Azure Commercial Cloud

Microsoft lists Azure Commercial Cloud on the FedRAMP Marketplace with the status FedRAMP Certified, at High impact, on the JAB path under the Rev5 process. Package F1209051525, read from the marketplace feed as of September 3, 2026.

FedRAMP CertifiedRev5JAB path

Section A. Register entry

What the marketplace records

FedRAMP package ID: F1209051525
Cloud service provider: Microsoft
Certification status: FedRAMP Certified
Impact level: High
Certification class: Class D (High)
Authorization path: JAB
Certification type: Rev5
Marketplace phase: Ongoing Certification
Deployment model: Public Cloud
Register snapshot: September 3, 2026
Service model: IaaS, PaaS, SaaS
Independent assessor: Kratos
Certification date: May 3, 2019
Status date: May 3, 2019
Annual assessment: May 3, 2011
Agency authorizations: 89
Recorded reuses: 619
Business categories: Analytics, Communication, Content Management System (CMS), Customer Relations Management (CRM), Customer Service, Cybersecurity & Risk Management, Data Management, Development Tools, Finance, Fleet Management
Dependent offerings: 81
Milestones on record: 2

The marketplace carries Azure Commercial Cloud under package F1209051525 with 20 recorded fields. Its certification date is May 3, 2019. Kratos is named as the independent assessor, with an annual assessment date of May 3, 2011. 78 agencies are listed as having authorized it, among them Administration for Children & Families, Administration for Community Living, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality and 75 more, and the feed records 619 reuses of the package. It is delivered as IaaS and PaaS and SaaS on a public cloud, filed under 10 business categories including Analytics, Communication, Content Management System (CMS) and 7 more. 81 other offerings on the register are listed as dependent on this one, among them Absolute Secure Endpoint Product Suite, AchieveIt and Acquia Cloud.

Section B. Milestones

2 entries in the marketplace event log

Most recent first, as recorded by FedRAMP.

Event logF1209051525

Date	Category	Recorded
May 3, 2019	Status Change	Status changed from JAB Review to FedRAMP Certified
September 14, 2018	Status Change	Status set to FedRAMP In Process

Section C. Cost context

What reaching High costs

Our own published ranges for a provider going through this level. Nothing here is a figure this provider has disclosed.

Cost context

Budget for a High authorization

Initial authorization$2,500,000 to $5,000,000+

Continuous monitoring$300,000 to $600,000+ a year

Typical timeline18 to 24 months

Control baseline421+ controls

Annual assessment$180,000 to $450,000 a year

Our published planning range for a provider pursuing High. It is not a figure any listed provider has disclosed.

Read the FedRAMP High cost guide / annual assessment cost / continuous monitoring cost

Path

The marketplace lists 53 offerings against the JAB path. Our JAB vs Agency page records that the JAB P-ATO path was retired in 2024 and that Agency Authorization is now the single traditional route, at $800,000 to $2,000,000 over 12 to 18 months. JAB vs Agency ATO cost

Assessment and monitoring

An annual assessment date of May 3, 2011 is on the record, and that assessment recurs for as long as the package stays listed. Annual assessment cost / continuous monitoring cost

Section E. Agencies on the record

78 agencies listed against this package

As published on the marketplace. An agency named here has issued its own authorization to operate; FedRAMP does not issue ATOs itself.

Administration for Children & Families
Administration for Community Living
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau
American Battle Monuments Commission
Brookhaven Site Office
Bureau of Economic Analysis
Bureau of Indian Affairs
Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement
Bureau of Trust Funds Administration
Commodity Futures Trading Commission
Consumer Product Safety Commission
Corporation for National & Community Service
Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency
Customs and Border Protection
Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency
DOJ Office of the Inspector General
Defense Information Systems Agency
Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board
Department of Agriculture
Department of Education
Department of Energy
Department of Health and Human Services
Department of Labor
Department of State
Department of Transportation
Department of Veterans Affairs
Department of the Interior
Environmental Management Consolidated Business Center
Environmental Protection Agency
Farm Credit Administration
Federal Aviation Administration
Federal Communications Commission
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Federal Emergency Management Agency
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board
Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
First Responder Network Authority
Health Resources and Services Administration
Immigration and Customs Enforcement
Internal Revenue Service
International Trade Administration
Job Corps
Missile Defense Agency
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
National Capital Planning Commission
National Credit Union Administration
National Institutes of Health
National Labor Relations Board
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
National Park Service
National Science Foundation
National Telecommunications and Information Administration
National Training Center
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Office of Financial Research
Office of Justice Programs
Office of Personnel Management
Office of Surface Mining and Reclamation Enforcement
Peace Corps
Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation
Pretrial Services Agency
Savannah River National Lab
Small Business Administration
Social Security Administration
State Office of the Inspector General
Tennessee Valley Authority
U.S. Election Assistance Commission
U.S. International Development Finance Corporation
U.S. Office of Special Counsel
United States Agency for International Development
United States Census Bureau
United States Office of Government Ethics
United States Patent and Trademark Office
United States Secret Service
United States Securities and Exchange Commission
Warfighting Acquisition University

Section F. Dependent offerings

81 listed offerings build on this package

From the marketplace's dependent products view. A provider that inherits controls from a package below it carries a narrower assessment boundary of its own, which is one of the larger levers on authorization cost.

Showing 24 of 81. The remainder are listed on the marketplace record for package F1209051525.

Inheritance is why boundary scope moves a budget more than headcount does. The hidden costs page sets out where scope creeps back in.

Section G. Nearest entries on the register

Comparable offerings

Scored on impact level, path, status, shared business categories and how close the two entries sit in the register's own timeline.

Microsoft lists 5 offerings on the marketplace. The others are:

Azure Government (includes Dynamics 365) High Microsoft 365 Government Community Cloud & Supporting Services High Microsoft 365 Government Community Cloud & Supporting Services Moderate Microsoft 365 Government Community Cloud-High High

Skyhigh Security Service Edge (SSE) Government Cloud Services (Cloud Access Security Broker (CASB) & Secure Web Gateway (SWG) for Cloud)
Skyhigh Security
FedRAMP Certified, High impact, JAB path, Rev5, certified April 29, 2020.
Google Services (Google Cloud Platform Products and underlying Infrastructure)
Google
FedRAMP Certified, High impact, JAB path, Rev5, certified December 4, 2019.
Salesforce Government Cloud Plus
Salesforce
FedRAMP Certified, High impact, JAB path, Rev5, certified May 27, 2020.
Federal High Impact Virtualized Environment (FedHIVE)
Human Resources Technologies, Inc. (HRTec)
FedRAMP Certified, High impact, JAB path, Rev5, certified December 7, 2020.
Ask Sage
Ask Sage, Inc.
FedRAMP Certified, High impact, Agency path, Rev5, certified January 24, 2025.

Section H. Description

As published on the marketplace

The provider's own description of the service, reproduced from the FedRAMP feed without edits.

Microsoft Azure Commercial Cloud is an open and flexible cloud platform that enables customers to quickly build, test, deploy, and manage their applications, services, and product development across a network of Microsoft-managed datacenters within the United States. The Microsoft Azure Commercial Cloud exports savings to the customer by delivering the software, platform, and information technology infrastructure resources where and when it is needed via the Internet. Microsoft Azure Commercial Cloud is used for building, deploying, and managing applications and services through a network of Microsoft-managed data centers. It provides Software as a Service (SaaS), Platform as a Service (PaaS), and Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) and supports many different programming languages, tools, and frameworks, including both Microsoft-specific and third-party software and systems. The advantages of using Microsoft Azure Commercial Cloud include the ability to build large scalable applications serving large populations of users by scaling up or scaling down in relatively short periods of time. Federal agencies interested in collaborative continuous monitoring with Microsoft should reach out to: [email protected]

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Provenance and independence

Source: the FedRAMP Marketplace product feed, produced by the General Services Administration. The feed's own last-change stamp is September 3, 2026; this copy was taken on September 5, 2026.

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