Retirement Announcement -- Azure Maps Gen1 Price Tier

Question

Azure Maps Gen1 (Standard S0 and Standard S1) Price Tier will be retired on 15 September 2026, please transition to Azure Maps Gen2 Price Tier by that date.   

Gen2 Price Tier, which offers simplified pricing, better flexibility in accessing all Azure Maps features and supports higher QPS (Queries Per Second) limits, is the newest Azure Maps price tier and supersedes Gen1 Price Tier (Standard S0 and Standard S1).   

On 14 September 2023 — Gen1 Price Tier will no longer be offered when creating new Azure Maps accounts nor will you be able to switch from Gen2 Price Tier to the Gen1 Price Tier for existing Azure Maps accounts via Azure Portal.      

On 12 October 2023 — Gen1 Price Tier will no longer be offered when creating new Azure Maps accounts nor will you be able to switch from Gen2 Price Tier to the Gen1 Price Tier for existing Azure Maps accounts via an Azure Resource Manager (ARM) template.   

On 15 September 2026 — any Azure Maps accounts using Gen1 Price Tier will be automatically upgraded to Gen2 Price Tier.   

There is no required action, as the account will automatically change to the new pricing tier on September 15, 2026, but you can follow our instructions to use Gen2 Price Tier for info on how to switch from Gen1 Price Tier to Gen2 Price Tier for existing Azure Maps accounts should you want to do this change yourself. For more details on Gen2 Price Tier, please see Azure Maps Pricing.   

Answer 1

Hi Folks,

There is no functionality change, just a pricing tier change. Gen 1 is already EOL and on September 15th support for Gen 1 pricing will end and all existing Gen 1 customers will be automatically changed Gen 2.

Sincerely,

IoTGirl