Microsoft says Azure prompts train no foundation model without permission
Azure OpenAI and other models sold by Azure in Microsoft Foundry. Each line below quotes Microsoft’s own pages as kept on 3 Nov 2026.
Microsoft’s questionnaire: nine buyer questions, each answered from these pages.
Microsoft’s record as an AI bill of materials: CycloneDX · SPDX. Not signed.
What the pages say
each value, then the words it is read from- Training on business and API data
- Not without permission
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Your prompts (inputs) and completions (outputs), your embeddings, and your training data: are NOT available to other customers. are NOT available to OpenAI or other providers of Models sold by Azure. are NOT used by providers of Models sold by Azure to improve their models or services. are NOT used to train any generative AI foundation models without your permission or instruction.
Data, privacy, and security for Foundry Models sold by Azure, kept 24 Oct 2026 · sha256
cb7f0b5243c1 - How long API data is kept
- Not stated in the pages kept
- Searched: Data, privacy, and security for Foundry Models sold by Azure; Abuse monitoring; Azure OpenAI in Microsoft Foundry Models quotas and limits; Microsoft Products and Services Data Protection Addendum.
- Option to keep no data
- Modified abuse monitoring, by application
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Microsoft allows customers who meet additional Limited Access eligibility criteria to apply to modify abuse monitoring by completing this form.
Abuse monitoring, kept 24 Oct 2026 · sha256
8ccd372f07b1 - Where data is processed and stored
- In the customer’s chosen geography, except Global and DataZone deployments
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Prompts and responses are processed within the customer-specified geography (unless you are using a Global or DataZone deployment type), but may be processed between regions within the geography for operational purposes (including performance and capacity management).
Data, privacy, and security for Foundry Models sold by Azure, kept 24 Oct 2026 · sha256
cb7f0b5243c1 - Sub-processors
- Not stated in the pages kept
- Searched: Data, privacy, and security for Foundry Models sold by Azure; Abuse monitoring; Azure OpenAI in Microsoft Foundry Models quotas and limits; Microsoft Products and Services Data Protection Addendum.
- Certifications and audits
- Not stated in the pages kept
- Searched: Data, privacy, and security for Foundry Models sold by Azure; Abuse monitoring; Azure OpenAI in Microsoft Foundry Models quotas and limits; Microsoft Products and Services Data Protection Addendum.
- Data processing agreement
- The Microsoft data protection addendum, part of the Product Terms
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When you subscribe to a Product under the terms of the Product Terms site, the data processing and security terms are defined in Microsoft Online Services Data Protection Addendum (DPA). The DPA is an addendum to the Product Terms site (and formerly OST).
Microsoft Products and Services Data Protection Addendum, kept 3 Nov 2026 · sha256
7bf9a5c83583 - Published usage limits
- Quotas by Azure subscription and quota tier; tiers rise with usage unless the customer opts out
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Quotas now increase automatically with usage, helping avoid rate limit errors while also creating a fairer environment for all users.
The page says: “Seven tiers are available: Free Tier and Tiers 1 through 6 - with Tier 6 offering the highest quotas.” Tier eligibility “can depend on usage, payment history, and the subscription’s Azure offer.” Azure OpenAI in Microsoft Foundry Models quotas and limits, kept 3 Nov 2026 · sha256
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Pages kept
each copy is held with the sha256 of its bytes as served| Page | The page’s date | Newest copy | Checks |
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| Data, privacy, and security for Foundry Models sold by AzureTraining, storage and abuse monitoring | Last updated on 2026-05-19 | 24 Oct 2026, 70 KBsha256 cb7f0b5243c1a1e30e5074c37119277a1f985a202df84c4f208cc881f9f23a54 |
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| Abuse monitoringHow flagged prompts are reviewed and kept | Last updated on 2026-05-19 | 24 Oct 2026, 52 KBsha256 8ccd372f07b1ff5025f76ee926a327ed635d65e8bc318ac3d3a498f194d57f6f |
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| Azure OpenAI in Microsoft Foundry Models quotas and limitsQuotas, quota tiers and limits | Last updated on 2026-08-20 | 3 Nov 2026, 180 KBsha256 0765f2922a09a1576510fa1111377199c0945476b2066bb55bedad78cb91deaa |
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| Microsoft Products and Services Data Protection AddendumThe DPA and how it attaches to the Product Terms | none printed | 3 Nov 2026, 1,019 KBsha256 7bf9a5c835832217c1460f4d1a6b908d5d5b887304dd7744d7152f07f61f1b92 |
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No kept page of Microsoft has changed
first kept on 24 Oct 2026Sources
vendors.csv Every dataset → Status → Glossary →- Microsoft, Data, privacy, and security for Foundry Models sold by Azure, kept 24 Oct 2026.
- Microsoft, Abuse monitoring, kept 24 Oct 2026.
- Microsoft, Azure OpenAI in Microsoft Foundry Models quotas and limits, kept 3 Nov 2026.
- Microsoft, Microsoft Products and Services Data Protection Addendum, kept 3 Nov 2026.