Is Microsoft Azure AI Foundry o3 deprecated?
Active
No. o3 is active at Microsoft Azure AI Foundry and has no announced end date.
Lifecycle dates
- Status
- Active
- Deprecation announced
- not announced
- Shutdown date
- (in ~3 months)
Pricing & context
- Input
- $2.00 / M tokens
- Output
- $8.00 / M tokens
- Context window
- 200K tokens
- Model maker
- OpenAI
Sources
- learn.microsoft.com https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry/openai/concepts/model-retirement-schedule
- prices.azure.com https://prices.azure.com/api/retail/prices?$filter=serviceName eq 'Foundry Models' and contains(meterName,'o3 0416 Inp glbl')
- azure.microsoft.com https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/pricing/details/cognitive-services/openai-service/
Verified against the source on . Dataset snapshot . Providers can change a date without notice — the link above is always the final word.
Common questions
- Is o3 deprecated?
- No. o3 is active at Microsoft Azure AI Foundry and has no announced end date.
- When does o3 shut down?
- Microsoft Azure AI Foundry has announced 2026-10-16 as the shutdown date for o3.
- What does o3 cost?
- $2.00 per million input tokens and $8.00 per million output tokens, as last verified on 2026-07-18.