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<entry><title>Azure: Azure Cache for Redis (retiring)</title><link href="https://cloudbrum.com/cloud-changes.html#change-azure-redis"/><id>https://cloudbrum.com/cloud-changes.html#change-azure-redis</id><updated>2027-03-31T00:00:00Z</updated><summary>Azure Cache for Redis is being retired in favour of Azure Managed Redis (Enterprise tiers on 31 March 2027; Basic, Standard and Premium on 30 September 2028).</summary></entry>
<entry><title>AWS: Amazon Pinpoint (retiring)</title><link href="https://cloudbrum.com/cloud-changes.html#change-aws-pinpoint"/><id>https://cloudbrum.com/cloud-changes.html#change-aws-pinpoint</id><updated>2026-10-30T00:00:00Z</updated><summary>Amazon Pinpoint ends support on 30 October 2026. SMS, voice and push continue as AWS End User Messaging; for email AWS recommends Amazon SES.</summary></entry>
<entry><title>AWS: AWS Proton (shut down)</title><link href="https://cloudbrum.com/cloud-changes.html#change-aws-proton"/><id>https://cloudbrum.com/cloud-changes.html#change-aws-proton</id><updated>2026-10-07T00:00:00Z</updated><summary>AWS Proton reached end of support on 7 October 2026 and its console and resources are no longer accessible; infrastructure it already deployed keeps running. AWS suggests CloudFormation Git sync as the replacement.</summary></entry>
<entry><title>Azure: Azure Personalizer (shut down)</title><link href="https://cloudbrum.com/cloud-changes.html#change-azure-personalizer"/><id>https://cloudbrum.com/cloud-changes.html#change-azure-personalizer</id><updated>2026-10-01T00:00:00Z</updated><summary>Azure Personalizer was retired on 1 October 2026. Microsoft suggests its open-source learning-loop project.</summary></entry>
<entry><title>Azure: Azure IoT Central (closed to new customers)</title><link href="https://cloudbrum.com/cloud-changes.html#change-azure-iot-central"/><id>https://cloudbrum.com/cloud-changes.html#change-azure-iot-central</id><updated>2026-09-23T00:00:00Z</updated><summary>New Azure IoT Central applications cannot be created from 23 September 2026; existing apps run until 20 September 2029. Microsoft points to IoT Hub, Device Provisioning Service and Microsoft Fabric.</summary></entry>
<entry><title>AWS: Amazon Kendra (closed to new customers)</title><link href="https://cloudbrum.com/cloud-changes.html#change-aws-kendra"/><id>https://cloudbrum.com/cloud-changes.html#change-aws-kendra</id><updated>2026-07-30T00:00:00Z</updated><summary>Amazon Kendra stopped accepting new customers on 30 July 2026. AWS recommends Amazon Bedrock Managed Knowledge Base.</summary></entry>
<entry><title>AWS: Amazon Bedrock Agents Classic (closed to new customers)</title><link href="https://cloudbrum.com/cloud-changes.html#change-aws-bedrock-agents"/><id>https://cloudbrum.com/cloud-changes.html#change-aws-bedrock-agents</id><updated>2026-07-30T00:00:00Z</updated><summary>Amazon Bedrock Agents Classic closed to new customers on 30 July 2026. AWS recommends Amazon Bedrock AgentCore.</summary></entry>
<entry><title>AWS: AWS App Runner (closed to new customers)</title><link href="https://cloudbrum.com/cloud-changes.html#change-aws-app-runner"/><id>https://cloudbrum.com/cloud-changes.html#change-aws-app-runner</id><updated>2026-04-30T00:00:00Z</updated><summary>AWS App Runner stopped accepting new customers on 30 April 2026. AWS recommends Amazon ECS Express Mode for new container web apps.</summary></entry>
<entry><title>AWS: Amazon WorkMail (retiring)</title><link href="https://cloudbrum.com/cloud-changes.html#change-aws-workmail"/><id>https://cloudbrum.com/cloud-changes.html#change-aws-workmail</id><updated>2026-04-30T00:00:00Z</updated><summary>Amazon WorkMail closed to new customers on 30 April 2026 and reaches end of support on 31 March 2027.</summary></entry>
<entry><title>Google Cloud: Vertex AI (renamed)</title><link href="https://cloudbrum.com/cloud-changes.html#change-gcp-vertex"/><id>https://cloudbrum.com/cloud-changes.html#change-gcp-vertex</id><updated>2026-04-22T00:00:00Z</updated><summary>Vertex AI is now Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform (22 April 2026). Vertex AI Search is now Agent Search, and Vertex AI Agent Engine is now Agent Runtime. Google says the Vertex AI documentation is no longer updated.</summary></entry>
<entry><title>Google Cloud: Deployment Manager (shut down)</title><link href="https://cloudbrum.com/cloud-changes.html#change-gcp-deployment-manager"/><id>https://cloudbrum.com/cloud-changes.html#change-gcp-deployment-manager</id><updated>2026-03-31T00:00:00Z</updated><summary>Google Cloud Deployment Manager support ended on 31 March 2026. Existing resources keep working but can no longer be managed with it. Google points to Infrastructure Manager (or Terraform) instead.</summary></entry>
<entry><title>AWS: AWS X-Ray SDKs (maintenance mode)</title><link href="https://cloudbrum.com/cloud-changes.html#change-aws-xray"/><id>https://cloudbrum.com/cloud-changes.html#change-aws-xray</id><updated>2026-02-25T00:00:00Z</updated><summary>The AWS X-Ray SDKs and daemon entered maintenance mode on 25 February 2026. AWS recommends OpenTelemetry with CloudWatch Application Signals. The X-Ray service itself keeps working.</summary></entry>
<entry><title>Azure: Bot Framework SDK (maintenance mode)</title><link href="https://cloudbrum.com/cloud-changes.html#change-azure-bot-framework"/><id>https://cloudbrum.com/cloud-changes.html#change-azure-bot-framework</id><updated>2025-12-31T00:00:00Z</updated><summary>The Bot Framework SDK is no longer updated, and support tickets ended on 31 December 2025. Microsoft recommends the Microsoft 365 Agents SDK and Copilot Studio.</summary></entry>
<entry><title>AWS: AWS Snowball Edge (closed to new customers)</title><link href="https://cloudbrum.com/cloud-changes.html#change-aws-snowball"/><id>https://cloudbrum.com/cloud-changes.html#change-aws-snowball</id><updated>2025-11-07T00:00:00Z</updated><summary>AWS Snowball Edge has been available only to existing customers since 7 November 2025. AWS points to AWS DataSync for online transfers and the Data Transfer Terminal for physical transfers.</summary></entry>
<entry><title>AWS: AWS Migration Hub (closed to new customers)</title><link href="https://cloudbrum.com/cloud-changes.html#change-aws-migration-hub"/><id>https://cloudbrum.com/cloud-changes.html#change-aws-migration-hub</id><updated>2025-11-07T00:00:00Z</updated><summary>AWS Migration Hub and AWS Application Discovery Service closed to new customers on 7 November 2025. AWS points to AWS Transform.</summary></entry>
<entry><title>AWS: AWS Migration Hub Refactor Spaces (closed to new customers)</title><link href="https://cloudbrum.com/cloud-changes.html#change-aws-refactor-spaces"/><id>https://cloudbrum.com/cloud-changes.html#change-aws-refactor-spaces</id><updated>2025-11-07T00:00:00Z</updated><summary>AWS Migration Hub Refactor Spaces has been closed to new customers since 7 November 2025. AWS points to AWS Transform for similar capabilities.</summary></entry>
<entry><title>AWS: Amazon QuickSight (renamed)</title><link href="https://cloudbrum.com/cloud-changes.html#change-aws-quicksight"/><id>https://cloudbrum.com/cloud-changes.html#change-aws-quicksight</id><updated>2025-10-01T00:00:00Z</updated><summary>Amazon QuickSight is now Quick Sight inside Amazon Quick Suite (October 2025). Existing dashboards and APIs keep working.</summary></entry>
<entry><title>AWS: Amazon Timestream for LiveAnalytics (closed to new customers)</title><link href="https://cloudbrum.com/cloud-changes.html#change-aws-timestream"/><id>https://cloudbrum.com/cloud-changes.html#change-aws-timestream</id><updated>2025-06-20T00:00:00Z</updated><summary>Amazon Timestream for LiveAnalytics closed to new customers on 20 June 2025. AWS recommends Amazon Timestream for InfluxDB.</summary></entry>
<entry><title>Azure: Azure AD B2C (closed to new customers)</title><link href="https://cloudbrum.com/cloud-changes.html#change-azure-b2c"/><id>https://cloudbrum.com/cloud-changes.html#change-azure-b2c</id><updated>2025-05-01T00:00:00Z</updated><summary>Azure AD B2C has not been sold to new customers since 1 May 2025. Microsoft Entra External ID is the replacement for new projects.</summary></entry>
<entry><title>Google Cloud: Container Registry (shut down)</title><link href="https://cloudbrum.com/cloud-changes.html#change-gcp-container-registry"/><id>https://cloudbrum.com/cloud-changes.html#change-gcp-container-registry</id><updated>2025-03-18T00:00:00Z</updated><summary>Google Container Registry was shut down on 18 March 2025. Use Artifact Registry.</summary></entry>
<entry><title>Azure: Azure Media Services (shut down)</title><link href="https://cloudbrum.com/cloud-changes.html#change-azure-media-services"/><id>https://cloudbrum.com/cloud-changes.html#change-azure-media-services</id><updated>2024-06-30T00:00:00Z</updated><summary>Azure Media Services was retired on 30 June 2024. Microsoft lists Bitmovin, MediaKind and Ravnur as partner alternatives. Azure Video Indexer was not affected.</summary></entry>
<entry><title>AWS: VMware Cloud on AWS (direction changed)</title><link href="https://cloudbrum.com/cloud-changes.html#change-aws-vmware"/><id>https://cloudbrum.com/cloud-changes.html#change-aws-vmware</id><updated>2024-04-30T00:00:00Z</updated><summary>AWS stopped reselling VMware Cloud on AWS on 30 April 2024; it continues through Broadcom. Amazon Elastic VMware Service (Amazon EVS) is the AWS-native option.</summary></entry>
<entry><title>Google Cloud: Cloud IoT Core (shut down)</title><link href="https://cloudbrum.com/cloud-changes.html#change-gcp-iot-core"/><id>https://cloudbrum.com/cloud-changes.html#change-gcp-iot-core</id><updated>2023-08-16T00:00:00Z</updated><summary>Google Cloud IoT Core was discontinued on 16 August 2023. Google suggests an IoT platform from a partner, or Pub/Sub for small fleets.</summary></entry>
<entry><title>AWS: Amazon Q Business (closed to new customers)</title><link href="https://cloudbrum.com/cloud-changes.html#change-aws-q-business"/><id>https://cloudbrum.com/cloud-changes.html#change-aws-q-business</id><updated>2026-10-23T00:00:00Z</updated><summary>Amazon Q Business is closed to new customers. Amazon Quick is its successor.</summary></entry>
<entry><title>AWS: Amazon AppStream 2.0 (renamed)</title><link href="https://cloudbrum.com/cloud-changes.html#change-aws-appstream"/><id>https://cloudbrum.com/cloud-changes.html#change-aws-appstream</id><updated>2026-10-23T00:00:00Z</updated><summary>Amazon AppStream 2.0 is now called Amazon WorkSpaces Applications.</summary></entry>
<entry><title>Azure: Azure AI Foundry (renamed)</title><link href="https://cloudbrum.com/cloud-changes.html#change-azure-foundry"/><id>https://cloudbrum.com/cloud-changes.html#change-azure-foundry</id><updated>2026-10-23T00:00:00Z</updated><summary>Azure AI Foundry is now Microsoft Foundry, and Azure AI services are now called Foundry Tools. Resource types and APIs are unchanged.</summary></entry>
<entry><title>Azure: Azure Cosmos DB for MongoDB (vCore) (renamed)</title><link href="https://cloudbrum.com/cloud-changes.html#change-azure-cosmos-mongodb"/><id>https://cloudbrum.com/cloud-changes.html#change-azure-cosmos-mongodb</id><updated>2026-10-23T00:00:00Z</updated><summary>Azure Cosmos DB for MongoDB (vCore) is now Azure DocumentDB.</summary></entry>
<entry><title>Azure: Azure Synapse Analytics (direction changed)</title><link href="https://cloudbrum.com/cloud-changes.html#change-azure-synapse"/><id>https://cloudbrum.com/cloud-changes.html#change-azure-synapse</id><updated>2026-10-23T00:00:00Z</updated><summary>Azure Synapse Analytics is not being discontinued, but Microsoft steers new analytics projects to Microsoft Fabric.</summary></entry>
<entry><title>Google Cloud: Dialogflow (renamed)</title><link href="https://cloudbrum.com/cloud-changes.html#change-gcp-dialogflow"/><id>https://cloudbrum.com/cloud-changes.html#change-gcp-dialogflow</id><updated>2026-10-23T00:00:00Z</updated><summary>Dialogflow is now Customer Experience Agent Studio.</summary></entry>
<entry><title>Google Cloud: Dataproc and Cloud Composer (renamed)</title><link href="https://cloudbrum.com/cloud-changes.html#change-gcp-dataproc"/><id>https://cloudbrum.com/cloud-changes.html#change-gcp-dataproc</id><updated>2026-10-23T00:00:00Z</updated><summary>Dataproc is now Managed Service for Apache Spark, and Cloud Composer is now Managed Service for Apache Airflow.</summary></entry>
<entry><title>Google Cloud: Cloud Functions (renamed)</title><link href="https://cloudbrum.com/cloud-changes.html#change-gcp-functions"/><id>https://cloudbrum.com/cloud-changes.html#change-gcp-functions</id><updated>2026-10-23T00:00:00Z</updated><summary>Cloud Functions is now Cloud Run functions.</summary></entry>
<entry><title>Google Cloud: Looker Studio (renamed)</title><link href="https://cloudbrum.com/cloud-changes.html#change-gcp-looker-studio"/><id>https://cloudbrum.com/cloud-changes.html#change-gcp-looker-studio</id><updated>2026-10-23T00:00:00Z</updated><summary>Looker Studio is now called Data Studio.</summary></entry>
<entry><title>Google Cloud: Dataplex (renamed)</title><link href="https://cloudbrum.com/cloud-changes.html#change-gcp-dataplex"/><id>https://cloudbrum.com/cloud-changes.html#change-gcp-dataplex</id><updated>2026-10-23T00:00:00Z</updated><summary>Dataplex is now Knowledge Catalog.</summary></entry>
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