---
slug: "azure-monitor-activity-logs-legacy-solution-retirement"
title: "Azure Monitor: Activity Logs legacy solution retirement"
summary: "The Azure Activity Logs legacy solution is retired and replaced by Diagnostic settings. The source gives 15 March 2026 as the date the legacy flow stops working and all customers are auto migrated, and a manual move period through 15 Sep 2026."
cloud: "azure"
service: "Azure Monitor"
service_slug: "monitor"
category: "feature"
type: "retirement"
announced_date: "2023-10-06"
effective_date: "2026-09-15"
effective_precision: "day"
replacement: "Diagnostic settings"
affected_versions: []
source_url: "https://azure.microsoft.com/updates?id=azure-activity-logs-legacy-solution-is-replaced-by-diagnostic-settings"
extra_source_urls: ["https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-monitor/essentials/activity-log?tabs=powershell#legacy-collection-methods"]
vendor_ref: "azure-activity-logs-legacy-solution-is-replaced-by-diagnostic-settings"
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"
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# Azure Monitor: Activity Logs legacy solution retirement

The Azure Activity Logs legacy solution is retired and replaced by Diagnostic settings. The source gives 15 March 2026 as the date the legacy flow stops working and all customers are auto migrated, and a manual move period through 15 Sep 2026.

- Effective date: 15 Sep 2026
- Cloud: [Azure](https://eolwatch.dev/cloud/azure.md)
- Service: [Azure Monitor](https://eolwatch.dev/services/azure/monitor.md)
- Type: Retirement
- Category: [Feature](https://eolwatch.dev/categories/features.md)
- Replacement: Diagnostic settings
- Announced: 6 Oct 2023
- Official source: [azure.microsoft.com](https://azure.microsoft.com/updates?id=azure-activity-logs-legacy-solution-is-replaced-by-diagnostic-settings)
- Last checked: 12 Nov 2026

## What breaks

The Azure Activity logs solution, which forwarded Activity Logs to Azure Log Analytics, EventHub and storage, is retired and automatically converted to Diagnostic settings. The source gives 15 March 2026 as the deprecation date, when all customers are auto migrated and the legacy flow stops working, and a manual move period through 15 Sep 2026. Automation that enables or disables the connector using the Legacy API is not supported and has to be recreated using the new API.

## What to do

1. Move manually to Diagnostic settings as explained in the [legacy collection methods documentation](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-monitor/essentials/activity-log?tabs=powershell#legacy-collection-methods).
2. If automation enables or disables the connector using the Legacy API, recreate it using the new API.

## Replacement

Diagnostic settings

## Sources

- [Official source](https://azure.microsoft.com/updates?id=azure-activity-logs-legacy-solution-is-replaced-by-diagnostic-settings) (azure.microsoft.com, Official)
- [Additional source](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-monitor/essentials/activity-log?tabs=powershell#legacy-collection-methods) (learn.microsoft.com, Official)

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

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