Empowerment begins with trust

To create a safer world empowered by digital transformation, we handle your data securely and in compliance with privacy and legal requirements.

“If we can’t protect people, then we don’t deserve their trust.”

—Brad Smith, President and Chief Legal Officer, Microsoft

Principles for maintaining data integrity in the cloud

Security

Learn about how we’re creating a safer world for digital transformation.

Privacy

We believe in the timeless value of privacy and preserve the ability for customers to control their data.

Compliance

We respect local laws and regulations and provide comprehensive coverage of compliance offerings.

Microsoft fully supports our commitment to security and data privacy as defined by internal and customer-driven requirements. This was a major differentiator for us.

Peter Baker, Senior IT Director, EMCOR Group

Empowerment begins with trust

To create a safer world empowered by digital transformation, we handle your data securely and in compliance with privacy and legal requirements.

“If we can’t protect people, then we don’t deserve their trust.”

—Brad Smith, President and Chief Legal Officer, Microsoft

Principles for maintaining data integrity in the cloud

Security

Learn about how we’re creating a safer world for digital transformation.

Privacy

We believe in the timeless value of privacy and preserve the ability for customers to control their data.

Compliance

We respect local laws and regulations and provide comprehensive coverage of compliance offerings.

Microsoft fully supports our commitment to security and data privacy as defined by internal and customer-driven requirements. This was a major differentiator for us.

Peter Baker, Senior IT Director, EMCOR Group

Our products and services run on trust

Our mission is to empower everyone to achieve more and we build our products and services with security, privacy, compliance, and transparency in mind.

Microsoft Azure

Azure

Get the same security, privacy, and compliance protections used by 95% of Fortune 500 companies.

Azure DevOps Services

Execute projects with security and governance technologies, operational practices, and compliance policies.

Azure Cognitive Services

Meet the additional communications needs of users with the enhanced security and privacy of Azure.

Microsoft 365

Enterprise Mobility + Security

Stay secure and productive anywhere, on any device, with innovative identification and intelligence.

Microsoft 365

Control, maximize, and protect your data with Microsoft 365.

Microsoft Teams

Work with confidence with enterprise-level security and compliance in Microsoft Teams.

Windows 10 Enterprise

Protect identities, devices, and information with Windows 10 Enterprise.

Windows Server

Implement security and privacy efficiently and effectively with help from Windows Server.

Power Platform

Power Apps

Quickly build secure custom apps with Power Apps applications, services, connectors, and data platform.

Power BI

Visualize and amplify data insights securely with Power BI, a business analytics solution.

Power Automate

Create secure automated workflows between apps and services to sync files, get notifications, and collect data.

Additional products and services

BizTalk Server

Use messaging and business process orchestration services to create integration apps that protect data.

Dynamics 365

Grow and optimize your business securely with help from a comprehensive suite of intelligent business apps.

Professional services

Get enterprise services, consulting, and support solutions while protecting the data you entrust to us.

SQL Server Analysis Services

An analytical data engine used in secured decision support and business analytics.

Additional resources

Documentation

Find additional documents for end users, developers, and IT professionals on our products and services.

Why Microsoft 365?

Learn how Microsoft 365 compares to others.

Our approach to AI

Learn more about our principled approach to intelligent technology.

Empowerment begins with trust

To create a safer world empowered by digital transformation, we handle your data securely and in compliance with privacy and legal requirements.

“If we can’t protect people, then we don’t deserve their trust.”

—Brad Smith, President and Chief Legal Officer, Microsoft

Principles for maintaining data integrity in the cloud

Security

Learn about how we’re creating a safer world for digital transformation.

Privacy

We believe in the timeless value of privacy and preserve the ability for customers to control their data.

Compliance

We respect local laws and regulations and provide comprehensive coverage of compliance offerings.

Microsoft fully supports our commitment to security and data privacy as defined by internal and customer-driven requirements. This was a major differentiator for us.

Peter Baker, Senior IT Director, EMCOR Group

View my privacy options in the Microsoft Office Trust Center

The Trust Center is where you can find security and privacy settings for Microsoft Office programs. With the consistent appearance of the ribbon in Office programs, steps to find the Trust Center are the same for each program. The options available in the Trust Center allow you to share documents with the people you want, as well as to find and remove hidden information you may not want to disclose. To learn more about Office privacy, read the Microsoft Privacy Statement.

Important: If you’re using Version 1904, or newer, of Microsoft Office then your privacy settings have moved. For information about how to access them see: Account Privacy Settings.

In an Office program, on the File tab, click Options.

Click Trust Center, and then click Trust Center Settings. The following screen is an example from Word:

Click the area that you want (on the left pane) and make the selections you need. For example, to change the privacy settings, click Privacy Options.

When changing privacy settings, you should make selections that will help set the level of Office privacy you want. The selections can include getting notification if a document is from a suspicious website or links to one, or making hidden markup visible when files are opened and saved.

Note: When you select Let Office connect to online services from Microsoft to provide functionality that’s relevant to your usage and preferences, Office connects to online services and sites provided by Microsoft, such as Bing Maps, Insights, and Bing Weather.

Click OK when finished.

Important: Changing Trust Center settings can greatly reduce or increase the security of your computer, its data, data on your organization’s network, and other computers on that network. We advise that you consult with your system administrator, or carefully consider the risks, before making changes to Trust Center settings.

Help improve Office!

To participate in the work to improve Office products, follow these steps.

In an Office program, on the File tab, click Options.

Click Trust Center, and then click Trust Center Settings. The following screen is an example from Word:

Click Privacy Options.

Click the check box next to Get designs, information, recommendations, and services by allowing Office to access and make product improvements based on Office content on my device.

Here’s some helpful information you should know about helping us improve Office:

If you are willing to participate, you don’t have to do any additional work. You never have to complete a form, fill out a survey, or answer a telephone call.

Microsoft automatically collects information from your computer, including the error messages that are generated by the software and when they are generated, the kind of computer equipment that you are using, whether your computer is having any difficulty running Microsoft software, and whether your hardware and software respond well and perform rapidly. In general, this information is collected once each day.

This information is not used in advertising or sales in any way. Microsoft does not share this information with any other company. When you join the program, an identification number is generated randomly. That number is the only identification that is used when you share information with Microsoft. Because the number is completely random, Microsoft cannot trace your information back to you — and neither can anyone else.