As a follow-up to our initial communications beginning in March 2025, and reiterated in recent communications, this is a reminder that Microsoft will be retiring Azure Data Studio on February 28, 2026, consolidating its SQL tools in Visual Studio Code.

To maintain security compliance and support, we recommend that current Azure Data Studio users transition to Visual Studio Code as soon as possible. In addition, on May 28, 2026, the connection to all central student data will be disabled.

Resources:

• ​​​Instructions to onboard to Visual Studio Code​​​
• ​​​Project details and resources​​​
• Join us for a Connect+Learn session on Thursday, February 19 at 11 a.m. or ​​view a past recording.​​
  • In this session, we will provide:
  • An overview of the migration to Visual Studio Code.
  • An explanation of what’s changing, including key similarities and differences to Azure Data Studio.
  • A demo of how to download and connect to Visual Studio Code.
  • An overview of support resources on the Power BI site.

If you have any questions, please visit the Power BI Toolbox and submit a support ticket.

Sincerely,
Reporting and Analytics Technology Team
Enterprise Applications & Solutions Integration