Azure updates

Generally available: Azure Health Data Services DICOM service with Azure Data Lake Storage

With the integration of Azure Data Lake Storage and the DICOM service, organizations can now enjoy full control over their imaging data and increased flexibility for accessing and working with that data through the Azure storage ecosystem and APIs.

• Azure Health Data Services
• Services

Public Preview: JVM memory fit in Azure Container Apps

Java apps are now attuned to the container environment and primed for better performance and reliability by default.

• Azure Container Apps
• Features

General Availability: Trusted launch for Azure VMs in China regions

Azure China cloud regions now support Trusted Launch Virtual Machines to improve security posture of an Azure Virtual Machine.

• Regions & Datacenters
• Compliance
• Security
• Operating System

Public preview: AKS cluster control plane metrics in managed Prometheus

You can now monitor the health, load and performance of the API server and etcd in the control plane of your AKS clusters

• Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
• Azure Monitor
• Features

Generally available: Support for up to 100 TB of storage for the FHIR service

The FHIR service in Azure Health Data Services supports up to 100 TB of storage. The FHIR service can store and exchange large amounts of health data, and each FHIR service instance has a 4 TB storage limit by default. However, if you have more data, you can ask Microsoft to increase storage up to 100 TB for your FHIR service.

• Azure Health Data Services
• Services

Azure Red Hat OpenShift January 2024 updates

Target availability: Q1 2024

Azure Red Hat OpenShift now offers Resource Health for clusters with integration with Azure Monitor via Signals and Alerts.

• Azure Red Hat OpenShift
• Azure Monitor
• Features

Preview: Selectable search parameter capability for the FHIR service in Azure Health Data Services

The selectable search parameter capability for the FHIR service in Azure Health Data Services allows you to tailor and enhance searches on FHIR resources. You can choose which inbuilt search parameters to enable or disable for the FHIR service according to your unique requirements. By enabling only the search parameters you need, you can store more FHIR resources and potentially improve performance of FHIR search queries.

• Azure Health Data Services
• Services

Generally available: FHIR service integration with Azure Active Directory B2C

Now you can use the FHIR service in Azure Health Data Services with Azure Active Directory B2C (Azure AD B2C). This capability gives healthcare organizations a secure and convenient way to grant access the FHIR service in Azure Health Data Services without creating or comingling user accounts in their organization’s Microsoft Entra ID tenant.

• Azure Health Data Services
• Services

General availability: Encryption with customer-managed keys in Azure Health Data Services

The ability to encrypt health data in the cloud with customer-managed keys using Azure Health Data Services is generally available.

• Security
• Features

Azure Event Grid system topics support for resource management and health resources now in Public Preview

Health resources and resource management alerts available through Event Grid system topics

• Event Grid
• Features

SMART on FHIR proxy feature in Azure Health Data Services will be retired on 21st September 2026 - Transition to SMART on FHIR (Enhanced).

Target retirement date: September 21, 2026

SMART on FHIR proxy feature in Azure Health Data Services will be retired on 21st September 2026 - Transition to SMART on FHIR (Enhanced) to enable SMART on FHIR scenarios.

• Retirements