AZ498522 - Retirement: Azure Front Door (classic) and Azure CDN from Microsoft Classic SKU ending CNAME based domain validation and new domain/profile creations by August 15, 2025

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Last Updated

Jul 29, 2025

Published Jul 15, 2025

Timeline

  • August 2025
    Retirement

Product

Azure Front Door
Content Delivery Network

Tag

Features
Retirements
Services

Category

Networking
Security
Media
Web

Description

Starting August 15, 2025, Azure Front Door (classic) and Azure CDN from Microsoft Classic SKUs will no longer support new domain onboarding or profile creation. 

Additionally, DigiCert is deprecating CNAME-based Domain Control Validation (DCV) on the same date, aligning with the industry-wide transition to Multi-Perspective Issuance Corroboration (MPIC). As a result, switching from Bring Your Own Certificate (BYOC) to managed certificates on existing domains will no longer be supported for these classic SKUs. Existing managed certificates will auto-renew before August 15, 2025, ensuring no service disruption until April 14, 2026. 

Required action   

  • If you want to use managed certificates or create new domains/profiles, migrate to one of Azure Front Door Standard or Premium SKUs before August 15, 2025. 
  • If you are already using Azure managed certificate on existing domains move to Bring Your Own Certificate (BYOC) or migrate to one of Azure Front Door Standard or Premium SKUs before August 15, 2025. Please refer to Configure HTTPS for your custom domain for details. 

More information

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