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Regional availability of services and features

This article provides an overview of Azure Health Data Services regional availability of services and features. The availability of Azure Health Data Services services and features can vary by region, including Azure API for FHIR. For example, the Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources (FHIR®) may be available in a region, but the Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine (DICOM®) service may not.
For information about general Microsoft product availability, refer to Products available by region.

Important

Azure API for FHIR will be retired on 30 September 2026. Migrate to Azure Health Data Services FHIR service before that date. Due to this retirement, new Azure API for FHIR deployments will be blocked starting from 1 April 2025.


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  • ✓ - General Availability
  • Preview - In Preview

Services and features available by region

Africa

Region FHIR service Azure API for FHIR DICOM service De-Identification service Events
South Africa North ✓

Asia

Region FHIR service Azure API for FHIR DICOM service De-Identification service Events
Central India ✓ ✓
Japan East ✓ ✓
Korea Central ✓ ✓
Southeast Asia ✓ ✓

Australia

Region FHIR service Azure API for FHIR DICOM service De-Identification service Events
Australia East ✓ ✓

Canada

Region FHIR service Azure API for FHIR DICOM service De-Identification service Events
Canada Central ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Canada East ✓

Europe

Region FHIR service Azure API for FHIR DICOM service De-Identification service Events
France Central ✓ ✓
Germany West Central ✓ ✓
North Europe ✓ ✓
Sweden Central ✓ ✓
Switzerland North ✓ ✓
UK South ✓ ✓
UK West ✓ ✓
West Europe ✓ ✓

Qatar

Region FHIR service Azure API for FHIR DICOM service De-Identification service Events
Qatar Central ✓ Private Preview

United States

Region FHIR service Azure API for FHIR DICOM service De-Identification service Events
East US ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
East US2 ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
South Central US ✓ ✓
North Central US ✓ ✓
West Central US ✓ ✓
West US2 ✓ ✓
West US3 ✓ ✓

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Note

FHIR® is a registered trademark of HL7 and is used with the permission of HL7.

DICOM® is the registered trademark of the National Electrical Manufacturers Association for its Standards publications relating to digital communications of medical information.