---
slug: "azure-maps-route-apis-v1-0-retirement"
title: "Azure Maps: Route APIs version 1.0 retirement"
summary: "Retirement date for Azure Maps Route APIs version 1.0: 31 Mar 2028. After that date the version 1.0 Route APIs are no longer available or supported, and API calls fail."
cloud: "azure"
service: "Azure Maps"
service_slug: "maps"
category: "api_sdk"
type: "retirement"
announced_date: "2025-03-26"
effective_date: "2028-03-31"
effective_precision: "day"
replacement: "Azure Maps Route APIs version 2025-01-01"
affected_versions: ["1.0"]
source_url: "https://azure.microsoft.com/updates?id=485819"
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vendor_ref: "485819"
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-maps-route-apis-v1-0-retirement"
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---

# Azure Maps: Route APIs version 1.0 retirement

Retirement date for Azure Maps Route APIs version 1.0: 31 Mar 2028. After that date the version 1.0 Route APIs are no longer available or supported, and API calls fail.

- Effective date: 31 Mar 2028
- Cloud: [Azure](https://eolwatch.dev/cloud/azure.md)
- Service: [Azure Maps](https://eolwatch.dev/services/azure/maps.md)
- Type: Retirement
- Category: [API or SDK](https://eolwatch.dev/categories/apis-sdks.md)
- Affected versions: 1.0
- Replacement: Azure Maps Route APIs version 2025-01-01
- Announced: 26 Mar 2025
- Official source: [azure.microsoft.com](https://azure.microsoft.com/updates?id=485819)
- Last checked: 12 Nov 2026

## What breaks

After the retirement date, Azure Maps Route APIs version 1.0 are no longer available or supported, and API calls fail. The retirement covers nine version 1.0 operations: Get Route Directions, Get Route Directions Batch, Post Route Directions, Post Route Direction Batch, Post Route Directions Batch Sync, Get Route Matrix, Post Route Matrix, Post Route Matrix Sync and Get Route Range. All other Azure Maps services are unaffected.

## Who is affected

### Affected versions

- `1.0`

## What to do

1. Review the [migration instructions](https://aka.ms/AzureMapsRoutev1MigrationGuide).
2. Move your calls to [Azure Maps Route APIs version 2025-01-01](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/maps/route?view=rest-maps-2025-01-01).
3. Stop using Azure Maps Route APIs version 1.0 before the retirement date.

## Replacement

Azure Maps Route APIs version 2025-01-01

## Sources

- [Official source](https://azure.microsoft.com/updates?id=485819) (azure.microsoft.com, Official)
- [Additional source](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/maps/route?view=rest-maps-1.0) (learn.microsoft.com, Official)
- [Additional source](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/maps/route?view=rest-maps-2025-01-01) (learn.microsoft.com, Official)
- [Additional source](https://aka.ms/AzureMapsRoutev1MigrationGuide) (aka.ms, Official)

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

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