Compliance Program for Microsoft Cloud
Protect frontline workers from cyberthreats and bring your organization’s vision to life with all the security tools they need.
Accelerate your cloud adoption with proactive compliance assurance
Identify regulatory challenges
Understand how regulatory changes and cyberthreats affect your cloud environment.
Assess risk proactively
Evaluate your cloud estate’s risk, compliance, and privacy requirements.
Minimize threats continually
Gain insight through continuous risk analysis and oversight across your hybrid cloud estate.
Simplify your move to the cloud
Ask an expert
Direct one on one engagement with Microsoft experts to support risk stakeholders to accelerate assessments and approval cycles.
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Receive support from Microsoft experts to complete a fixed number of risk assessment questionnaires.
Compliance community
Learn about the most recent regulatory compliance developments directly from Microsoft experts, regulators, and industry peers.
Proactive risk assurance
Proactive communication on external audit results, updates to Microsoft Cloud estate, changing regulatory compliance requirements, and industry related cloud technologies including third party risk management news.
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More information
Microsoft Cloud for Financial Services
Explore the financial services solutions supported by the Compliance Program for Microsoft Cloud.
Azure for financial services
Dynamics 365 Finance
Additional resources
Microsoft compliance
Review Microsoft compliance offerings and service assurance documentation.
Service Trust Portal
Explore content, tools, and resources including audit reports and vulnerability assessments.
Compliance Manager
Access 300 pre-built assessments for common industry and regional regulations.
Frequently asked questions
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Organizations using hybrid cloud services often face challenges when assessing risks and meeting regulatory compliance requirements. The Compliance Program for Microsoft Cloud is a fee-based premium program offering personalized executive support to address these challenges along with education and networking opportunities.
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Previously, the financial services industry compliance program was only open to enterprises in the financial services industry as defined in the Financial Services Amendment. Based on this foundation, Microsoft now supports all enterprises with enhanced features in addition to right-to-audit.
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No. Microsoft will not provide legal advice or representations of your compliance. Conversations will focus on topics where you believe you might be unable to use the cloud based on new or evolving regulations.
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Round tables are sessions held for specific purposes, typically with smaller groups, that allow us to focus on particular needs only affecting a smaller group. Office hours typically occur bi-monthly and focus on topics that would be useful to everyone. The compliance community consists of round tables or office hours but focuses on a specific industry and includes events such as the annual summit.
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It depends on the complexity of the question and the information available. The Compliance Program team works diligently to complete these inquiries as quickly as possible.
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No, the Compliance Program is offered as a paid package.
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Yes, the program is designed to cover all Microsoft cloud services and isn’t priced by individual cloud services.
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No, you don’t need to be a member of the Compliance Program to exercise your right to audit. However, by becoming a member, you can receive assistance from a group of Microsoft experts with their assessments and will have access to confidential artifacts, which may reduce your need for an audit.
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Talk to your account team for transition options from the financial services industry compliance program to the Compliance Program for Microsoft Cloud.
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Most features are new or enhanced, including risk and control mapping and proactive risk assurance. Additionally, Microsoft provides a personal touch that most of competitors don’t offer.
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No. You must be a member of the Compliance Program to be invited to the summit. The summit is not available as a fee-based offering.
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The R2A and R2E clauses remain in place and have been addressed in the Online Service Terms (OST) and Data Protection Addendum (DPA) contract stack as well as industry-specific agreements.
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