{
  "slug": "azure-monitor-data-collector-api-retirement",
  "title": "Azure Monitor: Data Collector API retirement",
  "summary": "Retirement date for the Data Collector API used to ingest custom logs into Azure Monitor logs: 14 Sep 2026. Microsoft names the Data Collection Rules based Log Ingestion API as the replacement.",
  "cloud": "azure",
  "service": "Azure Monitor",
  "service_slug": "monitor",
  "category": "api_sdk",
  "type": "retirement",
  "announced_date": "2023-09-22",
  "effective_date": "2026-09-14",
  "effective_precision": "day",
  "impact": "Clients that send custom logs to Azure Monitor logs through the Data Collector API are affected. Data Collector API endpoints become unavailable after the retirement date. The source warns of ingestion errors and data loss for clients that have not transitioned.",
  "migration_path": "Transition to the DCR-based Log Ingestion API before the retirement date, using the Microsoft guide: [transition to the DCR-based Log Ingestion API](https://aka.ms/datacollectorapimigrate).",
  "replacement": "DCR-based Log Ingestion API",
  "affected_versions": [],
  "source_url": "https://azure.microsoft.com/updates?id=azure-monitor-data-collection-api-retirement",
  "extra_source_urls": [
    "https://aka.ms/datacollectorapimigrate"
  ],
  "vendor_ref": "azure-monitor-data-collection-api-retirement",
  "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-data-collector-api-retirement",
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  "markdown_url": "https://eolwatch.dev/items/azure-monitor-data-collector-api-retirement.md",
  "json_url": "https://eolwatch.dev/items/azure-monitor-data-collector-api-retirement.json",
  "estate_check": null,
  "source_note": null
}