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Microsoft Certified: Azure Administrator Associate - Certifications
Demonstrate key skills to configure, manage, secure, and administer key professional functions in Microsoft Azure.
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Microsoft Azure cloud environments meet demanding US government compliance requirements that produce formal authorizations, including:
Azure (also known as Azure Commercial, Azure Public, or Azure Global) maintains the following authorizations that pertain to all Azure public regions in the United States:
Azure Government maintains the following authorizations that pertain to Azure Government regions US Gov Arizona, US Gov Texas, and US Gov Virginia (US Gov regions):
For current Azure Government regions and available services, see Products available by region.
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Azure Government Secret maintains:
Azure Government Top Secret maintains:
This article provides a detailed list of Azure, Dynamics 365, Microsoft 365, and Power Platform cloud services in scope for FedRAMP High, DoD IL2, DoD IL4, DoD IL5, and DoD IL6 authorizations across Azure, Azure Government, and Azure Government Secret cloud environments. For other authorization details in Azure Government Secret and Azure Government Top Secret, contact your Microsoft account representative.
Last updated: January 2025
* FedRAMP High and DoD SRG Impact Level 2 authorization for Microsoft Entra ID applies to Microsoft Entra External ID. To learn more about Entra External ID, refer to the documentation here
** FedRAMP High authorization for Azure Databricks is applicable to limited regions in Azure. To configure Azure Databricks for FedRAMP High use, contact your Microsoft or Databricks representative.
*** FedRAMP High authorization for edge devices (such as Azure Data Box, Azure Stack Edge and Azure Local) applies only to Azure services that support on-premises, customer-managed devices. For example, FedRAMP High authorization for Azure Data Box covers datacenter infrastructure services and Data Box pod and disk service, which are the online software components supporting your Data Box hardware appliance. You are wholly responsible for the authorization package that covers the physical devices. For assistance with accelerating your onboarding and authorization of devices, contact your Microsoft account representative.
Last updated: August 2024
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* Authorizations for edge devices (such as Azure Data Box, Azure Stack Edge and Azure Local) apply only to Azure services that support on-premises, customer-managed devices. You are wholly responsible for the authorization package that covers the physical devices. For assistance with accelerating your onboarding and authorization of devices, contact your Microsoft account representative.
** Azure Information Protection (AIP) is part of the Microsoft Purview Information Protection solution - it extends the labeling and classification functionality provided by Microsoft 365. Before AIP can be used for DoD workloads at a given impact level (IL), the corresponding Microsoft 365 services must be authorized at the same IL.
Training
Certification
Microsoft Certified: Azure Administrator Associate - Certifications
Demonstrate key skills to configure, manage, secure, and administer key professional functions in Microsoft Azure.