Azure in China checklist

Here's a list designed for Azure customers or partners to look into the aspects you need to check before moving workloads to Azure in China. If you already purchased the Azure global service, please be aware that there are some differences between Azure global and Azure in China. The following table shows some key highlights.

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Azure in China checklist

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Category	Item	Azure global	Azure in China	Notes
Compliance & Regulations	Commercial customer eligibility	Any organization	Legal entity in China	Online Service Premium Agreement (OSPA)
	Legal compliance	In compliance with local laws	In compliance with the PRC laws, customers need to follow: Real name verification for online service users ICP filing for public non-commercial website ICP license for commercial website Public security registration for public website VPN & dedicated line usage in China
	Data sovereignty	In compliance with local laws	China Cybersecurity Law states that PII and important data of CII operator must be stored domestically.
	Operator	Microsoft	21Vianet
	GDPR	👁 Icon that indicates that the item is available 1.	👁 Icon that indicates that the item is available 2.	GDPR
Datacenter	High availability	👁 Icon that indicates that the item is available 3.	👁 Icon that indicates that the item is available 4.	Availability Recommendations (in Chinese)
	Remote management	👁 Icon that indicates that the item is available 5.	👁 Icon that indicates that the item is available 6.	Remote Management
	Networking	👁 Icon that indicates that the item is available 7.	👁 Icon that indicates that the item is available 8.	Data Connection
	Compliance/Certifications	Compliance offerings globally	Certifications acquired for China
	Azure IP Advantage	👁 Icon that indicates that the item is available 9.	👁 Icon that indicates that the item is available 10.	Azure IP Advantage
	Developer guidance	👁 Icon that indicates that the item is available 11.	Developer Guidance
	Network latency	👁 Icon that indicates that the item is available 12. ~3 times latency crossing-border for China	👁 Icon that indicates that the item is available 13.	China latency
Multi-National Adoption	Cross-border connection	👁 Icon that indicates that the item is available 14.	👁 Icon that indicates that the item is available 15.	Cross-border Connection
	Cross-tenant Azure Active Directory	👁 Icon that indicates that the item is available 16.	👁 Icon that indicates that the item is available 17. Through Federation
	Cross-border IaaS services	👁 Icon that indicates that the item is available 18.	👁 Icon that indicates that the item is available 19.	Cross-border IaaS Interoperability
	Cross-border PaaS services	👁 Icon that indicates that the item is available 20.	👁 Icon that indicates that the item is available 21.	Cross-border PaaS Interoperability
Services	Available services	👁 Icon that indicates that the item is available 22.	👁 Icon that indicates that the item is available 23.	Service Availability and Roadmaps
	VM reserved instances	👁 Icon that indicates that the item is available 24.	👁 available soon Compute Pre-purchase (CPP) is available
	CDN	👁 Icon that indicates that the item is available 25.	👁 Icon that indicates that the item is available 26.	CDN in China
	ExpressRoute connectivity	👁 Icon that indicates that the item is available 27.	👁 Icon that indicates that the item is available 28.
	ExpressRoute cross-region access	Included in ExpressRoute Premium	Free Circuit for ExpressRoute in China in pairing regions (CN-CN2; CE-CE2)^Exclusive
	Identity	Social ID	Org ID	Work with administrator roles
	Azure Stack	👁 Icon that indicates that the item is available 29.	👁 Icon that indicates that the item is available 30.	Azure Stack
	Azure hybrid benefits (AHB)	👁 Icon that indicates that the item is available 31.	👁 Icon that indicates that the item is available 32.	AHB
	Service health dashboard (SHD)	👁 Icon that indicates that the item is available 33.	👁 Icon that indicates that the item is available 34.	Azure status
Customer Support	Broad commercial support	👁 Icon that indicates that the item is available 35.	👁 Icon that indicates that the item is available 36.	Break-fix support
	Premier support	👁 Icon that indicates that the item is available 49.	👁 Icon that indicates that the item is available 37.	Premier support
	Service Level Agreements (SLA)	👁 Icon that indicates that the item is available 38.	👁 Icon that indicates that the item is available 39.	SLA
Contracting	Online Service Term (OST)	👁 Icon that indicates that the item is available 40.	👁 Icon that indicates that the item is available 41.	OST: Global OST vs China
	Enterprise agreements (EA)	👁 Icon that indicates that the item is available 42.	👁 Icon that indicates that the item is available 43. Sign Online Service Premium Agreement (OSPA) in China
	EA multi-year monetary credit	👁 Icon that indicates that the item is available 44.	👁 Icon that indicates that the item is available 45. Case-by-case approval by Business Desk	Multi-Year Monetary Commitment (MYMC)
	New Commerce Model: 21VCA-E	👁 Icon that indicates that the item is available 46.	21VCA-E
Resources	Marketing site & management portal	Azure global Azure portal	Azure in China Azure portal
Resources	Marketplace	👁 Icon that indicates that the item is available 47.	👁 Icon that indicates that the item is available 48.	Azure in China Marketplace