Microsoft Engagement with Standards Organizations
Microsoft actively participates in the development, maintenance, and adoption of a wide variety of standards for cloud computing. Here are examples of the many standards organizations Microsoft is working with to enable improved interoperability in the cloud:
| ANSI | American National Standards Institute |
| CCSA | Chinese Communications Standards Association |
| CESI | Chinese Electronics Standards Institute |
| CSA | Cloud Security Alliance |
| DMTF | Distributed Management Task Force – Cloud Management, SVPC (OVF), VCMF (OVF interop), Software Licensing Management, Cloud Audit and Data Federation |
| Ecma | Ecma International |
| IETF | Internet Engineering Task Force – Oauth, Applications Area WG, System for Cross-Domain Identity Management |
| INCITS | International Committee for Information Technology Standards |
| ISO | International Organization for Standardization |
| ISO/IEC JTC1 | ISO/IEC JTC1: Standards for Data Management and Interchange – SC38, SC27 |
| ITU | International Telecommunication Union – TSG13, TSG17 |
| NIST | National Institute of Standards and Technology |
| OASIS | Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards – AMQP, OData, Identity in the Cloud, WS-BRSP, WSS-M |
| OpenID | OpenID Foundation Open Networking Foundation |
| W3C | World Wide Web Consortium – WS-RA |
