Microsoft announces a new pledge for EU commercial users of Azure, Microsoft 365, and Dynamics 365, allowing them to store most of their data in the EU by 2022
The commitment became the starting point for the EU Data Boundary rollout, which the related coverage later describes as expanding from customer-data storage to in-region processing across Microsoft’s cloud services.
First-order effects
EU commercial customers of Azure, Microsoft 365, and Dynamics 365 gain a stated path to keep most of their data in EU locations by 2022.
Microsoft must align data-residency operations across three major commercial service lines to meet the pledge.
Second-order effects
The pledge raises the competitive bar for cloud providers selling to EU organizations whose procurement depends on where data is stored.
Microsoft’s earlier privacy-rule changes become operationally more consequential as customers can assess its EU compliance posture against a concrete hosting commitment.
Third-order effects
The subsequent EU Data Boundary rollout points to data location and processing controls becoming a standard product attribute for enterprise clouds, not merely a contractual assurance.
If major providers continue matching such commitments, EU cloud competition will increasingly turn on regional operating boundaries alongside service features.
The trend: Enterprise cloud providers are moving toward region-specific sovereignty controls as EU customers demand enforceable limits on where their data is stored and processed.
'If you are a commercial or public sector customer in the EU.. we will not.. move your data outside the EU. This commitment will apply across all of Microsoft's core cloud services - Azure, Microsoft 365, and Dynamics 365.' https://blogs.microsoft.com/ ...
Today we're announcing the EU Data Boundary for the Microsoft Cloud which will enable EU commercial & public sector data to be processed & stored within the EU. This will apply across all of our core cloud services. #TechFit4Europe https://blogs.microsoft.com/ ...
Today, we're announcing the #EUDataBoundary for Microsoft Cloud. If you are a commercial or public sector customer, we will not need to move your data outside the EU to store and process it. We are beginning engineering work on this immediately. https://blogs.microsoft.com/ ...
Microsoft is working on a plan to allow all European government and commercial customers to keep all their data in MS services in data centers located within the EU. (I thought this was already the case, but I guess not). Story by ZDNet's @LiamT: https://www.zdnet.com/...
Today, we are announcing the EU Data Boundary for the Microsoft cloud. Commercial and public sector customers in the EU will be able to use our core cloud services while their data remains inside the EU. https://blogs.microsoft.com/ ...
Important day for us. If you are a commercial or public sector customer in the EU, you will not need to move your data outside the EU to use our core cloud services. We're calling this plan the EU Data Boundary for the Microsoft Cloud. @KlyngeC @MSEurope https://blogs.microsoft.c…
Big news for #privacy pros. Data localization and data transfers still hot in our space with this announcement from @Microsoft Answering Europe's Call: Storing and Processing EU Data in the EU https://blogs.microsoft.com/ ...
Good. Next question: how will Microsoft Corporation insulate its European subsidiaries from demands from the US govt under US law for their data? https://twitter.com/...