AZ501663 - Retirement: Remove dependency on these preview features before March 31, 2026

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Published

Oct 29, 2025

Timeline

  • March 2026
    Retirement

Product

Azure Machine Learning

Tag

Retirements
Features

Category

AI + machine learning
Internet of Things

Description

On March 31, 2026, the following preview features will be retired:  

  • Group multiple steps as a whole to better organize complex pipelines  

  • Compare pipeline jobs to debug failures or unexpected issues  

  • Import data into a data labelling project  

  • Use v2 data asset (uri_folder and mltable) in a data labelling project  

  • Monitor data drift between training and inference  

  • Add linked services  

  • Monitor compute resource  

After March 31, 2026, these preview features will no longer be available.  

To ensure that you do not run into an issue, it is recommended to remove dependency on these features before May 31, 2026.  

Detailed guidance is documented here.

Help and support  

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Learn more about service retirements that may impact your resources in the Azure Retirement Workbook. Please note that retirements may not be visible in the workbook for up to two weeks after being announced.