{
  "slug": "azure-monitor-aks-engine-monitoring-retirement",
  "title": "Azure Monitor: AKS-Engine monitoring retirement",
  "summary": "Retirement date for AKS-Engine and for Azure Monitor support of applications hosted on it: 14 Sep 2026. Azure Monitor users lose the UX support, portal experience and monitoring agent for those applications.",
  "cloud": "azure",
  "service": "Azure Monitor",
  "service_slug": "monitor",
  "category": "feature",
  "type": "retirement",
  "announced_date": "2023-09-22",
  "effective_date": "2026-09-14",
  "effective_precision": "day",
  "impact": "AKS-Engine is retired on 14 Sep 2026. With this retirement, Azure Monitor users no longer have access to the UX support, portal experience, or monitoring agent for any applications hosted on AKS-Engine.",
  "migration_path": "[Enable Azure Monitor](https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/azure-monitor/containers/container-insights-enable-aks?tabs=azure-cli) when you migrate to AKS, before the retirement date.",
  "replacement": "AKS with Azure Monitor enabled",
  "affected_versions": [],
  "source_url": "https://azure.microsoft.com/updates?id=azure-monitor-for-aksengine-will-not-be-supported-on-14-september-2026",
  "extra_source_urls": [
    "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/azure-monitor/containers/container-insights-enable-aks?tabs=azure-cli",
    "https://github.com/Azure/aks-engine/blob/master/SUPPORT.md"
  ],
  "vendor_ref": "azure-monitor-for-aksengine-will-not-be-supported-on-14-september-2026",
  "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-monitor-aks-engine-monitoring-retirement",
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  "markdown_url": "https://eolwatch.dev/items/azure-monitor-aks-engine-monitoring-retirement.md",
  "json_url": "https://eolwatch.dev/items/azure-monitor-aks-engine-monitoring-retirement.json",
  "estate_check": null,
  "source_note": null
}