{"id":1099,"date":"2020-11-05T17:30:33","date_gmt":"2020-11-05T17:30:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/regroove.ca\/stellark\/?p=1099"},"modified":"2023-02-24T18:03:10","modified_gmt":"2023-02-24T18:03:10","slug":"where-is-ms-forms-data-stored-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/regroove.ca\/stellark\/2020\/11\/05\/where-is-ms-forms-data-stored-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Where is Microsoft Forms data stored?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Microsoft Forms data is stored in servers in the United States.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.microsoft.com\/en-us\/microsoft-365\/enterprise\/o365-data-locations?view=o365-worldwide\">\u201cLocation of Customer Data at Rest for Core Online Services\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>How might this affect you?  You might assume, <strong><em>for example<\/em><\/strong>, that if your Office 365 tenancy is in Canada that all your data resides in Canada as well.  This, however, is not the case.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It&#8217;s kind of misleading too because if you look at your Data location in the Office 365 admin portal it appears as if the data is all in one place.  Our tenancy shows me that our Microsoft 365 data location is all in Canada.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"601\" height=\"263\" src=\"https:\/\/regroove.ca\/stellark\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/11\/image.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1100\" srcset=\"https:\/\/regroove.ca\/stellark\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/11\/image.png 601w, https:\/\/regroove.ca\/stellark\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/11\/image-300x131.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 601px) 100vw, 601px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Looks good right?  All my super secret Forms data that I have collected is safe in Canada, right?!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nope&#8230; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"765\" height=\"123\" src=\"https:\/\/regroove.ca\/stellark\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/11\/image-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1101\" srcset=\"https:\/\/regroove.ca\/stellark\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/11\/image-1.png 765w, https:\/\/regroove.ca\/stellark\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/11\/image-1-300x48.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 765px) 100vw, 765px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Consider what you are using Microsoft Forms to collect information on:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>Social Insurance Numbers<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Birth dates <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Contact numbers<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Addresses <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Or any other information that should otherwise be protected by your countries Data Protection laws.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>You need to know that this information will be stored as &#8220;Data at rest&#8221; on servers in the United States, as will data from other services noted below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"674\" height=\"820\" src=\"https:\/\/regroove.ca\/stellark\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/11\/image-2.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1102\" srcset=\"https:\/\/regroove.ca\/stellark\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/11\/image-2.png 674w, https:\/\/regroove.ca\/stellark\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/11\/image-2-247x300.png 247w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 674px) 100vw, 674px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What are alternatives to Microsoft Forms?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Some popular alternatives to Microsoft forms include <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.co.uk\/forms\/about\/\">Google Forms<\/a>, Jotform, Typeform, SurveyMonkey and Formstack. The form platform that you choose depends on your software of choice and complexity of survey required. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Platforms such as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jotform.com\/\">Jotform<\/a> include over 10,000 templates and ways to integrate sales leads with surveys. However, like Microsoft Forms, Jotform survey data is also stored in the US, or Germany if requested. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.typeform.com\/\">Typeform<\/a> is a sleeker interface known to work well across all platforms. Regroove love using Typeform due to the simple nature of creating forms. Typeform data is stored in the US too, Virginia to be more specific on <a href=\"https:\/\/aws.amazon.com\/\">AWS<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It appears there are many popular form creation web platforms out there, but limited options if you wish to have your form data stored outside the US.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Looking to create a Quick Poll in Microsoft Teams using Microsoft Forms?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Check out Regroove&#8217;s video on using Microsoft Forms within Teams.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Microsoft Forms data is stored in servers in the United States. \u201cLocation of Customer Data at Rest for Core Online Services\u201d How might this affect you? You might assume, for example, that if your Office 365 tenancy is in Canada that all your data resides in Canada as well. 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