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slug: "azure-maps-traffic-apis-version-1-0-retirement"
title: "Azure Maps: Traffic APIs version 1.0 retirement"
summary: "Retirement date for the Azure Maps Traffic APIs version 1.0: 31 Mar 2028. After that date the APIs are no longer available and calls to them fail."
cloud: "azure"
service: "Azure Maps"
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category: "api_sdk"
type: "retirement"
announced_date: "2025-03-28"
effective_date: "2028-03-31"
effective_precision: "day"
replacement: "Azure Maps Traffic Incident API version 2025-01-01 and/or Azure Maps Get Map Tile API version 2024-04-01"
affected_versions: ["1.0"]
source_url: "https://azure.microsoft.com/updates?id=485810"
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created_at: "2026-11-13T13:36:44.208Z"
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# Azure Maps: Traffic APIs version 1.0 retirement

Retirement date for the Azure Maps Traffic APIs version 1.0: 31 Mar 2028. After that date the APIs are no longer available and calls to them 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 Traffic Incident API version 2025-01-01 and/or Azure Maps Get Map Tile API version 2024-04-01
- Announced: 28 Mar 2025
- Official source: [azure.microsoft.com](https://azure.microsoft.com/updates?id=485810)
- Last checked: 12 Nov 2026

## What breaks

Five Azure Maps Traffic APIs version 1.0 are retired: Get Traffic Flow Segment, Get Traffic Flow Tile, Get Traffic Incident Detail, Get Traffic Incident Tile and Get Traffic Incident Viewport. After the retirement date, these APIs are no longer available and/or supported, and API calls fail. Until that date, they remain usable without disruption. All other Azure Maps services are unaffected.

## Who is affected

### Affected versions

- `1.0`

## What to do

1. Stop using the Azure Maps Traffic APIs version 1.0 before the retirement date.
2. Transition to [Azure Maps Traffic Incident API version 2025-01-01](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/maps/traffic?view=rest-maps-2025-01-01), [Azure Maps Get Map Tile API version 2024-04-01](https://learn.microsoft.com/rest/api/maps/render/get-map-tile?view=rest-maps-2024-04-01), or both.
3. Follow the Microsoft [migration instructions](https://aka.ms/AzureMapsTrafficv1.0MigrationGuide).

## Replacement

Azure Maps Traffic Incident API version 2025-01-01 and/or Azure Maps Get Map Tile API version 2024-04-01

## Sources

- [Official source](https://azure.microsoft.com/updates?id=485810) (azure.microsoft.com, Official)
- [Additional source](https://learn.microsoft.com/rest/api/maps/traffic?view=rest-maps-1.0) (learn.microsoft.com, Official)
- [Additional source](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/maps/traffic?view=rest-maps-2025-01-01) (learn.microsoft.com, Official)
- [Additional source](https://learn.microsoft.com/rest/api/maps/render/get-map-tile?view=rest-maps-2024-04-01) (learn.microsoft.com, Official)
- [Additional source](https://aka.ms/AzureMapsTrafficv1.0MigrationGuide) (aka.ms, Official)

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

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