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When you build agents, security and compliance form the foundation of trustworthy solutions. Microsoft's platform-hosted agents provide built-in enterprise-grade security and compliance capabilities that protect your data and operations while meeting regulatory requirements.
This guidance helps you understand the security commitments and compliance certifications available across Microsoft's agent platforms. You learn about regional availability and documentation resources to make informed decisions about which platform best meets your organization's security and compliance needs.
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For Azure architectures, refer to Security design principles - Microsoft Azure Well-Architected Framework.
Microsoft platform-hosted agents inherit comprehensive security commitments and compliance certifications that provide enterprise-grade protection for agent operations and data handling.
Different Microsoft platforms provide varying levels of security coverage and regional availability to meet diverse organizational requirements and compliance mandates.
| Solution | Supported regions | Documentation |
|---|---|---|
| Microsoft 365 Copilot declarative agent | Multiple global regions | Data residency for Microsoft 365 Copilot and Copilot Chat Microsoft Trust Center - Microsoft 365 Copilot |
| Copilot Studio | Multiple global regions | Data locations in Copilot Studio Microsoft Trust Center - Power Platform |
| Microsoft Foundry | Multiple cloud regions | Microsoft Foundry feature availability across cloud regions Microsoft Trust Center - Azure |
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