Azure Retiring Resources

As Azure grows and resources continue to improve, Microsoft will continuously retire old and outdated resources. Any resources not migrated by the retirement date may stop working as Microsoft shuts down the endpoints on which they run. Below is a list of all resources that will be retired within the next six months.

Date	Retiring Resource	Feature/Version	New Resource	Migration Plan
2025-06-17	Azure Kubernetes Service	Ubuntu 18.04	Ubuntu 22.04	Upgrade
2025-06-30	Azure SQL	Connector v1 Operations	Connector v2 Operations	Migrate
2025-06-30	SAP HANA Large Instances (HLIs)	Entire Service	Azure Virtual Machines	Migrate
2025-08-31	Application Gateway	TLS 1.0/1.1	TLS 1.2	Update
2025-08-31	Azure SQL DB	TLS 1.0/1.1	TLS 1.2	Update
2025-08-31	Azure IoT Hub	TLS 1.0/1.1	TLS 1.2	Update
2025-08-31	Azure SQL Managed Instance	TLS 1.0/1.1	TLS 1.2	Update
2025-08-31	Azure Cosmos DB	TLS 1.0/1.1	TLS 1.2	Update
2025-08-31	Azure Database for MySQL Flexible Server	TLS 1.0/1.1	TLS 1.2	Update
2025-09-01	Azure Machine Learning	Data Drift	Model Monitor	MIgrate
2025-09-15	Azure Monitor	Azure Activity Logs	Diagnostic Settings	Migrate
2025-09-19	Azure Database for MariaDB	Entire Service	Azure Database for MySQL Flexible Server	Migrate
2025-09-26	Azure Purview	Data Sharing	Microsoft Fabric	Transition
2025-09-30	Azure Disks	Unmanaged Disks	Managed Disks	Migrate
2025-09-30	Azure Load Balancer	Basic Load Balancer	Standard Load Balancer	Upgrade
2025-09-30	Public IP Address	Basic SKU	Standard SKU	Upgrade
2025-09-30	Azure SQL	Microsoft.SQL 2014-04-01 stable APIs	Microsoft.SQL 2021-11-01 stable APIs	Transition
2025-09-30	Azure Functions	Proxy Support	N/A	Transition
2025-09-30	Azure Monitor	ITSM connector for ServiceNow Alerts & Events	N/A	Transition
2025-09-30	Azure Batch	Low Priority VMs	Spot VMs	Transition
2025-09-30	Application Insights	API Key	Entra authentication	Update
2025-09-30	Azure Machine Learning	CLI v1	CLI v2	Upgrade
2025-09-30	Azure Service Map	Entire Service	Azure Monitor VM Insights	Migrate
2025-09-30	Application Insights	Java 2.x SDK	Java 3x SDK	Upgrade
2025-09-30	Virtual Machines	Default Outbound Access	Explicit Outbound Methods	Transition
2025-09-30	Azure DB for MySQL	MySQL v5.7	MySQL v8	Upgrade
2025-09-30	VPN Gateway	Standard & High-Performance SKUs	Newer SKUs	Upgrade
2025-09-30	Azure vFXT	Entire Service	N/A	Transition
2025-09-30	Azure HPC Cache	Entire Service	N/A	Transition
2025-09-30	Virtual Machines	Standard_NC6s_v3, Standard_NC12s_v3 & Standard_NC24s_v3	Newer series	Upgrade
2025-09-30	Microsoft Defender for Cloud	Microsoft Actions & Compliance offerings	N/A	Transition
2025-09-30	Azure Batch Pools	Default Outbound Access	Explicit Outbound Methods	Transition
2025-09-30	Azure Batch	NCv3-series VMs	Newer series	Upgrade
2025-09-30	Speech	Speaker Recognition	Nuance Gatekeeper or similar	Transition
2025-09-30	Azure Maps	Data Registry API 2023-06-01	N/A	Transition
2025-09-30	Azure Maps	Creator Service APIs V2 & 2023-03-01-preview	N/A	Transition
2025-09-30	Azure SQL Edge	Entire Service	Other SQL editions	Migrate
2025-09-30	Azure Remote Rendering	Entire Service	N/A	Transition
2025-09-30	Speech	Intent Recognition	Speech Recognition	Transition
2025-09-30	Azure Maps	Spatial APIs V1 & 2022-08-01	N/A	Transition
2025-10-01	Cognitive Services	Language Understanding (LUIS)	Cognitive Service for Language	Migrate
2025-10-01	Azure Monitor	Log Analytics alert API	Scheduled Query Rules API	Upgrade
2025-10-01	App Service	Python 3.9	Python 3.10 or higher	Upgrade
2025-10-07	Azure Synapse Analytics	Data Explorer	Eventhouse (Microsoft Fabric)	Transition
2025-10-31	Azure Functions	Python 3.9	Python 3.10 or higher	Upgrade
2025-11-01	Azure Storage	TLS 1.0/1.1	TLS 1.2	Update
2025-11-09	Azure Database for PostgreSQL	FlexibleServers- Version 11	FlexibleServers- Version 1 or higher	Upgrade
2025-12-31	App Service	PHP 8.1	PHP 8.4	Upgrade

**Updated 6/5/2025**

There are several ways to determine if your environment is running these retiring resources.

Email

Microsoft will send out emails regularly with information about resources in your tenant that are being retired. It will include a list of resources affected, information about what is being retired, and a plan to transition to the latest version of each resource.

Portal

When accessing resources in the portal, Microsoft will show a notification on any resource that is being retired. It may include a link to documentation on transitioning to the latest version and a link to do a step-by-step migration using their wizard.

Azure Advisor

Azure provides a resource called Advisor, which contains a Workbook that compiles a list of all resources announced as retiring. To access this, log into the portal and go to Advisor. On the left panel, select Workbooks. Choose the Service Retirement (Preview) from the list by clicking on it. Here, you can see a list of all resources being retired and any affected resources in your tenant. You can edit and save the Workbook and pin it to a Dashboard for easy access.

CLI

Either Azure CLI or PowerShell can be used to search for resources programmatically.  In the below example, the Azure CLI can be used to find all Classic resources. 

# Define the tenant ID
$tenantId = "XXXXXXXXXXX"

# Connect to Azure with the specific tenant
az login --tenant $tenantId

# Get all subscriptions in the specified tenant
$subscriptions = az account list --query "[?tenantId=='$tenantId'].{id:id, name:name}" --output json | ConvertFrom-Json

# Initialize array to hold all classic resources across all subscriptions
$allClassicResources = @()

# Loop through each subscription
foreach ($subscription in $subscriptions) {
    Write-Output "Processing subscription: $($subscription.name)"

    # Set the current subscription context
    az account set --subscription $subscription.id

    # List classic resources in the current subscription
    $classicResources = az resource list --query "[?contains(type, 'Classic')]" --output json | ConvertFrom-Json

    # Add subscription ID and name to each resource for context
    foreach ($resource in $classicResources) {
        $resource | Add-Member -MemberType NoteProperty -Name SubscriptionId -Value $subscription.id
        $resource | Add-Member -MemberType NoteProperty -Name SubscriptionName -Value $subscription.name
        $allClassicResources += $resource
    }
}

# Display the classic resources
if ($allClassicResources.Count -eq 0) {
    Write-Output "No classic resources found across all subscriptions."
} else {
    Write-Output "Classic resources found across all subscriptions:"
    $allClassicResources | ForEach-Object {
        Write-Output "Subscription: $($_.SubscriptionName) ($($_.SubscriptionId))"
        Write-Output "Name: $($_.name)"
        Write-Output "Type: $($_.type)"
        Write-Output "Resource Group: $($_.resourceGroup)"
        Write-Output "Location: $($_.location)"
        Write-Output "---------------------------"
    }
}

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