Power BI is retiring Cognitive Services and Azure Machine Learning features by September 15, 2025, transitioning AI capabilities to Microsoft Fabric. New model creation stops August 11, 2025; existing models refresh until September 15. No admin action needed; users should prepare by migrating to Fabric AI services.
Introduction
We’re retiring Cognitive Services and Azure Machine Learning (Azure ML) features in Power BI. This change supports our investment in Microsoft Fabric, where Auto ML and other AI capabilities will continue to evolve and improve.
When this will happen
The retirement will begin on August 11, 2025, and complete by September 15, 2025. The retirement starting in August will NOT impact your current models that use these services, we will still refresh and support items until Sept 15th when it will be deprecated. In August, we will remove the ability to add new models that leverage these services.
How this affects your organization
If your organization is using Cognitive Services or Azure ML in Power BI, please note:
Starting August 11:
Until September 15:
These changes will happen automatically. No admin action is required. Please notify your users, update internal documentation, and share information about AI services in Fabric.
What you can do to prepare
Compliance considerations
No compliance considerations identified, review as appropriate for your organization.