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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."
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service: "Azure Monitor"
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type: "retirement"
announced_date: "2023-09-22"
effective_date: "2026-09-14"
effective_precision: "day"
replacement: "AKS with Azure Monitor enabled"
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# Azure Monitor: AKS-Engine monitoring retirement

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.

- Effective date: 14 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: AKS with Azure Monitor enabled
- Announced: 22 Sep 2023
- Official source: [azure.microsoft.com](https://azure.microsoft.com/updates?id=azure-monitor-for-aksengine-will-not-be-supported-on-14-september-2026)
- Last checked: 12 Nov 2026

## What breaks

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.

## What to do

[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

## Sources

- [Official source](https://azure.microsoft.com/updates?id=azure-monitor-for-aksengine-will-not-be-supported-on-14-september-2026) (azure.microsoft.com, Official)
- [Additional source](https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/azure-monitor/containers/container-insights-enable-aks?tabs=azure-cli) (learn.microsoft.com, Official)
- [Additional source](https://github.com/Azure/aks-engine/blob/master/SUPPORT.md) (github.com, Official)

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

Page: https://eolwatch.dev/items/azure-monitor-aks-engine-monitoring-retirement | JSON: https://eolwatch.dev/items/azure-monitor-aks-engine-monitoring-retirement.json

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