# sora-2 — version 2025-10-06 — Preview — shutdown 2026-07-15

For sora-2, provider is Microsoft Azure / Foundry; lifecycle status is Preview; shutdown / retirement date is 2026-07-15; recommended replacement is sora-2 (2025-12-08); platform / deployment scope is Azure / Microsoft Foundry; model version is 2025-10-06, recorded from its source on 2026-08-28; source re-checked 2026-09-16.

- **Provider:** Microsoft Azure / Foundry _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Model ID / API name:** sora-2 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Model version:** 2025-10-06 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Human-readable model name:** sora-2 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Lifecycle status:** Preview _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Shutdown / retirement date:** 2026-07-15 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Recommended replacement:** sora-2 (2025-12-08) _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Platform / deployment scope:** Azure / Microsoft Foundry _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_

## What the source says

> | sora-2 | 2025-10-06 | Preview | 2026-07-15 | sora-2 (2025-12-08) |

## Source

- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/MicrosoftDocs/azure-ai-docs/main/articles/foundry/openai/includes/concepts-model-retirement-schedule-content.md
- https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry/openai/concepts/model-retirement-schedule

Last verified: 2026-09-16. Review by: 2026-10-16.
Part of [AI model deprecation and retirement dates by provider](https://referencesource.org/ai-model-deprecation-and-retirement/).