generated: '2026-09-17'
method: searched
source: >-
  https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-cache-for-redis/cache-whats-new,
  https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-cache-for-redis/retirement-faq,
  https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/pricing/details/cache/ (retirement banner),
  https://azure.status.microsoft/en-us/status,
  https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-resource-manager/management/async-operations
provider: microsoft-azure-cache-for-redis
status: retiring
headline: >-
  THE SERVICE ITSELF IS RETIRING. Microsoft announced in October 2025 the retirement of every
  Azure Cache for Redis SKU. Enterprise and Enterprise Flash are migrated to Azure Managed
  Redis on 2027-03-31; Basic, Standard and Premium are turned off on 2028-09-30. The REST
  contract in openapi/ is real and current, and it describes a product with a published end
  date.
versioning:
  scheme: dated api-version query parameter
  current: '2024-11-01'
  parameter: api-version
  required: true
  stable_versions:
  - '2015-08-01'
  - '2016-04-01'
  - '2017-02-01'
  - '2017-10-01'
  - '2018-03-01'
  - '2020-06-01'
  - '2020-12-01'
  - '2021-06-01'
  - '2022-05-01'
  - '2022-06-01'
  - '2023-04-01'
  - '2023-08-01'
  - '2024-03-01'
  - '2024-11-01'
  source: https://github.com/Azure/azure-rest-api-specs/tree/main/specification/redis/resource-manager/Microsoft.Cache/Redis/stable
  note: >-
    Fourteen stable api-versions published since 2015, none withdrawn. A caller pins a version
    in every request, so a new version cannot break an existing integration.
deprecation_policy:
  published: true
  url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-cache-for-redis/retirement-faq
  changelog_url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-cache-for-redis/cache-whats-new
  sunset_headers: false
  rfc8594: false
  note: >-
    Deprecation is announced by dated notice on the What's New page, the Retirement FAQ and a
    banner on the pricing page, not by Sunset/Deprecation response headers. No RFC 8594 signal
    is emitted on the wire, so an agent polling the API cannot see the retirement — it has to
    read the docs.
  timeline:
  - date: '2025-10'
    event: Retirement of all Azure Cache for Redis SKUs announced.
  - date: '2026-04-01'
    event: >-
      Creation of new Basic/Standard/Premium caches blocked for NEW customers (Azure public
      cloud). Creation of new Enterprise and Enterprise Flash caches blocked.
  - date: '2026-07'
    event: >-
      The planned 2026-10-01 creation block for EXISTING customers was removed. A tenant with
      any Azure Cache for Redis instance before 2026-04-01 can keep creating Basic/Standard/
      Premium caches until retirement.
  - date: '2027-03-31'
    event: Remaining Enterprise and Enterprise Flash caches are migrated to Azure Managed Redis.
  - date: '2028-09-30'
    event: >-
      All Basic, Standard and Premium caches are retired (Azure public cloud, Azure Government
      and Azure operated by 21Vianet).
  - date: '2028-10-01'
    event: Remaining Basic/Standard/Premium caches are turned off.
  successor:
    name: Azure Managed Redis
    migration_docs:
    - https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/redis/migrate/migrate-basic-standard-premium-overview
    - https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/redis/migrate/migrate-basic-standard-premium-with-tooling
    - https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/redis/migrate/migrate-redis-enterprise-overview
    - https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/redis/migrate/migrate-redis-enterprise-with-tooling
    note: >-
      First-party migration tooling is GA for Enterprise and in public preview for
      Basic/Standard/Premium.
deprecated_operations: []
deprecated_operations_note: >-
  No operation in the 2024-11-01 contract carries deprecated: true. The deprecation is at the
  product level, not the operation level.
status_page:
  url: https://azure.status.microsoft/en-us/status
  probed: '2026-09-17'
  http_status: 200
  history: https://azure.status.microsoft/en-us/status/history/
  note: Platform-wide Azure status page; Azure Cache for Redis is covered as an Azure service.
sla:
  published: true
  url: https://www.microsoft.com/licensing/docs/view/Service-Level-Agreements-SLA-for-Online-Services
  tiers:
  - tier: Basic
    availability: none
    note: Single node, no SLA.
  - tier: Standard
    availability: 99.9%
  - tier: Premium
    availability: up to 99.9%
  - tier: Enterprise
    availability: up to 99.999%
  - tier: Enterprise Flash
    availability: up to 99.999%
  source: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/pricing/details/cache/
support:
  url: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/support/options/
  probed: '2026-09-17'
  http_status: 200