# Azure OpenAI is prematurely cutting off support for Sora 2 too early **URL:** \ **Category:** Deprecations\ **Tags:** sora-2\ **Created:** [May 7, 2026, 11:01pm UTC](https://community.openai.com/t/azure-openai-is-prematurely-cutting-off-support-for-sora-2-too-early/1380475 "2026-05-07T23:01:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Complex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/41988e/32.png) [@Complex](https://community.openai.com/u/Complex)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2026, 11:01pm UTC](https://community.openai.com/t/azure-openai-is-prematurely-cutting-off-support-for-sora-2-too-early/1380475/1 "2026-05-07T23:01:52Z")
![Screenshot 2026-05-07 at 5.47.37 PM](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/openai1/original/4X/9/9/e/99e29d46b2da176acb1d7dd98e426ce4f534ecb7.png) Azure OpenAI Foundry currently plans to prematurely end support for Sora 2 on **June 6, 2026** , even though OpenAI’s timeline indicates support should continue until **September 24, 2026**. It feels way too early and inconsistent with the broader timeline. Azure also contradicts themselves previously announced on X that they would extend support. I created a [Microsoft Q&A post](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-nz/answers/questions/5881436/azure-ai-foundry-sora-2-retirement-date-feels-too) asking them to honor that extension through September 24 ~~(unfortunately I can’t share the link here, but it’s pretty easy to find on Google `azure sora 2 june 6`)~~. I would really appreciate it if others could reply on the thread and ask Microsoft to align Sora 2 Foundry’s retirement date with OpenAI’s timeline. If anyone has ideas for other effective ways to raise visibility with the right Microsoft or Azure OpenAI teams, please share them. This seems like the kind of issue that needs more attention before the earlier cutoff becomes final. This is especially important for teams like ours. As part of the Microsoft for Startups program, we receive credits that can only be used on Microsoft’s platform. Moving directly to OpenAI endpoints would create a cost burden we currently can’t absorb. ---
**Author:** ![jeffvpace](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/openai1/user_avatar/community.openai.com/jeffvpace/32/741732_2.png) [@jeffvpace](https://community.openai.com/u/jeffvpace)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2026, 11:40pm UTC](https://community.openai.com/t/azure-openai-is-prematurely-cutting-off-support-for-sora-2-too-early/1380475/2 "2026-05-07T23:40:32Z")
Sora 2 is burning compute - which OAI cannot afford. This is well known. Looks like Microsoft feels the same way. ---
**Author:** ![Complex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/41988e/32.png) [@Complex](https://community.openai.com/u/Complex)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2026, 11:58pm UTC](https://community.openai.com/t/azure-openai-is-prematurely-cutting-off-support-for-sora-2-too-early/1380475/3 "2026-05-07T23:58:00Z")
The real problem is not whether Sora 2 is expensive to run, but that Azure appears to be walking back its own commitment. They said on X that Foundry would support it for “6 months,” yet the announced June 6 retirement date does not line up with that at all. ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/openai1/original/4X/b/e/e/beedc8fbffa13e7c04df216217e9e8c1b565f52e.png) ---
**Author:** ![jeffvpace](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/openai1/user_avatar/community.openai.com/jeffvpace/32/741732_2.png) [@jeffvpace](https://community.openai.com/u/jeffvpace)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2026, 12:40am UTC](https://community.openai.com/t/azure-openai-is-prematurely-cutting-off-support-for-sora-2-too-early/1380475/4 "2026-05-08T00:40:58Z")
Keep in mind that this is an OpenAI developer forum - It has nothing to do with Microsoft or control over what Microsoft does. ---
**Author:** ![Complex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/41988e/32.png) [@Complex](https://community.openai.com/u/Complex)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2026, 6:31pm UTC](https://community.openai.com/t/azure-openai-is-prematurely-cutting-off-support-for-sora-2-too-early/1380475/5 "2026-05-08T18:31:18Z")
That’s fair, and I understand. I only raised it here because Azure OpenAI Foundry is a major way many developers access OpenAI models. ---
**Author:** ![Complex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/41988e/32.png) [@Complex](https://community.openai.com/u/Complex)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2026, 6:46pm UTC](https://community.openai.com/t/azure-openai-is-prematurely-cutting-off-support-for-sora-2-too-early/1380475/7 "2026-05-08T18:46:42Z")
Yes it is! Thank you for sharing it here! ---
**Author:** ![EricGT](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/openai1/user_avatar/community.openai.com/ericgt/32/20571_2.png) [@EricGT](https://community.openai.com/u/EricGT)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2026, 6:52pm UTC](https://community.openai.com/t/azure-openai-is-prematurely-cutting-off-support-for-sora-2-too-early/1380475/8 "2026-05-08T18:52:58Z")
I updated your original post. Free service provided by the moderators. ---
**Author:** ![Mark\_G](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e8c25b/32.png) [@Mark\_G](https://community.openai.com/u/Mark_G)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2026, 5:36pm UTC](https://community.openai.com/t/azure-openai-is-prematurely-cutting-off-support-for-sora-2-too-early/1380475/9 "2026-05-27T17:36:41Z")