Accessing the standard Microsoft BAA

Your subscription agreement included Microsoft's HIPAA Business Associate Agreement (BAA), but finding it later for your compliance and audit needs can be tricky. In this recipe, you'll locate the BAA.

Getting ready

Most users can access the BAA. There are no prerequisites.

How to do it…

1. Go to https://portal.office.com/commerce/supplements.aspx.
2. Click Online Services Terms:

   Figure 11.13 – Online Service Terms in the blurb about supplements

3. You can find a lot of valuable documentation and information on this screen. Spend some time checking out all that's available. Then scroll down to Hot topics and select HIPAA-BAA:

   Figure 11.14 – HIPAA-BAA link under Hot topics at the bottom of the page

4. Scroll down to find the available BAA documents. Note the dates for each one:

Figure 11.15 – Available HIPAA documents listed in a table

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