{
  "slug": "azure-api-for-fhir-retirement",
  "title": "Azure API for FHIR retirement",
  "summary": "Retirement date for Azure API for FHIR: 30 Sep 2026. Microsoft directs customers to migrate to the Azure Health Data Services FHIR service before that date.",
  "cloud": "azure",
  "service": "Azure API for FHIR",
  "service_slug": "api-for-fhir",
  "category": "service",
  "type": "retirement",
  "announced_date": "2023-09-29",
  "effective_date": "2026-09-30",
  "effective_precision": "day",
  "impact": "Azure API for FHIR is retired on the retirement date. Customers running Azure API for FHIR need to migrate to the Azure Health Data Services FHIR service before that date to avoid service disruptions. New Azure API for FHIR deployments are blocked from 1 April 2025.",
  "migration_path": "Follow the [migration strategies](https://aka.ms/RetirementAPIFHIR) to migrate to the Azure Health Data Services [FHIR service](https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/healthcare-apis/fhir/overview) before 30 Sep 2026.",
  "replacement": "Azure Health Data Services FHIR service",
  "affected_versions": [],
  "source_url": "https://azure.microsoft.com/updates?id=azure-api-for-fhir-retirement",
  "extra_source_urls": [
    "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/healthcare-apis/healthcare-apis-overview",
    "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/healthcare-apis/fhir/overview",
    "https://aka.ms/RetirementAPIFHIR"
  ],
  "vendor_ref": "azure-api-for-fhir-retirement",
  "last_checked_at": "2026-11-12T09:55:19.345Z",
  "created_at": "2026-11-13T13:36:44.208Z",
  "updated_at": "2026-11-13T13:36:44.208Z",
  "url": "https://eolwatch.dev/items/azure-api-for-fhir-retirement",
  "short_url": "https://eolwatch.dev/i/v",
  "markdown_url": "https://eolwatch.dev/items/azure-api-for-fhir-retirement.md",
  "json_url": "https://eolwatch.dev/items/azure-api-for-fhir-retirement.json",
  "estate_check": {
    "resource_types": [
      "microsoft.healthcareapis/services",
      "azurerm_healthcare_service"
    ],
    "fields": [],
    "inputs": [
      "Azure Resource Graph export (CSV or JSON)",
      "Terraform state or plan (JSON)",
      "ARM template"
    ]
  },
  "source_note": null
}