Microsoft has announced that its Cognitive Services and Azure Machine Learning integration within Power BI dataflows will be officially retired effective September 15, 2025. Starting August 11, 2025, users will no longer be able to create new AI models via Cognitive Services, and the current user interface entry point will be removed. After the retirement date, existing AI‑powered dataflows will cease refreshing and will no longer be supported, urging customers to transition to alternative solutions before that deadline.

Here’s what you need to know:

What’s changing?
Starting August 11, 2025, users can no longer create new models using Cognitive Services in Power BI. Existing models will still refresh until September 15, after which support ends entirely.
Why the change?
While Cognitive Services and Azure ML made it easy to build predictive models in Power BI, users asked for more flexibility and control over their ML workflows.
What’s replacing it?
Enter AutoML in Microsoft Fabric’s Synapse Data Science — a modern, powerful, and highly customizable solution for automating machine learning.
What can it do?
It enables you to automate ML workflows, visualize outcomes, and train models using scalable tools — all within one unified experience.
Use cases include:
Customer segmentation, churn prediction, demand forecasting, and embedding predictions directly into your Power BI dashboards — all from a unified UI.