Action required: Upgrade Azure SQL Database 2014-04-01 APIs to a newer version by 31 October 2025

Question

I got an email from Azure:

Azure SQL Database 2014-04-01 APIs will be retired on 31 October 2025
You're receiving this email because you use Azure SQL Database APIs.

To improve performance and security, we're updating Azure SQL Database APIs. As part of this, all version 2014-04-01 APIs will be retired on 31 October 2025. You'll need to update your resources, including templates, tools, scripts, and programs, to use a newer API version by then. Any API calls still using the older versions after that date will stop working until you've updated them.

So, we only have an App Service running Kentico CMS and using Azure SQL database with the following information:

• Kentico version: 12
• ASP.NET version: 4.0.30319.42000
• Database Server version: 12.0.2000.8

We do not have an app using directly 2014-04-01 API. What else should we check or can this email be ignored?

Regards,
Liem

Answer 1

Hi @Liem Nguyen ,

Welcome to Microsoft Q&A platform and thanks for using Azure services.

Regarding your question about API retirement, there were many questions raised by users in this forum.

Customers who have registered for Microsoft.SQL will receive these notifications, even though the customer did not create the Azure SQL DB they receive it due to the Microsft.SQL is registered for the subscription.

It is a general notification to existing SQL Database users to transition the new APIs by October 2025

Easiest way to get around this "issue" will be updating the SDK to a newer version (after mid of 2022)

There will be coming up more details on this retirement in the next few weeks Azure SQL Database REST API 2014-04-01 Retirement Notice

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