AZ485106 - Retirement: Azure Storage Data Movement Library (v2) Announcement

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Published

Mar 25, 2025

Timeline

  • March 2026
    Retirement

Tag

SDK and Tools
Retirements

Description

Announcing the retirement of the legacy version of the Azure Storage Data Movement Library 


The legacy version of the Azure Storage Data Movement Library (v2) will be retired on March 31, 2026. To ensure continued support and access to the latest features, users should migrate to the modern version before this date. 


The modern version of the Azure Storage Data Movement Library offers important upgrades like checkpointing and shared infrastructure with Azure Storage v12 client libraries, providing improved performance and reliability.    

 

Recommended action 

To avoid potential service disruptions, transition to the latest version of the Azure Storage Data Movement Library by March 31, 2026. Please refer to the  migration guide for more information. 

 

More information 

If you have additional questions, get answers from community experts in Microsoft Q&A. If you have a support plan and you need technical help, create a support request.