https://eolwatch.dev/services/azure/maps.md)
- Type: Retirement
- Category: [Feature](https://eolwatch.dev/categories/features.md)
- Affected versions: Gen1, Standard S0, Standard S1
- Replacement: Azure Maps Gen2 price tier
- Announced: 15 Sep 2023
- Official source: [azure.microsoft.com](https://azure.microsoft.com/updates?id=azure-maps-gen1-price-tier-retirement)
- Last checked: 12 Nov 2026

## What breaks

Azure Maps accounts that use the Gen1 price tier (Standard S0 or Standard S1) are affected. On the retirement date, these accounts are automatically upgraded to the Gen2 price tier. Gen1 has not been offered for new accounts, or as a switch target from Gen2, in the Azure portal since 14 September 2023 and in Azure Resource Manager templates since 12 October 2023.

## Who is affected

### Affected versions

- `Gen1`
- `Standard S0`
- `Standard S1`

### Matching resource types

- `microsoft.maps/accounts`
- `azurerm_maps_account`

### Fields the check reads

- `sku`
- `sku_name`

### Detected by the estate check from

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

## What to do

1. Update Azure Resource Manager templates that create Azure Maps accounts so they use the Gen2 price tier, following the Microsoft [instructions](https://aka.ms/AzureMapsGen1PriceTierRetirement). The source set 12 October 2023 as the date for this change to avoid deployment disruptions.
2. Switch existing Azure Maps accounts from the Gen1 price tier to the Gen2 price tier, as described in the same [instructions](https://aka.ms/AzureMapsGen1PriceTierRetirement).
3. Review Gen2 pricing on the [Azure Maps Pricing](https://azure.microsoft.com/pricing/details/azure-maps/) page.

## Replacement

Azure Maps Gen2 price tier

## Sources

- [Official source](https://azure.microsoft.com/updates?id=azure-maps-gen1-price-tier-retirement) (azure.microsoft.com, Official)
- [Additional source](https://aka.ms/AzureMapsGen1PriceTierRetirement) (aka.ms, Official)
- [Additional source](https://azure.microsoft.com/pricing/details/azure-maps/) (azure.microsoft.com, Official)

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

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