EU Data Boundary documentation — Microsoft OneDrive for Business

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• Definition Report an error

  “The EU Data Boundary is a geographically defined boundary within which Microsoft has committed to store and process Customer Data and personal data for our Microsoft enterprise online services, including Azure, Dynamics 365, Power Platform, and Microsoft 365.”

• Professional services data Report an error

  “Professional Services Data will be stored at rest for these services.”

• Limited transfers Report an error

  “These commitments are subject to limited circumstances where Customer Data, personal data, and Professional Services Data will continue to be transferred outside the EU Data Boundary.”

• Customer data definition Report an error

  “Customer Data means all data, including all text, sound, video, or image files, and software, that are provided to Microsoft by, or on behalf of, Customer through use of the Online Service. Customer Data doesn't include Professional Services Data.”

• Log pseudonymization Report an error

  “Microsoft requires all personal data in system-generated logs to be pseudonymized.”

• Pseudonymization techniques Report an error

  “Microsoft uses various techniques to pseudonymize personal data in system-generated logs, including encryption, masking, tokenization, and data blurring.”

• Reidentification controls Report an error

  “Controls on data that could enable reidentification of individuals from pseudonymized logs are the same as controls applied to Customer Data.”

• Log security controls Report an error

  “Data minimization via implementation of retention policies set at the minimum retention time required for each type of log.”

• Countries Report an error

  “The EU Data Boundary consists of the countries in the European Union (EU) and the European Free Trade Association (EFTA).”

• Efta countries Report an error

  “the EFTA countries are Liechtenstein, Iceland, Norway, and Switzerland.”

• Datacenter countries Report an error

  “The EU Data Boundary uses or may use Microsoft datacenters announced or currently operating in Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Spain, Sweden, and Switzerland.”

• Azure regional services Report an error

  “For Azure, regional services that a customer deploys in an EU Data Boundary region will be in-scope for the EU Data Boundary.”

• Azure resource manager configuration Report an error

  “To store Professional Services Data in the EU Data Boundary for Azure, customers must configure Azure Resource Manager to the EU Data Boundary.”

• Dynamics power platform configuration Report an error

  “To bring your environments in-scope for the EU Data Boundary, both of the following are required: (1) provision the tenant and all environments in the “European Union (EU) and European Free Trade Association (EFTA)” Macro Region Geography, and (2) maintain a billing address in an EU Data Boundary country.”

• Dynamics geo determination Report an error

  “For Dynamics 365 and Power Platform, the geographic area (Geo) in which a customer’s services tenancy is hosted is determined by billing address.”

• Microsoft365 scope Report an error

  “For Microsoft 365, customers with a sign-up location in a country or region in the EU or EFTA are in scope for the EU Data Boundary.”

• Microsoft365 multi geo exclusion Report an error

  “Customers who have purchased Multi-Geo Capabilities are not in scope for the EU Data Boundary even if their tenant is listed as being in a country or region in the EU or EFTA.”

• Last updated Report an error

  “Last updated: February 26, 2025.”

• Services scope reference Report an error

  “The online services included in the EU Data Boundary commitment (referred to in this documentation as EU Data Boundary Services) are identified in the Microsoft Product Terms as part of the services agreements.”

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