Microsoft Cloud for Sovereignty will make sure your data stays exactly where it’s meant to

Another cloud provider launches new capabilities for digital sovereignty

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Microsofthas unveiled Cloud for Sovereignty, a new offering designed to help the public sector comply with regulators' increasingly strict requirements to keep data within a certain geographical area.

The move comes as many of the bigcloud hostingproviders are rolling out similar services to help firms support digital sovereignty; Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) has addressed some of the same issues with the launch of anew sovereign cloud regionsfor its customers in the EU.

Digital sovereignty refers to the idea that data is subject to the laws and governance of the nation it is collected in.

What do users get?

Users will be able to run their Azure workloads, as well as other core Micorosft services such as Microsoft 365 and Dynamics 365, in more than 60 data centre regions.

Users will also get access to a “Sovereign Landing Zone”, a portal used to manage compliance and provide recommendations about changes that are needed.

“Customers can specify the country or region for most service deployments with the ability to satisfy industry, national, or global security, privacy, and compliance requirements,” Microsoft noted in ablog postannouncing the news.

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A date for general availability has yet to be announced, and service is set for private preview in a select number of regions.

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There is definitely a demand for these sovereignty-focused offerings among users ifresearch from Capgeminiis to be believed.

It found over two-thirds (69%) of businesses said potential exposure to extra-territorial laws in a cloud environment could be a potential issue.

Googleis piling in as well, offering new digital sovereignty featuresin a new batch of toolsforGoogle Workspace.

Will McCurdy has been writing about technology for over five years. He has a wide range of specialities including cybersecurity, fintech, cryptocurrencies, blockchain, cloud computing, payments, artificial intelligence, retail technology, and venture capital investment. He has previously written for AltFi, FStech, Retail Systems, and National Technology News and is an experienced podcast and webinar host, as well as an avid long-form feature writer.

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