Azure Virtual Machines
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Are spot VMs still covered under Microsoft's HIPAA BAA?
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John M. Davis
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Are Azure Spot VMs covered under Microsoft's BAA? I've done some research and I can't find anything that says they are not, but I also can't find anything that says they are. I'd like to think they are covered because they are just VMs that can be turned off at any moment to save money.
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KarishmaTiwari-MSFT 18,527 Reputation points Microsoft Employee2022-04-07T23:29:51.847+00:00 Microsoft HIPAA BAA is applicable to Microsoft Online Services such as Azure and made available by default to Microsoft customers via a licensing agreement execution that includes the Microsoft Product Terms (formerly Online Services Terms) and the Microsoft Products and Services Data Protection Addendum (DPA).
More FAQs here : https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/compliance/offerings/offering-hipaa-us#frequently-asked-questionsI am trying to check with the internal teams as well on this and will get back to you.
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