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Microsoft Foundry Agent Service vs Amazon Bedrock Agents

Side-by-side comparison of the Microsoft and AWS managed agent platforms — governance posture, deployment surface, certifications, and license risk.

Dimension
Microsoft Foundry Agent ServiceMicrosoftDocs
Amazon Bedrock AgentsAWSDocs
VendorMicrosoftAWS
Categoryagentsagents
TypeVendorVendor
LicenseProprietaryProprietary
Statusactiveactive
Version——
Last release——
Data residency
Yes

EU Data Zone pins prompts/responses to EU; Global Standard may cross region.

Source
Yes

Region-selected; cross-region inference stays within the chosen geography (US/EU/JP/AU).

Source
Deployment
Yes

Managed SaaS on Azure; Foundry Local enables on-device/on-prem. (saas, on-prem)

Source
Yes

Fully managed AWS SaaS; AgentCore runtime is AWS-operated. (saas)

Source
Audit logging
Yes

Audit/RequestResponse/Trace diagnostic logs to Azure Monitor / Log Analytics.

Source
Yes

CloudTrail logs all API activity; CloudWatch metrics; optional S3/CloudWatch storage.

Source
SOC 2
Yes

Azure SOC 2 Type II (semi-annual) covers AI Foundry.

Source
Yes

Amazon Bedrock is in scope for AWS SOC 1/2/3 (Type II via AWS Artifact).

Source
ISO 27001
Yes

Covered by Microsoft Azure ISO/IEC 27001 certification.

Source
Yes

Amazon Bedrock is ISO/IEC 27001 certified.

Source
ISO 42001
Yes

Microsoft Foundry is listed in scope for ISO/IEC 42001:2023.

Source
Yes

Amazon Bedrock is one of four AWS services in accredited ISO/IEC 42001:2023 scope.

Source
EU AI Act
N/A

Agent hosting surface; GPAI obligations attach to the underlying model providers and the deployer. (role: not-applicable)

N/A

Agent orchestration platform; GPAI obligations attach to model providers and the deployer. (role: not-applicable)

License risk
Yes

Proprietary Azure SaaS; moderate ecosystem lock-in. (medium)

Source
Yes

Proprietary AWS SaaS; lock-in to AWS model catalog and AgentCore runtime. (medium)

Source
Reviewed2026-05-262026-05-26

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