retirement
A collection of 15 posts
Standalone SharePoint Online and OneDrive Plans Retiring by 2029
Microsoft retiring standalone SharePoint Online Plan 1/2 and OneDrive for Business Plan 1/2. Sales end June 2026, renewals end January 2027, full retirement December 2029.
· Ulrich Bojko
SSRS Report Viewer SharePoint Web Part Losing Support April 2026
Support for the SSRS Report Viewer SharePoint web part ends April 13, 2026. Web part remains functional but unsupported. Transition to URL parameter embedding recommended.
· Ulrich Bojko
SharePoint CDN Domain Changing Late April 2026
The legacy CDN domain publiccdn.sharepointonline.com retires late April 2026. Update hardcoded references to public-cdn.sharepointonline.com.
· Ulrich Bojko
Microsoft Retires In-Place Records Management in April 2026
Microsoft retiring Information Management Policies, In-Place Records Management, and deletion policies in April 2026. Manual migration to Purview required. Record Centers not affected.
· Ulrich Bojko
Legacy IDCRL Authentication Permanently Disabled May 1, 2026
Legacy IDCRL authentication calls allowed until April 30, 2026. After May 1, 2026, IDCRL is permanently disabled with no option to re-enable.
· Ulrich Bojko
Power BI "Visualize the List" Retired December 11, 2025
The "Visualize the List" and "Visualize the Library" features in SharePoint were retired December 11, 2025. All reports created via these features are permanently unavailable.
· Ulrich Bojko
Microsoft Lists Mobile Apps Retired November 2025
The Microsoft Lists mobile apps for iOS and Android were retired mid-November 2025. Users must now access Lists via mobile browser or Teams app.
· Ulrich Bojko
SharePoint SendEmail API Deprecated October 31, 2025
The SP.Utilities.Utility.SendEmail API stopped sending emails on October 31, 2025. Affects custom code, web parts, and some Power Automate flows.
· Ulrich Bojko
SharePoint Alerts Retiring July 2026, New Alerts Blocked Now
SharePoint Alerts creation is blocked for existing tenants from January 2026. Full retirement in July 2026. Replace with SharePoint Rules or Power Automate.
· Ulrich Bojko
SharePoint 2013 Workflows, Add-Ins, and Azure ACS End April 2, 2026
Microsoft has set April 2, 2026 as the hard cutoff for SharePoint 2013 Workflows, SharePoint Add-Ins, Azure ACS, and Domain Isolated Web Parts. No extensions available.
· Ulrich Bojko
SharePoint Spaces 3D Feature Fully Retired
SharePoint Spaces, the 3D immersive experience feature introduced in 2018, was fully retired on August 11, 2025. Users can no longer view, edit, or create spaces.
· Ulrich Bojko
Cloud Hybrid Search SCS Component Retired
Search Content Service (SCS), an internal component of Cloud Hybrid Search, was retired June 30, 2025. Organizations must upgrade to SharePoint Server SE 25H1 to continue using Cloud Hybrid Search.
· Ulrich Bojko
Personal Pages Creation Retired from SharePoint Start
Microsoft retired the ability to create personal pages from SharePoint Start (Preview). Existing pages remain but cannot be moved by users.
· Ulrich Bojko
SharePoint My Feed Web Part Removed
The My Feed web part was removed from the toolbox on March 12, 2025, and stopped surfacing content on April 14, 2025. No extension available.
· Ulrich Bojko
SharePoint Spaces 3D Feature Begins Retirement
SharePoint Spaces 3D immersive experience disabled by default March 10, 2025. Microsoft recommends Microsoft Mesh as replacement (requires Teams Premium).
· Ulrich Bojko