# sora-2 — AI model deprecation and retirement dates by provider

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, recorded from its source on 2026-08-12.

- **Provider:** Microsoft Azure / Foundry
- **Model ID / API name:** sora-2 _(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) |

## Sources disagree

More than one authority states this, and they do not state the same
thing. Both are reproduced with the source each came from.

### Shutdown / retirement date

learn.microsoft.com says shutdown / retirement date is **2026-07-15**, as of 2026-08-12.

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

Source: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry/openai/concepts/model-retirement-schedule

learn.microsoft.com says shutdown / retirement date is **2026-09-15**, as of 2026-08-12.

> sora-2 | 2025-10-06 | Preview | 2026-07-15 | sora-2 (2025-12-08) | sora-2 | 2025-12-08 | Preview | 2026-09-15 |

Source: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry/openai/concepts/model-retirement-schedule


## Source

- https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry/openai/concepts/model-retirement-schedule

Last verified: 2026-08-12. Review by: 2026-09-11.
Part of [AI model deprecation and retirement dates by provider](https://referencesource.org/ai-model-deprecation-and-retirement/).