Event Grid on Azure IoT Edge (public preview) is retiring on March 31st 2023

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Event Grid on Azure IoT Edge (public preview) is retiring on March 31st 2023

Deadline: Mar 31, 2023
Impacted Services:

• Azure Event Grid
• Azure IoT Edge

More information:

• https://azure.microsoft.com/updates/migrate-to-mqtt-broker-on-azure-iot-edge-by-31-march-2023/
• https://docs.microsoft.com/azure/event-grid/edge/transition

Notice

Here's the official report from Microsoft:

On 31 March 2023, Event Grid on Azure IoT Edge public preview will be retired. Before that date, please transition to standard messaging protocol for IoT (MQTT) on Azure IoT Edge. Applications using Event Grid on IoT preview release will no longer be supported after 31 March 2023.

With the MQTT broker on Azure IoT Edge, you’ll be able to provide granular messaging between devices and connect to Azure IoT Edge Hub with ease. Here’s a quick comparison between Event Grid on Azure IoT Edge and MQTT broker on Azure IoT Edge.

Event Grid on Azure IoT Edge	MQTT broker on Azure IoT Edge
Publishing and subscribing to events locally/cloud	Connectivity to IoT Edge hub
Forwarding events to Event Grid	Publish and subscribe on user-defined topics
Forwarding events to IoT Hub	Publish and subscribe on IoT Hub topics
React to Blob Storage events locally	Publish and subscribe between MQTT brokers

From now through 31 March 2023, Event Grid on Azure IoT Edge preview version will not roll out new features and bug fixes. Critical security updates will be implemented.

Timeline

Phase	Date	Description
Announcement	Mar 17, 2022	Deprecation was announced
Deprecation	Mar 31, 2023	Applications using Event Grid on IoT preview release will no longer be supported, but will receive critical security patches

Impact

Event Grid on Azure IoT Edge (public preview) is retiring on March 31st 2023 and migration to Azure IoT Edge native capabilities is required.

Required Action

A migration guide to Azure IoT Edge native capabilities is available here.

Here's the official report from Microsoft:

Review pricing and follow the detailed steps to transition from Event Grid on IoT Edge to the IoT Edge native capabilities.

Contact

Contact Azure support (link).

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