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Does Microsoft Copilot have a HIPAA BAA — and is it covered by Microsoft's SOC 2?

Microsoft Copilot (commercial licensed): BAA available by default under the Microsoft DPA · Does not train on your prompts · Not named in Microsoft’s SOC 2 Type 2 in-scope list

Formerly "Microsoft 365 Copilot." Copilot Chat is a separate tier included with eligible subscriptions.

Commercial licensed tier
HIPAA BAAYesby default under the Microsoft Online Services Data Protection Addendum; Copilot named in the HIPAA in-scope services list
Trains on your dataNoprompts, responses and Microsoft Graph data are not used to train foundation LLMs
Survives deletionYesuser deletion via the My Account portal does not override tenant Purview retention policies or eDiscovery; retention period not publicly stated
Deployer / admin log accessYesMicrosoft Purview Content search and retention policies; Teams Export APIs for Teams chats
Third-party attestationNot namedSOC 2 Type 2 in-scope list covers Office 365 and Copilot Studios but does not name Microsoft Copilot
Commonly mistaken for

Copilot Chat (included free with eligible M365 subscriptions, web-grounded) and consumer Copilot/Copilot Pro, which the commercial DPA does not cover; also renamed - "Microsoft 365 Copilot" is now "Microsoft Copilot"

Source: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/compliance/regulatory/offering-soc-2Document: Microsoft Learn - SOC 2 Type 2 compliance offeringVerified: September 1, 2026Verified by: Adil — Shadow AI Forensics

Vendor terms change without notice. This page reflects what Microsoft Copilot published as of September 1, 2026. Re-verified quarterly.

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