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Kevin Okemwa

Bing Search APIs to be "decommissioned completely" as Microsoft urges developers to use its Azure agentic AI alternative

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Recently, Microsoft quietly announced its plan to pull the plug on Bing Search APIs (application programming interfaces). Third-party app developers won't have access to the search engine's results from August 11, 2025.

According to Microsoft:

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