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> **Original source:** https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/lifecycle/announcements/bing-search-api-retirement

Bing Search APIs will be retired on August 11, 2025. Any existing instances of Bing Search APIs will be decommissioned completely, and the product will no longer be available to be used or new customer signup.  

Customers are encouraged to migrate to [Grounding with Bing Search as part of Azure AI Agents](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-services/agents/how-to/tools/bing-grounding?view=azure-python-preview&tabs=python&pivots=overview). Grounding with Bing Search allows Azure AI Agents to incorporate real-time public web data when generating responses with an LLM.

## Additional resources

[How to use Grounding with Bing Search in Azure AI Agent Service - Azure OpenAI | Microsoft Learn](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-services/agents/how-to/tools/bing-grounding?view=azure-python-preview&tabs=python&pivots=overview)

[Bing Search APIs | Microsoft Bing](https://www.microsoft.com/bing/apis)