Is Microsoft Azure HIPAA-compliant?

Microsoft offers qualified companies or their suppliers a BAA that covers in-scope Microsoft services. For Microsoft cloud services: The HIPAA Business Associate Agreement is available via the Online Services Terms by default to all customers who are covered entities or business associates under HIPAA. read more

Based on all the measures described above, Microsoft Azure can definitely be used in a way that is HIPAA compliant. However, there is a lot of complexity. read more

All the 3 major cloud providers namely AWS, GCP and Azure will sign a HIPAA BAA with you and provide HIPAA compliant services. Just remember you can only use a portion of the services for your HIPAA needs. Each of the providers list the HIPAA compliant services and update them regularly. Key is to sign the BAA with your cloud provider. read more