What is Microsoft Genomics?

Microsoft Genomics offers a cloud implementation of the Burrows-Wheeler Aligner (BWA) and the Genome Analysis Toolkit (GATK) for secondary analysis. The service is ISO-certified and compliant with HIPAA regulations, and offers price predictability for your genome sequencing needs. Learn how to use the Microsoft Genomics service and integrate with our API by reading our quickstarts, tutorials, and documentation.

Support your most demanding sequencing needs

Instead of managing your own datacenters, take advantage of the scale and experience of Microsoft in running exabyte-scale workloads. Our cloud implementation of the BWA-GATK is highly concordant with the Broad Institute's best practices pipeline.

Keep your business running

Microsoft Genomics offers a 99.99% availability service level agreement (SLA) for receiving workflow requests. Learn more about the Microsoft Genomics SLA.

Secure your data

The Microsoft Genomics service is ISO 27001, ISO 27018, and ISO 9001 certified and compliant with HIPAA regulations. Visit the Azure Trust Center for information about Azure's platform security.

Next steps

Now that you've read an introduction to Microsoft Genomics, you're ready to:

• See the pricing page for cost comparisons and calculators. Pricing
• Get started by running your first workflow through the Microsoft Genomics service. Run a workflow through the Microsoft Genomics service
• Submit your own data for processing by the Microsoft Genomics service: paired FASTQ | BAM | Multiple FASTQ or BAM