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BC 2026 release wave 2unofficial launch event map, by waldo

Features › Admin and platform

Deprecation of in-environment PTE management

announced · 1 min in 1 video · dev relevance high · no what's new item of its own, but documented in the product docs (checked 2026-10-02)

Deprecation of in-environment PTE management

PTE management in the extension management pages and in the automation API will be deprecated as of version 30.0. Users should migrate to the admin center within about half a year and not mix both experiences in one environment.

Area: Admin and platform. Status: announced. Developer relevance: high. Airtime: 1 min across 1 video.

Status evidence

  • 8:42 in "What's new: Manage PTEs in the Admin Center": "will be deprecated as of version 30.0 which is scheduled to be released in April 2027."

Where they talk about it

Quotes

  • 8:42 "will be deprecated as of version 30.0 which is scheduled to be released in April 2027." - Gives the version and date after which the old PTE management and automation API are deprecated.
  • 8:59 "we also recommend that you avoid using both experiences uh simultaneously in the same environment." - Practical migration guidance to avoid confusion over scheduled versions.
  • 9:28 "it will not be visible in the extension manage pages uh until the update has actually succeeded." - Shows the visibility gap between the two experiences.

Caveats mentioned

  • Versions scheduled through one experience are only visible in that experience until installed
  • Avoid using both experiences simultaneously in the same environment

Documented features match

  • No documented item matched. Not documented
  • Product documentation: Deprecated features in the platform - Clients, Server, and Database, checked 2026-10-02. It's expected to be removed as an upload surface in 2027 release wave 1. Note: Section 'Remove ability to upload and install PTEs from Extension Management page' (version 30.0); Managing Apps article also warns against mixing both PTE tools.

Docs checked on 2026-10-02: the match is against Microsoft's what's new pages for the wave as they were on that date. Microsoft keeps filling the documentation, so "no documented item" can go stale.

Tags: admin, deprecation, api, pte

Generated by pipeline step 06. Source: YouTube auto-captions of the launch event videos, see the deep links. Not official.