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Getting a Bing Maps Key

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Bing Maps for Enterprise service retirement

Bing Maps for Enterprise is deprecated and will be retired. Free (Basic) account customers can continue to use Bing Maps for Enterprise services until June 30th, 2025. Enterprise account customers can continue to use Bing Maps for Enterprise services until June 30th, 2028. To avoid service disruptions, all implementations using Bing Maps for Enterprise REST APIs and SDKs will need to be updated to use Azure Maps by the retirement date that applies to your Bing Maps for Enterprise account type.

Azure Maps is Microsoft's next-generation maps and geospatial services for developers. Azure Maps has many of the same features as Bing Maps for Enterprise, and more. To get started with Azure Maps, create a free Azure subscription and an Azure Maps account. For more information about azure Maps, see Azure Maps Documentation. For migration guidance, see Bing Maps Migration Overview.

To use the Bing Maps APIs, you must have a Bing Maps Key.

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When you use the Bing Maps APIs with a Bing Maps Key, usage transactions are logged. See Understanding Bing Maps Transactions for more information.

Creating a Bing Maps Key

  1. Go to the Bing Maps Dev Center at https://www.bingmapsportal.com/.

    • If you have a Bing Maps account, sign in with the Microsoft account that you used to create the account or create a new one. For new accounts, follow the instructions in Creating a Bing Maps Account.

  2. Select My keys under My Account.

  3. Select the option to create a new key.

  4. Provide the following information to create a key:

    • Application name: Required. The name of the application.

    • Application URL: The URL of the application. This is an optional field which is useful in helping you remember the purpose of that key in the future.

    • Key type: Required. Select the key type that you want to create. You can find descriptions of key and application types here.

    • Application type: Required. Select the application type that best represents the application that will use this key. You can find descriptions of key and application types here.

  5. Click the Create button. The new key displays in the list of available keys. Use this key to authenticate your Bing Maps application as described in the documentation for the Bing Maps API you are using.

Upgrading Your Account

If you want to upgrade your account to be an enterprise account, contact Bing Maps for Enterprise.

Bing Maps Terms of Use

For information on Bing Maps usage rights, see Microsoft® Bing™ Map Platform APIs Terms of Use.

Usage Transactions

When you use the Bing Maps APIs with a valid Bing Maps Key, usage transactions are logged.

You can view detailed reports of your Bing Maps usage in the Bing Maps Dev Center. For more information, see Understanding Bing Maps Transactions.