Azure IP Advantage is a program for Azure customers that offers best-in-industry protection against intellectual property (IP) risks. By participating in this program, developers can focus on coding, while you focus on running your business with reduced risk and exposure to IP lawsuits without diminishing your own IP rights.

This program has three components to help you protect your cloud investments:

Uncapped indemnification for customers for IP lawsuits that target first-party Azure-branded services, Azure Sphere, Azure RTOS and Windows 10 IoT, including open source software that we incorporate into these products and services

A patent pick from thousands of Microsoft patents to help defend against an IP lawsuit that targets Azure workloads or the software on IoT devices that are connected to Azure

A springing license to any Microsoft patent that’s transferred to a nonpracticing entity to protect Azure workloads and the software on IoT devices that are connected to Azure

Eligibility requirements may apply. For benefits specific to startups, see Startup benefits.