# Bing Maps for Enterprise stops working on Basic (free) account keys

Calls to these calls on Bing Maps API stopped working on June 30, 2025.

- API: Bing Maps API (dev.virtualearth.net)
- Kind: Endpoint removal
- Takes effect: June 30, 2025
- Calls after that day: fail
- Who it affects: Basic (free) account keys
- Source: [Announcement](https://blogs.bing.com/maps/2025/6/Bing-Maps-for-Enterprise-Basic-Account-shutdown-June-30%2C2025/)
- Page: https://www.okapi.bot/providers/bing-maps-api/breaking-changes/bing-maps-for-enterprise-stops-working-on-basic-free-account-keys/

## What to use instead

Move geocoding, routing and map calls to Azure Maps (atlas.microsoft.com) with an Azure Maps account key or Microsoft Entra ID.

Staying on Bing Maps needs a paid Enterprise licence; moving to Azure Maps needs an Azure subscription and a new key.

## Bing Maps API's words

> After June 30, 2025, Basic keys in Basic accounts will no longer function. This includes access to APIs like Geocoding, Routing, and Spatial Data Services and the Bing Maps SDKs