Microsoft adds control and local-operation options to Sovereign Cloud
Microsoft said on 20 October it was expanding Sovereign Cloud capabilities so organisations can select controls according to workload needs. The announcement spans Sovereign Public Cloud, customer-operated private environments and partner-operated services.
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External Key Management with Azure Managed HSM is now generally available. Disconnected-operation transitions on Azure Local and the Sovereign Control Panel are entering public preview; Microsoft does not describe those preview features as generally available.
Microsoft also cites expanded availability for DocumentDB and Blob Storage on Azure Local, GitHub Enterprise Local and GitHub Copilot with locally hosted models. Data Guardian and access logging are scoped to qualifying production systems in the EU and EFTA.
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Microsoft announced Sovereign Cloud features with differing availability states.
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