Microsoft 365 G5 Compliance (Governmental Community Cloud Pricing) provides all the functionality of its enterprise counterpart (Microsoft 365 E5) but is hosted in a separate, secured environment and adds compliance features like accreditations, personnel screening, and data residency that enable the service to meet the unique needs of US Government customers. State and local government customers that require compliance-level data protection and security can also take advantage of Microsoft 365 G5 Compliance (Governmental Community Cloud Pricing).
Eligibility and Validation: Government plans are available to (1) qualified government entities, including US federal, state, local, tribal, and territorial government entities, and (2) other entities (subject to validation of eligibility) who handle data subject to government regulations and requirements, where use of Government is appropriate to meet these regulations and requirements. Click on the links below for more information about GCC customer Eligibility and Validation. When completing the GCC approval form, please ensure that the customer name on the form is no longer than 50 characters.
Please note: The approval and provisioning of net-new GCC tenants may take up to five (5) business days to complete.
Compliance is designed to offer personalized customer support, education, and networking opportunities. By joining the program, customers will receive the unique chance to engage directly with regulators, industry peers and Microsoft experts in the areas of security, compliance, and privacy.
