Navigation
- Skills Learned
- Describe the purpose of the Microsoft Privacy Statement, Online Services Terms (OST) and Data Protection Amendment (DPA)
- Describe the purpose of the Trust Center
- Describe the purpose of the Azure compliance documentation
- Describe the purpose of Azure Sovereign Regions (Azure Government cloud services and Azure China cloud services)
- Study Guide
- Microsoft Learn: Examine privacy, compliance, and data protection standards on Azure
- Microsoft Learn: Explore compliance terms and requirements
- Microsoft Learn: Access the Microsoft Privacy Statement, the Online Services Terms, and the Data Protection Addendum
- Microsoft Learn: Access Azure compliance documentation
- Microsoft Learn: What is Azure Government?
- Microsoft Learn: What is Azure China 21Vianet?
- Expand your knowledge - extra resources
| Document/Website | Info | Offers | Audience |
|---|---|---|---|
| Microsoft Privacy Statement | Collection, Purpose and Usage of Personal Data | All Microsoft offers including services, applications, websites, software, servers, devices | Everyone - end customers or companies |
| Online Services Terms (OST) | Licensing Terms (legal agreement) - usage rights about Azure services. What can be done and what is forbidden. | Microsoft Online Services like Azure, Microsoft 365 services, Bing Maps, etc. | Organizations - legal teams |
| Data Protection Addendum | Appending to OST describing obligations by both parties (Microsoft and you) with regards to the processing of customer and personal data | Microsoft Online Services like Azure, Microsoft 365 services, Bing Maps, etc. | Organizations - legal teams, security teams |
| Trust Center | One stop shop web portal for everything related to security, compliance, privacy, policies, best practices, etc. | Microsoft Online Services like Azure, Microsoft 365 services, Bing Maps, etc. | Organizations - legal teams, security teams, business managers, administrators |
| Azure Compliance Documentation | Web portal focusing on compliance offerings in Azure, simmilar to the trust center but narrowed down | Azure | Organizations - legal teams, security teams, business managers, Azure administrators |
Azure Sovereign Regions
Azure Sovereign Regions provide Azure services in markets with very strict regulatory requirements
- Azure Government designed for the US government
- Separate instance of Azure (lifecycle, services, portal, etc.)
- Physically isolated from other Azure regions
- Only autorized scanned personel can get access
- Azure China designed for the Chinese market
- Separate instance of Azure (lifecycle, services, portal, etc.)
- Physically isolated from other Azure regions
- Operated by a Chinese telecom company called 21Vianet