AU Data Residency Helper

Residency

AU region available

Hosting

ap-southeast-2 Sydney and ap-southeast-4 Melbourne available

Backups

Customer-controlled backups can remain in selected regions

Support access

Support access depends on account controls and support plan

Signals

ISO 27001; SOC; IRAP

AWS publishes Australian regions and can be configured to keep services and backups inside Australia, but the customer is responsible for region selection; verify against current AWS documentation.

Source: AWS data privacy · as at 2026-05-20

Residency

AU optional

Hosting

Australia region available for selected products and plans

Backups

Backup handling depends on product and plan

Support access

Support access governed by Atlassian access controls

Signals

SOC 2; ISO 27001; data residency docs

Atlassian offers Australia data residency for supported cloud products but Marketplace apps and some product data may need separate review.

Source: Atlassian data residency · as at 2026-05-20

Residency

AU region available

Hosting

Australia East and Australia Southeast for eligible services

Backups

Geo-redundant within selected geography

Support access

Global support may access under controlled process

Signals

ISO 27001; SOC 2; IRAP references

Microsoft publishes Australia geography options for core cloud services but buyers still need to confirm workload-specific inclusions.

Source: Microsoft data locations · as at 2026-05-20

Residency

AU region available

Hosting

Australia East; Australia Southeast; Australia Central for eligible services

Backups

Geo-redundancy is configurable by service

Support access

Support access governed by Microsoft controls and lockbox options

Signals

ISO 27001; SOC; IRAP

Azure can be configured for AU residency when services are pinned to Australian regions and replication settings are reviewed; service-level eligibility and configuration are the customer's responsibility and should be verified against current Azure documentation.

Source: Azure geographies · as at 2026-05-20

Residency

AU optional

Hosting

Australia data centre pair available for eligible instances

Backups

Backup location aligned to contracted region where available

Support access

Support access controlled through support account processes

Signals

ISO 27001; SOC 2; IRAP references

ServiceNow can host eligible instances in an Australian data centre pair when an AU instance is contracted, but instance and subprocessor details should be verified.

Source: ServiceNow Trust · as at 2026-05-20

Residency

Regional only

Hosting

Data regions can be configured for covered data in selected editions

Backups

Backups may be processed under Google global infrastructure

Support access

Global support access controlled by access transparency features

Signals

ISO 27001; SOC 2; Access Transparency

Google Workspace can support regional storage controls on eligible plans but the public claim is not the same as full AU-only residency.

Source: Google Workspace data regions · as at 2026-05-20

Residency

AU optional

Hosting

Hyperforce supports Australia region for eligible services

Backups

Backup and service data depend on product and contract

Support access

Global support access can be restricted with add-on controls

Signals

ISO 27001; SOC reports; IRAP references

Salesforce can host eligible workloads in Australia through Hyperforce, but product coverage and support access settings need procurement review.

Source: Salesforce Hyperforce · as at 2026-05-20

Residency

AU optional

Hosting

Australia and regional cloud infrastructure used for Australian customers

Backups

Backups and subprocessors should be reviewed in trust docs

Support access

Support access may include global teams

Signals

ISO 27001; SOC reports

Xero is an Australian-founded finance platform, but exact data hosting and residency should be validated against the current Xero trust and security pages.

Source: Xero security · as at 2026-05-20

Residency

Regional only

Hosting

Meeting data routing can be controlled by region with no full AU-only default

Backups

Cloud recordings depend on account settings

Support access

Global support and operations access under policy

Signals

SOC 2; ISO 27001; data routing docs

Zoom offers regional routing controls but not a simple all-data AU residency claim for every service.

Source: Zoom Trust Center · as at 2026-05-20

Residency

Unclear

Hosting

Public trust content does not provide a simple AU-only hosting commitment

Backups

Backup region details require vendor confirmation

Support access

Support access details require vendor confirmation

Signals

SOC 2; ISO 27001

Canva publishes compliance and security signals, but AU data residency is not clearly established from high-level public pages alone and should be confirmed directly with the vendor.

Source: Canva security · as at 2026-05-20

Residency

Regional only

Hosting

Data residency regions focus on US and EU in public business docs

Backups

Backups are managed within Dropbox infrastructure

Support access

Support access controlled by internal policy

Signals

ISO 27001; SOC 2

Dropbox Business buyers needing AU-only storage should request written confirmation because public docs do not present AU residency as standard.

Source: Dropbox Trust · as at 2026-05-20

Residency

Regional only

Hosting

Data residency regions do not list Australia as a primary region in public docs

Backups

Backup and derived data may remain outside selected region

Support access

Global support access under internal controls

Signals

SOC 2; ISO 27001

Slack has data residency features but Australian buyers should treat AU-only residency as unavailable unless the contract states otherwise.

Source: Slack data residency · as at 2026-05-20