# Microsoft — External key management for Azure Managed HSM is now in public preview

- Company: Microsoft (microsoft.com)
- Announced: 2026-07-07T16:00:00+00:00
- Category: capability-change
- Subject: Azure AI
- Source: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/external-key-management-for-azure-managed-hsm-is-now-in-public-preview/
- Record: https://forck.live/items/2450-external-key-management-for-azure-managed-hsm-is-now-in-public-preview

allowing customers to keep their key material on an HSM they own and operate outside Microsoft infrastructure.

## Evidence

Verbatim from https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/external-key-management-for-azure-managed-hsm-is-now-in-public-preview/:

> External key management for Azure Key Vault Managed HSM is now in public preview

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