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Azure Monitor: Container Insights legacy authentication retirement
Retirement date for legacy authentication in Azure Monitor Container Insights: 30 Sep 2026. Clusters that use it must move to Managed Identity authentication.
Retired , 30 Sep 2026
What breaks
Legacy authentication in Container Insights is retired on 30 Sep 2026. Clusters that still use legacy authentication are affected and must be migrated to Managed Identity authentication. Syslog collection and High Scale mode are available only with Managed Identity.
What to do
- Migrate each cluster to Managed Identity authentication before 30 Sep 2026.
- Use the single-click migration in the Azure portal, or the command line options and bulk migration script in the Azure Monitor documentation.
- Follow the migration guidance.
Replacement
Managed Identity authentication
Sources
- Official sourceazure.microsoft.comOfficial
- Additional sourceaka.msOfficial
Last checked against the first source in this list on .
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