Microsoft's own 2026 end-of-support page lists more than twenty Azure services, APIs and SDKs shutting down across seven September dates - 13, 14, 15, 17, 19, 21 and 30 September 2026. Azure Virtual Desktop (Classic), Azure Functions 1.x, five Computer Vision API versions, three generations of Service Bus control-plane APIs and more, with Microsoft's documented migration path for each.
The September table
| Date | What retires | Microsoft's documented path |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 13, 2026 | Computer Vision API v1.0, v2.0, v2.1, v3.0 and v3.1 | Move to a current Computer Vision API version |
| Sep 14, 2026 | Azure Functions 1.x runtime | Upgrade to a supported Functions runtime |
| Sep 14, 2026 | Azure Monitor Data Collector API | Migrate to the Logs Ingestion API (custom logs migration) |
| Sep 14, 2026 | Monitoring support for AKS-Engine | Monitoring for AKS-Engine ends; see the retirement notice |
| Sep 15, 2026 | Activity logs legacy connector & storage integration API | Replaced by diagnostic settings |
| Sep 15, 2026 | Azure Maps Gen1 price tier | Move to a current Azure Maps pricing tier |
| Sep 17, 2026 | Azure Maps Render V1 | Migrate to a current Render API |
| Sep 19, 2026 | Azure Maps Web SDK Map Controls v1.xx | Upgrade the Web SDK map control |
| Sep 21, 2026 | SMART on FHIR proxy in Azure Health Data Services | Transition to SMART on FHIR (Azure Health Data Services) |
| Sep 30, 2026 | Azure API for FHIR (Gen 1 offering) | Migrate to Azure Health Data Services FHIR service |
| Sep 30, 2026 | Azure Virtual Desktop (Classic) | Migrate to current (ARM-based) Azure Virtual Desktop |
| Sep 30, 2026 | Azure FXT Edge Filer | Hardware offering retires; plan replacement storage caching |
| Sep 30, 2026 | Azure Container Registry 2017-03-01 (GA) API | Move to a current ACR API version |
| Sep 30, 2026 | Azure Maps Web SDK v2.0–v2.0.32 + Service Module | Upgrade to a current Web SDK version |
| Sep 30, 2026 | Container Log V1 | Transition to the ContainerLogV2 table |
| Sep 30, 2026 | Get AlertSummary API (Azure Monitor) | Get Alert Smart Groups API retires; see the retirement notice |
| Sep 30, 2026 | Service Bus control-plane APIs v2014-09, v2015-08, v2016-07 | Update Service Bus SDK libraries |
| Sep 30, 2026 | Single URL Ping Test in Application Insights | Transition to standard tests for availability testing |
| Sep 30, 2026 | Track 0 and Track 1 Service Bus SDKs + SBMP protocol | Update to current-track Service Bus SDKs |
What's covered
- The September table
- The three that will actually catch people
- The tail: October and November are not quieter
- What to do with this list
Full guide with every version, risk scores, and live updates: https://endoflife.ai/article-azure-september-2026-retirements
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