Retirement: Azure Maps Creator Service APIs V2 & 2023-03-01-preview will be retired on September 30, 2025

Dale Mckeown 20 Reputation points
2024-09-20T08:34:45.81+00:00

Got an email saying that Azure Maps Creator Service APIs V2 & 2023-03-01-preview will be retired on September 30, 2025.

The email offers no advice on a new tool to migrate to. Is Microsoft killing this service, and if so, will the wider Azure Maps service also be killed off imminently?

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  1. rbrundritt 17,981 Reputation points Microsoft Employee
    2024-09-20T15:59:25.7033333+00:00

    This retirement notice is just for the Creator platform. Azure Maps as a whole is not going anywhere and is growing quickly. I believe creator is a fairly expensive service that is used by a small number of customers. Personally, I always felt that service was way over architected for this scenario.

    As for a migration path, I don't believe an official one has been documented yet, but is one way is to convert your building data to geojson and use load that directly into the map. Use the underlying styling layers in Azure Maps to filter by level/oridinal, and color your data as desired.

    As for indoor maps, I would consider converting the data into the Indoor Mapping Data Format (IMDF) which is a new open data standard for indoor maps. https://docs.ogc.org/cs/20-094/index.html IMDF and the underlying ontology of Azure Maps Creator are pretty close. Also, with IMDF, you can upload it into Microsoft 365 Places to power a lot of business scenarios: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/places/places-overview Also, if it is a public building, you can also submit it to apple to be included in iOS.

    I've been experimenting with IMDF and working on creating a reusable control for integrating with the Azure Maps Web SDK. Hoping to have a first version ready in the next month or two.

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  1. akinbade abiola 16,555 Reputation points
    2024-09-20T08:59:43.6366667+00:00

    Hello,

    See here for details: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/v2/azure-maps-creator-services-retirement-on-30-september-2025

    Based on this, after the said date workloads will be deleted. To avoid service disruptions, please stop usage of Azure Maps Creator Service APIs V2 & 2023-03-01-preview, Creator SDK Indoor Modules, Creator On-Boarding Tool, and QGIS Plug-in by September 30, 2025

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    Regards,

    Abiola


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