---
title: "Azure Monitor lifecycle"
url: "https://eolwatch.dev/services/azure/monitor"
as_of: "2026-11-13"
total: 9
upcoming: 2
ended: 7
in_effect: 0
---

# Azure Monitor lifecycle

Retirements, end of support dates and breaking changes for Azure Monitor, with effective dates and source links.

Last checked 12 Nov 2026. 9 items: 2 upcoming, 7 ended. Counted for 13 Nov 2026 (UTC).

## Upcoming

| Date | Countdown | Item | Type | Source |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 31 Mar 2027 | In 138 days | [Azure Monitor: sidecar for Prometheus remote-write retirement](https://eolwatch.dev/items/azure-monitor-prometheus-remote-write-sidecar-retirement.md) | Retirement | [azure.microsoft.com](https://azure.microsoft.com/updates?id=550519) |
| 30 Jun 2028 | In 595 days | [Azure Monitor: VM Insights Map and Dependency Agent retirement](https://eolwatch.dev/items/azure-monitor-vm-insights-map-dependency-agent-retirement.md) | Retirement | [azure.microsoft.com](https://azure.microsoft.com/updates?id=491629) |

## Ended

| Date | Countdown | Item | Type | Source |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 30 Sep 2026 | Ended | [Azure Monitor SCOM Managed Instance retirement](https://eolwatch.dev/items/azure-monitor-scom-managed-instance-retirement.md) | Retirement | [azure.microsoft.com](https://azure.microsoft.com/updates?id=501673) |
| 30 Sep 2026 | Ended | [Azure Monitor: Container insights ContainerLog table retirement](https://eolwatch.dev/items/azure-monitor-containerlog-table-retirement.md) | Retirement | [azure.microsoft.com](https://azure.microsoft.com/updates?id=transition-to-the-containerlogv2-table-by-30-september-2026) |
| 30 Sep 2026 | Ended | [Azure Monitor: Container Insights legacy authentication retirement](https://eolwatch.dev/items/azure-monitor-container-insights-legacy-authentication-retirement.md) | Retirement | [azure.microsoft.com](https://azure.microsoft.com/updates?id=500853) |
| 30 Sep 2026 | Ended | [Azure Monitor: GetAlertSummary API retirement](https://eolwatch.dev/items/azure-monitor-getalertsummary-api-retirement.md) | Retirement | [azure.microsoft.com](https://azure.microsoft.com/updates?id=action-required-migrate-to-using-arg-query-for-get-alert-summary-in-azure-monitor) |
| 15 Sep 2026 | Ended | [Azure Monitor: Activity Logs legacy solution retirement](https://eolwatch.dev/items/azure-monitor-activity-logs-legacy-solution-retirement.md) | Retirement | [azure.microsoft.com](https://azure.microsoft.com/updates?id=azure-activity-logs-legacy-solution-is-replaced-by-diagnostic-settings) |
| 14 Sep 2026 | Ended | [Azure Monitor: AKS-Engine monitoring retirement](https://eolwatch.dev/items/azure-monitor-aks-engine-monitoring-retirement.md) | Retirement | [azure.microsoft.com](https://azure.microsoft.com/updates?id=azure-monitor-for-aksengine-will-not-be-supported-on-14-september-2026) |
| 14 Sep 2026 | Ended | [Azure Monitor: Data Collector API retirement](https://eolwatch.dev/items/azure-monitor-data-collector-api-retirement.md) | Retirement | [azure.microsoft.com](https://azure.microsoft.com/updates?id=azure-monitor-data-collection-api-retirement) |

## Related pages

- [All Azure items](https://eolwatch.dev/cloud/azure.md)
- [azurerm breaking changes](https://eolwatch.dev/providers/azurerm.md)
- [azapi breaking changes](https://eolwatch.dev/providers/azapi.md)
- [bicep breaking changes](https://eolwatch.dev/providers/bicep.md)
- [Features](https://eolwatch.dev/categories/features.md)
- [APIs and SDKs](https://eolwatch.dev/categories/apis-sdks.md)

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