---
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"
replacement: "Azure Health Data Services FHIR service"
affected_versions: []
source_url: "https://azure.microsoft.com/updates?id=azure-api-for-fhir-retirement"
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created_at: "2026-11-13T13:36:44.208Z"
updated_at: "2026-11-13T13:36:44.208Z"
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---

# Azure API for FHIR retirement

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.

- Effective date: 30 Sep 2026
- Cloud: [Azure](https://eolwatch.dev/cloud/azure.md)
- Service: [Azure API for FHIR](https://eolwatch.dev/services/azure/api-for-fhir.md)
- Type: Retirement
- Category: [Service](https://eolwatch.dev/categories/services.md)
- Replacement: Azure Health Data Services FHIR service
- Announced: 29 Sep 2023
- Official source: [azure.microsoft.com](https://azure.microsoft.com/updates?id=azure-api-for-fhir-retirement)
- Last checked: 12 Nov 2026

## What breaks

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.

## Who is affected

### Matching resource types

- `microsoft.healthcareapis/services`
- `azurerm_healthcare_service`

### Detected by the estate check from

- Azure Resource Graph export (CSV or JSON)
- Terraform state or plan (JSON)
- ARM template

## What to do

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

## Sources

- [Official source](https://azure.microsoft.com/updates?id=azure-api-for-fhir-retirement) (azure.microsoft.com, Official)
- [Additional source](https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/healthcare-apis/healthcare-apis-overview) (learn.microsoft.com, Official)
- [Additional source](https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/healthcare-apis/fhir/overview) (learn.microsoft.com, Official)
- [Additional source](https://aka.ms/RetirementAPIFHIR) (aka.ms, Official)

Last checked against the first source in this list on 12 Nov 2026.

Page: https://eolwatch.dev/items/azure-api-for-fhir-retirement | JSON: https://eolwatch.dev/items/azure-api-for-fhir-retirement.json

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