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# Retired and retiring Azure database services

## Gone: don't create, migrate if found

| Service | Ended | Use instead |
|---|---|---|
| Azure Database for **MySQL single server** | September 16, 2024 (US time) | MySQL flexible server (`reference/mysql/flexible-server.md`) |
| Azure Database for **PostgreSQL single server** | March 28, 2025 | PostgreSQL flexible server (`reference/postgresql/flexible-server.md`) |
| Azure Database for **MariaDB** | September 19, 2025 | MySQL flexible server (Microsoft's migration guide targets it) |
| **Azure SQL Edge** | September 30, 2025 | Microsoft names no direct replacement |
| Redis Enterprise **every-write AOF** persistence | March 15, 2025 | Another persistence setting (Microsoft's lifecycle list names no specific one) |
| `Microsoft.Sql` **2014-04-01** stable APIs | September 30, 2025 | Current API versions (2025-01-01 in this hub) |

Code or templates using `Microsoft.DBforPostgreSQL/servers`, `Microsoft.DBforMySQL/servers` or `Microsoft.DBforMariaDB/servers` (the single-server resource types) are out of date (the REST specs keep MySQL's under `legacy/`): the flexible-server types are `…/flexibleServers`.

## Going: plan the move

| Service or version | Date | Use instead |
|---|---|---|
| **Azure Cosmos DB for PostgreSQL** | On a retirement path; new deployments blocked; no end date published | PostgreSQL flexible server elastic clusters (`reference/postgresql/replicas-upgrades-and-clusters.md`), or Cosmos DB for NoSQL |
| **Azure Cache for Redis** Enterprise and Enterprise Flash | March 31, 2027 (disabled April 1, 2027) | Azure Managed Redis (`reference/redis/managed-redis.md`) |
| **Azure Cache for Redis** Basic, Standard, Premium | September 30, 2028 (disabled October 1, 2028) | Azure Managed Redis |
| PostgreSQL **11, 12, 13** | Paid extended support since August 1, 2026 | Upgrade to 16–18 |
| PostgreSQL **14** | Standard support ends January 31, 2027 | Upgrade |
| MySQL **5.7** | In paid extended support since October 1, 2026 (version policy page) | 8.4 |
| MySQL **8.0** | Standard support ends January 31, 2027 | 8.4 |

Microsoft's 2025 lifecycle list gives **September 30, 2025** as MySQL 5.7's end of support, while the MySQL version policy gives September 30, 2026 for the end of standard support, with extended support after it. The hub follows the version policy, which is service-specific and newer.

## Not retired, but no longer Microsoft's first suggestion

- **Cosmos DB for Apache Cassandra** and **for Apache Gremlin**: Microsoft points new migrations to Azure Managed Instance for Apache Cassandra and Graph in Microsoft Fabric.
- **Cosmos DB for MongoDB (RU)**: for MongoDB apps Microsoft suggests Azure DocumentDB (`reference/cosmos-db/other-apis-and-documentdb.md`).


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