---
slug: "azure-monitor-scom-managed-instance-retirement"
title: "Azure Monitor SCOM Managed Instance retirement"
summary: "Retirement date for Azure Monitor SCOM Managed Instance: 30 Sep 2026. After that date, customers can no longer access the service."
cloud: "azure"
service: "Azure Monitor"
service_slug: "monitor"
category: "feature"
type: "retirement"
announced_date: "2025-10-03"
effective_date: "2026-09-30"
effective_precision: "day"
replacement: "Operations Manager on-premises or Azure Monitor"
affected_versions: []
source_url: "https://azure.microsoft.com/updates?id=501673"
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created_at: "2026-11-13T13:36:44.208Z"
updated_at: "2026-11-13T13:36:44.208Z"
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---

# Azure Monitor SCOM Managed Instance retirement

Retirement date for Azure Monitor SCOM Managed Instance: 30 Sep 2026. After that date, customers can no longer access the service.

- Effective date: 30 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: Operations Manager on-premises or Azure Monitor
- Announced: 3 Oct 2025
- Official source: [azure.microsoft.com](https://azure.microsoft.com/updates?id=501673)
- Last checked: 12 Nov 2026

## What breaks

Customers that run Azure Monitor SCOM Managed Instance (SCOM MI) are affected. After the retirement date, customers are no longer able to access the service. Both transition paths in the source require deleting the existing SCOM MI instance.

## What to do

1. To monitor on-premises workloads, transition to [Operations Manager](https://learn.microsoft.com/system-center/scom/manage-operations-guide-overview?view=sc-om-2025) on-premises: delete the existing SCOM MI instance and re-deploy SCOM on-premises (hosted in on-premises datacenters or in Azure) using [these steps](https://learn.microsoft.com/system-center/scom/get-started?view=sc-om-2025).
2. To monitor Azure-hosted or Azure Arc-enabled workloads, transition to [Azure Monitor](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-monitor/fundamentals/overview) and delete the existing SCOM MI instance.
3. For the Azure Monitor path, obtain a list of the rules and monitors in the SCOM MI Management Packs in use.
4. Determine the equivalent of those rules and monitors in Azure Monitor [Data Collection Rules](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-monitor/data-collection/data-collection-rule-overview) (DCR): create a DCR for each SCOM MP monitor in use and integrate it with Azure Monitor VM Insights Alerts.
5. See the Microsoft [retirement documentation](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-monitor/scom-manage-instance/overview) for more details.

## Replacement

Operations Manager on-premises or Azure Monitor

## Sources

- [Official source](https://azure.microsoft.com/updates?id=501673) (azure.microsoft.com, Official)
- [Additional source](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-monitor/scom-manage-instance/overview) (learn.microsoft.com, Official)
- [Additional source](https://learn.microsoft.com/system-center/scom/manage-operations-guide-overview?view=sc-om-2025) (learn.microsoft.com, Official)
- [Additional source](https://learn.microsoft.com/system-center/scom/get-started?view=sc-om-2025) (learn.microsoft.com, Official)
- [Additional source](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-monitor/fundamentals/overview) (learn.microsoft.com, Official)
- [Additional source](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-monitor/data-collection/data-collection-rule-overview) (learn.microsoft.com, Official)

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

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