Retirement: Azure Storage Data Movement Library (v2) Announcement

Announcing the retirement of the legacy version of the Azure Storage Data Movement Library 

The legacy version of the Azure Storage Data Movement Library (v2) will be retired on March 31, 2026. To ensure continued support and access to the latest features, users should migrate to the modern version before this date. 

The modern version of the Azure Storage Data Movement Library offers important upgrades like checkpointing and shared infrastructure with Azure Storage v12 client libraries, providing improved performance and reliability.    

 

Recommended action 

To avoid potential service disruptions, transition to the latest version of the Azure Storage Data Movement Library by March 31, 2026. Please refer to the  migration guide for more information. 

 

More information 

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