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As Azure grows and resources continue to improve, Microsoft will continuously retire old and outdated resources.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
2024-08-31	Storage Account	Classic	Storage Account	Migrate
2024-08-31	App Service	App Service v1/v2	App Service v3	Migrate
2024-08-31	Cloud Services	Classic	Cloud Services (extended support)	Migrate
2024-08-31	Machine Learning Studio	Classic	Azure Machine Learning	Rebuild
2024-08-31	Virtual Machines	Virtual Machine Av1	Virtual Machine Av2	Resize
2024-08-31	Virtual Machines	Virtual Machine HB	Virtual Machine HBv2/HBv3	Resize
2024-08-31	Virtual Network	Classic	Virtual Network	Migrate
2024-08-31	Azure Cache for Redis	Classic	Virtual Machine Scale Sets	Migrate
2024-08-31	Integration Service Environment (ISE)	Classic	Logic Apps	Export
2024-08-31	API Management Services	API Management Services stv1	API Management Services stv2	Migrate
2024-08-31	Application Gateway	Classic	Application Gateway	Recreate
2024-08-31	Reserved IP Address	Classic	Public IP Address	Upgrade
2024-08-31	ExpressRoute Gateway	Classic	ExpressRoute Gateway	Migrate
2024-08-31	VPN Gateway	Classic	VPN Gateway	Migrate
2024-09-16	Azure Database for MySQL	Azure Database for MySQL – Single Server	Azure Database for MySQL – Flexible Server	Migrate
2024-09-30	Azure Managed Grafana	Grafana version 9	Grafana Version 10	Upgrade
2024-10-31	Azure Cache for Redis	TLS 1.0/1.1	TLS 1.2	Update
2024-10-31	Storage Account	TLS 1.0/1.1	TLS 1.2	Update

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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