Jurisdictional context: Applies to any US-headquartered cloud provider regardless of where the data physically sits. Also applies whenever your stack processes US residents' personal data.
Services by category
Virtual networks, load balancers, CDN, DNS, and connectivity
Monitoring, logging, cost management, compliance, and automation
Compute
14Virtual machines, containers, serverless functions, and batch processing
Storage
12Object storage, block storage, file systems, and archival
Messaging, event buses, API management, and workflow orchestration
Security
11Identity, access management, encryption, compliance, and threat detection
Data warehousing, business intelligence, streaming analytics, and ETL
Relational, NoSQL, in-memory, graph, and time-series databases
Machine learning platforms, AI services, NLP, and computer vision
CI/CD, source control, SDKs, CLIs, and development environments
Container orchestration, registries, and serverless containers
IoT
6IoT platforms, device management, edge computing, and digital twins
Data migration, application migration, and hybrid cloud tools
Regions
By continent
- Europe21
- Asia20
- North America18
- Middle East5
- Oceania5
- South America3
- Africa2
By country
- United States15
- India6
- China6
- Australia4
- Canada2
- Brazil2
- United Kingdom2
- France2
- Germany2
- Norway2
- Switzerland2
- United Arab Emirates2
- South Africa2
- Japan2
- South Korea2
- Mexico1
- Chile1
- Ireland1
- Netherlands1
- Sweden1
- Italy1
- Spain1
- Poland1
- Austria1
- Greece1
- Denmark1
- Finland1
- Belgium1
- Qatar1
- Israel1
- Saudi Arabia1
- Hong Kong SAR1
- Singapore1
- Malaysia1
- Indonesia1
- New Zealand1
Compliance frameworks claimed
How many services in the Microsoft Azure catalogue declare each framework. Coverage varies — flagship services typically carry the most certifications.
Lifecycle breakdown
74 of 138 Azure services carry a free-tier option.